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    Should I be getting better gas mileage? Improvements?

    I disagree wholeheartedly with the guy who recommended 5.38s for your 33" tires. Gm designed these engines to get better mileage by turning slower. As long as you shift into overdrive and your torque converter clutch locks up, your gears are fine. Maybe a tad tall, but not ridiculously so...
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    Lunchbox Locker in the front 9.25" IFS

    Thanks Frank. I'll swap the carriers and leave the gears where they are. The govlock should work nicely up front. I've still got it torn apart. Work and kids and wife make it hard to get anything done. Yes.. the front upper shock mount was pretty rusted. I'm not sure if it was from jumping it...
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    Holley Sniper Tuning 500hp 383 Stroker

    Liberty heads. You said your builder blamed the intake coolant leak on the aluminum/iron? So you're running iron heads? Or an iron Weiand intake? What type of lifter are you running? I can't find your cam specs in the lunati catalog. There is an HR LT1-LT4 voodoo cam that is 294/302 but none...
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    Holley Sniper Tuning 500hp 383 Stroker

    To help fuel in the idle areas, warm up the engine to 160 .. then I like to set the idle at 2500rpms then let it learn for a while.. then set it at 700. Let her learn...then 2400. Then 800. All the way to 1700 or whatever. Let it learn on each area. Give it 15 minutes. If it's still not close...
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    Vortec 454 Oil Recommendations

    I personally use 0w-40. But I have a supercharged small block. I want flow on cold startup and protection when I have my foot in it. Surely my oil is being abused more than the oil on a stock engine making 1/3 of the horsepower. I have good oil pressure with 10w30, but I'd rather have the extra...
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    Lunchbox Locker in the front 9.25" IFS

    I honestly don't know if the cv axles are original or not. The driver's side ball joints are original. One of the passenger side has been changed. The truck is a 1990 with about 180k on it. The original owner towed a 5th wheel camper with it. The cv boots have been torn for a couple years. I...
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    Lunchbox Locker in the front 9.25" IFS

    Flowtech Afterburner 49156-1FLT What's the other one?
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    25 gallon to 34 gallon gas tank swap, can it be done?

    14 bolt rear axle. Full floating.
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    Lunchbox Locker in the front 9.25" IFS

    3 of my 4 cv boots were ripped. I'm not sure if that's from neglect or the angles. My biggest concern with the diff drop bracket is whether my front driveshaft will clear my driver's side header collector. I don't want to have to rebuild the exhaust. I'm kind of proud of the y pipe I built. 3"...
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    Lunchbox Locker in the front 9.25" IFS

    On my last tank of fuel I got about 8.75mpg. I have 4.10 gears and the truck came with a th400. I needed an extra gear bad! On the interstate, I'd often cruise at 4000rpms. Too much for extended trips! I slapped in a 4L80E and had a multidisc lockup converter built by a local shop. I've got a...
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    Lunchbox Locker in the front 9.25" IFS

    My front end is still completely torn apart. I am working on installing everything at once. I have all new parts. The only parts I'm reusing are the control arms, torsion bars and sway bar. I'm using polyurethane bushings in the control arms. My passenger side shock mount needs. It broke off the...
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    no cheap lockers for 6 lug open diff?

    i have the locker installed in the diff. i am completely rebuilding the front suspension this weekend. new ball joints, tie rod ends, cv axles, sway bar end links, polyurethane control arm bushings, amd hub bearings. ill let you know how it works out.
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    Lunchbox Locker in the front 9.25" IFS

    does anybody else have problems typing replies from a phone? ...continued from the previous reply.. im going to install the front diff and see how i like it. if i do not, is it possible to swap carriers and run my gearset from the front in the rear... and run my govlock up front and this...
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    Lunchbox Locker in the front 9.25" IFS

    i said id report my findings. first off, the locker fits great in the diff housing. i have not reinstalled the front diff yet. i do however see one problem. with a full automatic locker, i believe i will be unnecessarily turning the front driveshaft as there is no spider gear to perform a...
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    Lunchbox Locker in the front 9.25" IFS

    Hey Guys, I bought a powertrax lock right lunchbox locker for my rear 9.5" SF 14 bolt. It turns out, I've got a GovLock. The glove box doesn't show G80 and the truck does the one wheel peel when I punch the throttle on the street, so i assumed it was open. The lunchbox locker needs an open...
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