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Old 05-14-2015, 02:45 AM   #85
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Re: Adopting a Suburban Carryall, The Seahorse

Put some old 4" lift rancho springs on the front. Took two of the five leafs out to make them a little more compliant. Also ordered up some rear shackle flips from DIY4X so hopefully those will come in soon.

Trying to decide between 235/85s and 255/85s. I plan to put an overdrive trans in eventually and am worried that the 255/85s will be too tall a tire for the little 327 when in overdrive gear. What do you guys think?

I also picked up a Heartthrob dual exhaust kit from autoanything for about $200. Had to wait a month for it to arrive but with mufflers and mandrel bends I think it was a decent price. Since this thing was a 2wd at one time I need to cut two through holes in the center crossmember for the pipes to pass through.

Need to figure out parking brake cable routing too. The rear axle is from a late model suburban so has one long and one short cable that run over to the outside of the driver's side frame rail. So I guess I'll have to go to a similar setup.
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