Poll needed.
I use a 2" bore, 8" stroke AG ram. On a normal crossover setup. It is slower than the 1.5" but has more power for larger tires, or if your using minimal back spacing on your rims, ie.. 15" rims on a 60, w/ 2.75 back spacing, which in my case caused alot of damage to the spring bushings. By adding the ram it removed the leverage from the frame to the axle. As for types and costs, bling bling vs poorboy. Also how much room do you have?
In the high steer crossover, it seems as tho you might not have the room for a AG ram. I have pin style ends using 3/4 plate tabs for the mounts and 1" grade 5 bolts with locking nuts. I have some good rock rash on this ram and it still holding together. A skid plate for the ram is in the near future. I use 1/4 I.D. lines with npt threads, that are rated for 2500 psi. These can be bought at any farmers type store for around $9 a piece in various lengths. Or alot of bolt houses, carry hydraulic lines of the same. They should have conversion ends that go from pipe threads to hydraulics. As for the box, I looked at the redneck ram, he taps the boxes in the 2 return veins, I don't know if this works better or if it's just bling.
But tapping the caps works fine for me. My thought on this was, if I trash the box, I have to buy another box that is tapped, or I could buy a new box from anywhere, swap the caps and get my core charge back. I bought the tap,(9/16 18 thread), and the coresponding drill bit. The only problem I ran into with the caps is the top one needs a flat spot ground so the o-ring sits on a flat surface. And the end cap needs a 1" by 1" x 1/4" thick piece of aluminum plate welded to the center so it can be tapped as well. Afterthoughts were, you can tap the box with whatever thread you want, as long as it seals, and you can adapt to whatever threads come with your hyd lines. I didn't modify the pump either. Haven't had a problem with over heating the fluid yet. But I did add the piece of radiator hose and cut the neck off another pump resivoir.
All of this info can be found at IH8MUD.com and Pirate.
For what it's worth, maybe someone who knows both systems can explain further.
Just my 02.
Also, mine works good. And I built it for under $200, including, buying the tap and drill bit for the caps.
