New member question bout 96 chevy 4x4 - Page 3

Faster4344 · 06-28-2008, 04:28 PM

Woa the heck with that Im glad you turned him down. That sounded like 100% fraud!!

Sneakysportsman · 06-29-2008, 06:45 AM

He wont be selling it tomorrow, I contacted the state atty. in Jackson.

75K30 · 06-29-2008, 08:47 AM

Leave the engine alone. You will beat your head, and chase your tail investing time and money trying to make a little more power, when the answer is inside of the differential housings.
Change the gears, and obtain a mechanical advantage over your current gears, and really feel a seat of the pants improvement.
Consider your overall ratio based upon the tire size, and then consider how much easier the truck will accelerate with a better ratio.
The difference will be night and day, and you will not have to worry about reliability or the emission problems.
You will have a point and shoot truck that will be very very impressive with a bone stovk engine. This will be far less work, and will fit into the current budget.
Horsepower costs money, and serious power is very expensive. Trying to increase power from an engine that has 100K on the clock is not real practical.
The gear change is a win, win situation.

usmceric1 · 06-29-2008, 07:51 PM

Okay...what gears are you running on your truck?? Hey 75, I have the same truck and was looking for a decent seatg of the pants change...not to hijack the thread, but I am running 3.73 gears on my truck with stock wheels but with 285/75 BFG AT's. They are the same height as the stockers (265/75/16) but a little wider. So do I go up in numerical value...say 4.10's? Is this what this guy should do depending on what gears he is running? I like the gear change idea....

Faster4344 · 07-03-2008, 03:27 PM

I have 3.42's and i am running the stock 245/75/16 what would you reccomend. I also dont want to go too high b/c of gas on the highway and i like to cruise at low rmps too. 3.73's maybe 4.10's a also have the stick but it does have the o/d

Fatcat · 07-05-2008, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Faster4344

I have 3.42's and i am running the stock 245/75/16 what would you reccomend. I also dont want to go too high b/c of gas on the highway and i like to cruise at low rmps too. 3.73's maybe 4.10's a also have the stick but it does have the o/d

you have a truck and you are worried about gas milage, but even if you have this truck as a project vechile you might only drive it on weekends so what does it matter, i would go with 4.10's and get some bigger tires like some 285's

and you r the guy with the Little Red Chevy right?

Faster4344 · 07-06-2008, 08:51 AM

Funny fata$$.

I mean fatcat

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06-28-2008, 04:28 PM	#21 (permalink)
Faster4344 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Delhi Ny Posts: 55	Woa the heck with that Im glad you turned him down. That sounded like 100% fraud!!

06-29-2008, 06:45 AM	#22 (permalink)
Sneakysportsman Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 212	He wont be selling it tomorrow, I contacted the state atty. in Jackson.

06-29-2008, 08:47 AM	#23 (permalink)
75K30 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,384	Leave the engine alone. You will beat your head, and chase your tail investing time and money trying to make a little more power, when the answer is inside of the differential housings. Change the gears, and obtain a mechanical advantage over your current gears, and really feel a seat of the pants improvement. Consider your overall ratio based upon the tire size, and then consider how much easier the truck will accelerate with a better ratio. The difference will be night and day, and you will not have to worry about reliability or the emission problems. You will have a point and shoot truck that will be very very impressive with a bone stovk engine. This will be far less work, and will fit into the current budget. Horsepower costs money, and serious power is very expensive. Trying to increase power from an engine that has 100K on the clock is not real practical. The gear change is a win, win situation.

06-29-2008, 07:51 PM	#24 (permalink)
usmceric1 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 82	Okay...what gears are you running on your truck?? Hey 75, I have the same truck and was looking for a decent seatg of the pants change...not to hijack the thread, but I am running 3.73 gears on my truck with stock wheels but with 285/75 BFG AT's. They are the same height as the stockers (265/75/16) but a little wider. So do I go up in numerical value...say 4.10's? Is this what this guy should do depending on what gears he is running? I like the gear change idea....

07-03-2008, 03:27 PM	#25 (permalink)
Faster4344 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Delhi Ny Posts: 55	I have 3.42's and i am running the stock 245/75/16 what would you reccomend. I also dont want to go too high b/c of gas on the highway and i like to cruise at low rmps too. 3.73's maybe 4.10's a also have the stick but it does have the o/d

07-06-2008, 08:51 AM	#27 (permalink)
Faster4344 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Delhi Ny Posts: 55	Funny fata$$. I mean fatcat