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It is not anyone's responsibility nor is it their duty to regulate or preserve "the hobby" or "military vehicles".
If someone wants to swap ring gears to 4.88s and go 75 mph down the freeway, that is their prerogative. If they have crappy brakes or tires or the engine uses a lot of fuel or blows up, that is not your concern.
The "we must police you and keep all the children safe" attitude needs to go.
The OP questioned if anyone had used Randy's gears and if they were good, how was the performance, etc. and within a page the thread turns into a soap opera.
If you cant say something complimentary to the topic at hand or answer the man's question dont post.
Running 45 mph sucks, especially with an ancient, loud a$$ motor bouncing off the rev limiter. This is bad for an engine in case you dont know. So turn the motor up a bit to keep this from happening, regear, change tires, etc.
45 may be fine for around town and back roads and such, but not for travel to rallies or shows. These trucks were made to go 45-50 mph because the national speed limit was only 55 and they were driven by snot nosed kids who did not know how to drive or take care of anything.
There is not a reason in the world that a deuce cant be made to safely travel at modern highway speeds of 65-75 mph and stop and handle like a more modern car. Yes this will take modification for things like brakes and tires and gears, hence the original post asking about different gear ratios.
Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.
If someone wants to swap ring gears to 4.88s and go 75 mph down the freeway, that is their prerogative. If they have crappy brakes or tires or the engine uses a lot of fuel or blows up, that is not your concern.
The "we must police you and keep all the children safe" attitude needs to go.
The OP questioned if anyone had used Randy's gears and if they were good, how was the performance, etc. and within a page the thread turns into a soap opera.
If you cant say something complimentary to the topic at hand or answer the man's question dont post.
Running 45 mph sucks, especially with an ancient, loud a$$ motor bouncing off the rev limiter. This is bad for an engine in case you dont know. So turn the motor up a bit to keep this from happening, regear, change tires, etc.
45 may be fine for around town and back roads and such, but not for travel to rallies or shows. These trucks were made to go 45-50 mph because the national speed limit was only 55 and they were driven by snot nosed kids who did not know how to drive or take care of anything.
There is not a reason in the world that a deuce cant be made to safely travel at modern highway speeds of 65-75 mph and stop and handle like a more modern car. Yes this will take modification for things like brakes and tires and gears, hence the original post asking about different gear ratios.
Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.