87 V20 D/D and Road trip Burb

[Jsfucttruck]

So the weather has been starting to change, and after my last backcountry road outing. It's time to get a matching set of gears in my Burb. I have been putting this off for too long. I think it has been a yr now since I swapped the blown out semi float for a 14bff. In the process I put the wrong ratio in.

So I need 3.73 gears. I have 4.10 in it now. With the 285/75/16 tires and the th400, the motor is running a tad high in the rpm band on roadtrips. I don't want to swap a 700r4 in, or go to a taller tire.


After looking into the cost of a re-gear. I decided not to re-gear. I have been looking for a complete used unit just to drop in. I had lined up a proper donor from a 86 C20 Burb(gray) that was a factory 454/th400 truck. It even had the proper length e-brake cables and connections. That was two yrs ago(yes I had a 14bff swap planned). Then I sold it a yr later. Sob!