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4000 lb, m-1009 with turbo, 33" tires, 3.08 gears over 10,000 ft at about 45 mph and averaged 16 mpg on the trip. Equal or better than any 350 of the era in towing power.

That looks scary in terms of lateral support. It looks like it is adding twice the normal sideways spring flex so good luck on the highway. I personally like the revolver shackles since they are usually pretty strong and can be locked for highway use. Any large droop suspention in the rear has...

I don't even know where to start on whats wrong with the theory of those things. Your actualy making hydrogen and oxygen so unless your capturing just the hydrogen its a mix getting sucked into the engine. The Oxygen is the very slight power increase everybody thinks is going on. Usually this is...

If your looking for a use for the 24V batterys just keep it stock and put them on a cart wired in paralell with a slave connector to plug in on those cold mornings for a little extra amperage.

Its bolted to a plate that is flipped upside down and placed in the low section of frame there. The brackets are an "L" shape and bolt to the winch plate with 4x .5" bolts. The other half of the "L" bolts to the steering brace holes , some similar ones on the other side and two hole in the front...

I just used one since you don't need two for 4 watts and co-phase just directs the wave pattern. Its hard to truly get that effect and if the antennas are too close together it may actually hurt performance. Most people do it for looks. Mine is used primarily off road so the circular wave is...

Mine is very similar to 91W350's with the addition of in-cab winch controls and a steel box to cover the fairlead.

I actually sat down and calculated the approximate max tire size for a rear 10 bolt. Not taking into account geometric stress concentrations, splines, changes in radius, and assuming generic medium carbon steel. With rated axle load on one tire with a coefficient of friction of 1, a good tire on...

For the feed it would be ok but the return oil is really hot from being in the turbo and that is counter productive for cooling. Although the flow is still small it goes into the rest of the oiling system and any contaminate from the turbo could be a problem. Its always recommended to dump to...

The option most people take is to replace the fuel pump with an electric one and take a block off plate and weld on a fitting. The banks version is the same thickness as the stock plate but has a tube that comes out turns 90 degrees and barely misses the pump. If your lucky you might be able to...

If you put a grease zerk on it where would the old grease go? It would just push out past the rear seal and make a big mess or make the hubs impossible to turn. There are greasible hubs on trailers but are spring loaded and have a bleed port that relives pressure and excess grease out the front...

Personal preference, Electric aftermarket are usually more accurate, Mechanical are substantially cheaper and need a mechanical tube ran to the engine that can get bent or damaged and are usually less accurate. Usually either is accurate enough since unless its a digital readout your reading...

Looks reasonable but its blocking a fair amount of grill area. Do you have an actual temp gauge? I'd be curious to see if its going to run hotter.

Well the shackle is 2 force body so the force direction is alined with the bolt holes, no change there, and the truck still weigh the same. I made my own flip and it barely changed the angle just upside down. There is an issue of the shackles buckling if you use the factory ones since they are...

Inside, optional, gasket surface always, especially if using RTV. Of coarse by the time I go inside a diff its usually to do something and not to change the fluid so not usually a question for me.

You could put softer leaf springs in there and if load was every a problem you could add some air springs. Trucks come a little stiff in the rear to anticipate the load they carry. That's one of the reasons that a lot of vehicles have air suspension these days. Turns out suspension deflection is...

I would not try your first transmission rebuild without an experienced builder helping you if you want it to work the first time. I can speak from experience that the seals on the apply pistons are nearly impossible without one of the seal protector things. I had to have a trans shop install...

I've done a lot of things to improve it but the turbo is by far the best on road modification. Much easier to keep up with traffic in the mountains.

If it helps I believe the front one is for the front disk breaks so at least it narrows it to one end of the truck. Fix leak, bleed, prblem solved.

If you get a chance find a big open space like a parking lot and find out what it does in different situations so when it happens on the road your prepared. From my experience the 1009 doesn't like turn and if it starts to go around there is pretty much nothing you can do. If using 4wd don't...