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New Project for the trooper(new pictures 7/24)
So the other day took the trooper out to a trail around the corner and it came back like this.
This had nothing to do with the transmission not being able to handle the V8. The only reason it broke is because the front drive shaft was too long and bottomed out. We switched front springs a few weeks back and new the drive shaft was too long, just never did anything about it.
Now that its broken of course I am upgrading. Going to use an S10 bell housing to adapt the cady engine to the SM420 and a novak adapter to put the dana 300 behind the SM420. This is going to greatly help the gearing in the trooper, which it needs. My crawl ratio will be around 80 to 1. Even in second gear my crawl ratio will be better than what it was. Should be nice.
Dana 300
SM420 with a chevy S10 bell housing
So the other day took the trooper out to a trail around the corner and it came back like this.

This had nothing to do with the transmission not being able to handle the V8. The only reason it broke is because the front drive shaft was too long and bottomed out. We switched front springs a few weeks back and new the drive shaft was too long, just never did anything about it.
Now that its broken of course I am upgrading. Going to use an S10 bell housing to adapt the cady engine to the SM420 and a novak adapter to put the dana 300 behind the SM420. This is going to greatly help the gearing in the trooper, which it needs. My crawl ratio will be around 80 to 1. Even in second gear my crawl ratio will be better than what it was. Should be nice.
Dana 300

SM420 with a chevy S10 bell housing
