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Quick question, does anyone know what GAWR the rockwells would be rated at if they were rated in this manner? 2.5 ton is how much the carrying capacity of the truck is but if im not mistaken, GAWR also includes the weight of the vehicle too. I guess 10,000lbs for the on-road carrying capacity...

What I don't get about preferring ARB over detroits is this. Why would you need to lock an axle if you're not trying to go anywhere? It just seems to me you really only need them to be locked when youre trying to move anyway, right? As for the costs of this project, this isnt going to be an...

Well, I will probably increase power to 250-300hp and likely more than 600ft/lbs of torque. I know the transmission wont handle this, so I dont think the transfer case could either so for now I'm assuming I would need a new transfer case too. ARB lockers are about twice the price of detroits...

Well, I will have to give more thought to engine/tranny options. I'd like to go detroit but im not sure its best for an offroad vehicle, low-end torque would be better from a larger displacement engine. Let's talk about suspension for a moment. If I'm not mistaken, this deuce is set up like...

Safety is my first priority, which is why I am focusing on brakes, suspension, and making sure it can handle well enough before I change out the engine and transmission to add more power and speed. I am not very familiar with the detroit diesels on the more intimate level I have never worked...

Well as I've stated before, I have no REAL intention of going 80+, but a .72:1 fifth or sixth gear in the transmission would keep highway cruising speeds of 55-65 to 2400rpm and lower. As opposed to practically redlining it and putting serious stress on the engine just to cruise at 50. With the...

Yeah, I do. But I am not all that knowledgeable in the internal workings of the rockwell axles, nor have I messed around with many diesel engines/transmissions, so I'm just not aware of the overall size of some of these components. That's why I am asking questions here to figure out what could...

Well, I know what I would like to achieve, but I haven't decided exactly how I will get there. I was looking for some other good engine/tranny options as well as some other ideas for the suspension and front end. The DT360/NV5600 is just one option. Why do the cat 3116 and 3126 and multifuel...

I looked up some of the engine and transmission specs and so far found one repower option that should work well. The NV5600 transmission (has a higher torque limit than the NV4500) with a DT360 engine pushed to the torque limit of the NV5600 tranny. However, I am still looking for some good...

What would you replace them with if you were to do so?

I just ran a calculation on the truck, using the 3200rpm governed redline of the 5.9 cummins (just using this as an example) with the stock final drive ratio of the rockwells and an NV5600 6-speed manual tranny. With the 46 inch tires the calculated top speed is 87mph which allows for a 65mph...

I don't think its very difficult to increase top end while still having more pulling power at lower speeds too when your engine is only 130hp and what? 300ft/lbs of torque?. A 5.9 cummins is capable of 300hp and 550ft/lbs of torque. It would just be a matter of the right gear ratio to have more...

Yeah, I actually do, why? I COULD replace the entire drivetrain, axles included with something designed more for on-road, like the drivetrain out of a bus, but I don't know, I'd like to keep the rockwells. What would you even swap them with?

Wheres the fun and challenge in making something meant to go comfortably at higher speeds do what it was designed to do? The fun part is being creative and solving the problem with what you have and have something unique.

I've seen some large, comfortable big-truck bucket seats, I was considering putting a couple of those in the front. My first priority as I have stated is a disc-brake conversion, likely using F550 calipers. After this, I will probably work on the suspension. I would love to be able to have...

What did you do to make it more comfortable?

Would spray-in bed liner work to cancel sound and insulate or would I need to maybe fabricate some interior body panels and sandwich some kind of insulation in between? Also, I was considering changing out the gear ratios as well, the max speed I would want would be about 80mph so 60 or so...

Umm, no. I do not want anything nearly that large or that heavy, I like the size of the deuce and want to modify that, how boring would it be to just buy something? Anyone and their grandmother can go out and just buy something already done, no fun in doing it yourself, no chance to be creative...

I have an M35A2 I purchased about a year ago, I've since decided that I would like to a rather large number of modifications to it. First, I am looking to redo the entire braking system, I have read many forums on here in regards to doing this, so I already know what that will take to do it...