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#62266 06/27/2006 1:34 PM | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 39 Member | | Member Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 39 | According to the military Chevy and GMC sites, these trucks came with 6:16 or the taller (higher gears of 5:43.
I think I'll leave Cloey as is, a crawler, so I don't have to change to a higher RPM engine like the 261. I don't belive the 235 babbitt engine would care much for added RPMs.
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#62267 06/27/2006 2:06 PM | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | if you change to lower numerical gears, RPM's go down, not up, and regardless of what ya do, yer right foot controls the RPM  what counts is how much weight you plan to carry and what kind of sustainable top speed you'd like Bill | | |
#62268 06/27/2006 4:54 PM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 | Dale: I'm switching this thread to the BigBolts colume where you'll find some guys who know these MilSpec trucks inside out. Likely better answers there for you. | | |
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