76 wagg build up 60-14 38s

[CR]

ok so i bought this waggie for a tranny and axle doner for the wifes cj aney way i had planed on using the frame and floor for a buggie and well the body is in to good of shape to just send to the scraper and with out a tow rig at the moment we desided to just build it as i was going to only leve the body so here is the plan

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[ April 14, 2005, 07:11 PM: Message edited by: CR ]

[CR]

so the plann is

dodge dana 60
gm 14 bolt with a proto type mini spool
4-10s for now wating to see if spool holds up
amc 360
th400
dana 300
rancho 44044s up front with shackel reversal
stock fronts in the back with a shackel flip and springs mounted under frame

38 14.50 16.5 TSL SX
hummer bead locks

what ya think

[jeepzilla47]

sounds cool, but are 4.10s going to be enough for 38s....i had 4.10s with 37s and it sucked...

[CR]

no but i dont want to trash my 5-38s if the spool dosent hold

[full_hydro]

sounds like fun.. can't wait to see it

[waggin'ear]

Why are you going with the stock front springs in the back?

A lot of people have gone with the 56" chevy springs since they are longer with better flex.

Sounds like a nice build. I've got a bunch of those parts lying on the shop floor! hopefully yours will be running before mine.

[Stuka]

The stock rear springs are 56", which means better flex, why do you want to shorten them? Heck a lot of people switch to 62" chevy rear springs for better flex still. Although with the 14FF and the way the carrier is, even if the spool blew up, I dont think it could hurt the gears much, any pieces of size would stay inside the carrier center.

[Merc69]

I used the 62" Chevy springs and gained about 8 inches of wheel base on a spring over. The springs are flat and have flex...a lot of flex.

I am running 4.56 gears and it appears to be a good combination with the 38.5 SX's.

Why go the spool and question it? I have a Detroit, and 4.56 gears from a spare military 14 bolt. The price will be right.

[waggin'ear]

62" chevy (my bad)

[redranger4.0]

63" chevy actually but close enough

[CR]

ok i have buitl toyota for the last 5 years and i realy realy hate 63" chevies i got more axel wrap with a little punie 4cyl and one could ever think i broke the main leaf 9 times i will never ever run them agin espicaly on some thing as heavy as a fsj

[CR]

and i realy dont want more wheel base in the PNW if your over about 125 total truck lingth you arent gonna make half the trails

[CR]

The reason for going a proto type spool is because I work for a company who is building and im the test dummies always have been there will be a lot of test parts on these rig in the up coming months it

[Sambo]

well a mini spool will hold up to 38's. i had one in a d44 with 5.38 gears and ran fine! so for a 14 bolt m/spool if you think you can blow one up,more power to ya! i have been pretty hard on my welded 14 bolt with 4.56's and aint even hurtin it one bit
oh i also run 38"hawgs or 39"boggers and trust me you should save for at least 4.56's...4.10's kinda lag!

[Bob Barry]

That is just about the same combo I'm assembling, but with a different engine and transfer-case.

If you find an FSJ TF727, you can bolt up that D300 without any special adapters; may be just as easy as gutting the TH400 and getting the D300 adapter, if you're starting with the stock TH400/QT combination.

[CR]

i have 5-38 r/p sitting here and being this is the verry first one produced by the bompney i realy dont want to get it installed and 10 mins later have it fail so i will up grad my diffs to 5-38s after i have a few months on it and know it will hold its all part of rand d

i am using a th400 off a qtrack and i have about 6 of them now so ill run it till i run out of parts

[scotty]

Originally posted by CR:
and with out a tow rig at the moment we desided to just build it

sounds like a great plan for a trail rig,but i dont think id want to tow something with something with 38s and that soft of a suspension.

im not much for "multi-purpose" daily driver/trail/tow/etc. trucks,so build away,and get a more capable truck to haul it and/or the cj to the trail head

[ April 16, 2005, 04:45 AM: Message edited by: scotty ]

[CR]

oh i wont be towing with it i just half to leve the body for a bout 8 months till i can afford th etow rig i want