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Requesting advice on gear selection...

The only real pic I have is in my sig. Definitely not pretty, but pretty solid.

My plan roughly is this:

Convert to 4WD. approx 6" of lift up front with some off the shelf kit springs. Rear I want to link, coils and shocks instead of spendy coilovers

Likely a 37" mud radial like the KM2...might push it to 38". Stock steel rims and dog dish hubcaps.

It'll be a short box stepside. That I have been working on already. A '58 GMC stepper. It'll either look good, or not. We'll see.

Engine to be decided, maybe a 6.2, or maybe a rowdy big block. Again haven't decided. Definitely the NV4500 and most likely the doubler too. The mission statement is more of a resto-mod than a hard core wheeler. I'm attempting to make it appear stockish (at least not advertise the mods if possible) The doubler with the triple sticks doesn't fit that, and prolly would be serious overkill for the Crew's ultimate end use.

70's front clip. this rig will see real paint in a pale green metallic.

Bumpers will be premium chrome replacement bumpers, no step bumper in the rear. Likely a hidden winch behind the front.

End use will be comfy mild wheeler, explore, etc. Not a rock crawler or tree basher. Good highway cruiser.

Rene


Yep our builds are similar all right. I've learned in the past that a good deal of my trucks time is on-road. The whole point of building a truck is to enjoy it. I guess if I get more hard-core I'd build a buggy and trailer it.

I can't wait to see your build grow. ( And mine too! )

;-)
 
Thats kind of where I would like to go with my crew cab, I already have a wheeler so this is tow rig light light wheeling duty.

I would love to run a 6.5 mostly just to tick off all the guys who have been telling me to run a cummins (what I would like but short on cash)

Anyway nice stuff man I dig it. Looking forward to a full build thread on your truck
 
Not sure if it helps any, but I'm running the same drivetrain but with 35's and 4.56 and it's just about right for using overdrive at 65-70 mph with a gas engine. My rpms at that speed are about 1900-2000.

With 40's I definately wouldn't go lower than 4.56 and would think that 4.88 or 5.13 would be good choices like Rene mentioned.
 
I'll be running 4.88's with 38-40 tires with the nv4500. IIRC any deeper than 4.88 you loose meat of the pinion gear.
 
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