Originally Posted by Marty_in_Mesa
Understand your point John. But seems to me with that granny gear I can move the truck around just fine with the upgraded rear end with 4.50:1-ish gearing? Is the 235 THAT anemic?
Marty

You won't have any problem moving the truck around, the problem is the 235 won't provide enough power to get the full value out of a higher geared rear...you'll run out of steam before you run out of rear. This means you'll be doing a lot of work for little to no top speed gain...

Mike B smile


Mike Boteler

1956 Chevy 3100 Resto Rod
1952 Willys M38 Army Jeep
1983 Jeep CJ7 Laredo
1984 Jeep CJ7
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Silver Spring, MD