Need a little input on which route to go. I'll give a quick rundown of my truck, and what I plan on doing with it
1989 GMC 4wd crew cab short box, gonna be a 427 tall deck, TBI, TH400 till I get a flywheel and clutch for the NV4500, div Ford 205, HP60 and a van 14ff, both have 4.10s. Right now the truck has about 6" of lift, but gonna need to go up a wee more up front, right now there is no drivetrain, and sits sorta level. Figure at least a Zero rate, the axle is actually too far forward. I can figure that out once I get the drivetrain in.
The tires are brand spankin' new 35x16x16.5 boggers on 12" wide chrome Barts. The way the truck is now, I can run those tires and not really worry about rubbing real hard, the motor will have enough to turn the tires, and still be able to drive it down the highway at speed.
But a buddy texts me and asked if I want to buy my old 40" boggers back. They were brand new as well, had maybe a 1000 miles if that, enough to wear the nipples off. They were on 15x12" bart 8 lugs. Now if I go with this tire, will have to lift it more, at least 3-4", and gonna go with cut outs. I drove my old 89 with these 40" with 3.73 gears with a big block and got around just fine, so with the 4.10s and the torque of the 427, should be better. With the 4500 even moreso. But gearing wouldn't be a big deal either.
I have an 08' Toyota Tundra for a daily driver, so it's not like it would be driven every day, tho probly drive it ALL THE TIME just because I want to get it done. Most of the wheeling I do is mud, seems that's all that's up here, and general trails, but I get bore with that pretty quick.
As for as cost, buddy wants my 35" boggers, so he would buy those and wouldn't need much to get the 40s. Then would need some bigger lift springs up front, maybe a small block to level the rear, or if I can find some lift springs for 56" go that route.
Couple of reference shots...
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2547583790043830172WZCuSQ?vhost=rides
1989 GMC 4wd crew cab short box, gonna be a 427 tall deck, TBI, TH400 till I get a flywheel and clutch for the NV4500, div Ford 205, HP60 and a van 14ff, both have 4.10s. Right now the truck has about 6" of lift, but gonna need to go up a wee more up front, right now there is no drivetrain, and sits sorta level. Figure at least a Zero rate, the axle is actually too far forward. I can figure that out once I get the drivetrain in.
The tires are brand spankin' new 35x16x16.5 boggers on 12" wide chrome Barts. The way the truck is now, I can run those tires and not really worry about rubbing real hard, the motor will have enough to turn the tires, and still be able to drive it down the highway at speed.
But a buddy texts me and asked if I want to buy my old 40" boggers back. They were brand new as well, had maybe a 1000 miles if that, enough to wear the nipples off. They were on 15x12" bart 8 lugs. Now if I go with this tire, will have to lift it more, at least 3-4", and gonna go with cut outs. I drove my old 89 with these 40" with 3.73 gears with a big block and got around just fine, so with the 4.10s and the torque of the 427, should be better. With the 4500 even moreso. But gearing wouldn't be a big deal either.
I have an 08' Toyota Tundra for a daily driver, so it's not like it would be driven every day, tho probly drive it ALL THE TIME just because I want to get it done. Most of the wheeling I do is mud, seems that's all that's up here, and general trails, but I get bore with that pretty quick.
As for as cost, buddy wants my 35" boggers, so he would buy those and wouldn't need much to get the 40s. Then would need some bigger lift springs up front, maybe a small block to level the rear, or if I can find some lift springs for 56" go that route.
Couple of reference shots...
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2547583790043830172WZCuSQ?vhost=rides
