Golden Jubilee
Posts: 5194
Joined: Thu Nov 29, 2012 9:28 pm
Location: Lyman, IA
Re: New member testing the waters.
My point about the gear is that no matter what engine and trans you put ahead of the that rear it will be turning in the mid to upper 3000's to go 55 MPH. That truck may already have an O/d trans or it may be direct, but it will be geared LOW. If not going to carry a load, you'd be better off doing the rear swap when you do the powertrain swap, they all have to work together to make a useful truck.