thanks again for the help. every time i check this im learing more and more yawl have been alot of help. :rocking: now like i said earlier i just gota figure out what i wana do. but why were on this subject. what gear would you run. in thinking about takeing the 3.73 out and put in a 4.10 gear.
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the 4.10 wont make a big difference unless your towing alot, your mileage will go down and your rpms will go up while cruising at hwy speeds, the dmax makes plenty of power to displace the need for 4.10's unless you really feel the need to change them... 4.56 would be much more noticable, but only if your running big wheels or towing heavy:tu:
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Originally Posted by BriteWhiteRam
(Post 468707)
You can spend less than $3000 and have the best IFS out there period, and it WILL ride better than SFA and still be as strong if not stronger! this whole "IFS is junk" stuff is old, use it the way it was intended to be used and it will do exactly what it is supposed to, when you abuse it, it will break, just like everything else!!
i had a dodge with SFA, rode like a TANK, and i spent a whole bunch of $$$ replacing parts on a truck that lived on the highway(80%highway-20%offroad) with the same KM's as my current Chev and i havnt spent a penny on front end parts yet, they are like new...:tu: If you wana spend $3000 on an outdated and rough riding technology then go right ahead, i'll spend a few hundred on my soft ride and still be able to do everything i want to do with my truck:c: keyword to your last statement is this: i'll spend a few hundred on my soft ride and still be able to do everything i want to do with my truck exactly, what you want to do with your truck, you say you spend 80% on the freeway.
Originally Posted by K50
(Post 468731)
Spend 80% off road and 20% on highway and then see which one you like better...
Originally Posted by BriteWhiteRam
(Post 468796)
I dont plan on it, because if i had a dodge with that same SFA i would be replacing wheel bearings and tie rod ends and ball joints every 20,000kms.... i dont have $1500 to be doing that ever single time
those wheel bearings are $500-cost each from dodge canada but the biggest thing about him striaght axling his truck is he would not the use the dodge straight axle that you keep talking about. the CAD system is a horrible design, guess is he would a ford or chevy axle, which is a completely different beast than the CAD axles used in the dodges |
the dmax does have the power to not regear, but I would consider it. I know my padre's with just 35s could benifit towing so you don't have to dog it to keep it rollin 80 loaded down.
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i would be usein a ford axle most likely. and the reason i ask about the gear swap is that ive heard that it helps out when you have 35s or 37s on your truck which is what i am wanting to run. because ive heard that it brings it back down to what a 373 would do with stock tires.
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i have 4.10's on my cummins which probably makes around the same power of your duramax(givin it isnt all beefed up). and i also have 35's. i wouldve stayed with my 3.73's all day long if it was just a driver, the only reason i went to 4.10's is because i have to tow horse and cow trailers alot. and it does help when towing
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I have seen plenty IFS trucks lifted and used for wheeling, I dont want to jack my truck up, its a PITA to get in when your only 5'7", and it serves no purpose for me, for you it may, and SFA may very well be the way to go for that, but if your only going to be wheeling occasionally like I do, and you dont need a lift to fit large tires underneath then it really isnt worth it:tu: To each their own, who am i to say what you should do with your truck right?:c:
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Wait, How come no one ever brings up TTB swaps? :moon:
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Originally Posted by BriteWhiteRam
(Post 470304)
To each their own, who am i to say what you should do with your truck right?:c:
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well ive have learned the ups to both ifs and sas thanks again for yawls help. ill post pics and what not when i decide what i wanna do. thanks again and if i have any more questions ill be sure to post them. cause yawl helped out alot.
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