foxwar71
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Foxboro, MA
5.38's and either a lockrite or one of the other new lunchbox lockers. If i find a good deal on say an arb or a t-locker, id get it i guess. not a fan of a detroit since a broken shaft=broken locker. as for shafts, to keep this thing budget friendly to begin with, ill be sending out two stock long side inners to dutchman to have them cut & resplined for $90. i figure ill be fine on them for now and itll keep the build cost low. later down the road ill upgrade to chromos and flanges. again, this is all unless i find a good deal i cant pass up to begin with. ill use either 2.5" or 3" ballistic joints all around with tube inserts and like 3/8ths wall tubing. the plan is 35-37's, i was actually looking at some new 37x13.5x15 baja claws to get an idea of price today. depending on how long my 35" claws last now, ill either be running them, another set of 35" claws or 37" claws. im not one bit worried about running 35's. ill be shaved enough, clearance wont matter and i wont have to worry about breaking anything.
I've studied almost every post you have pertaining to the steering system. I'll probably do something similar to your setup. Rework & rebuilt stock box, a good ram, upgraded pump, and a cooler. I'd like to run something like a detroit so I can also have the benefits of a full case locker over a stock carrier, but with all the horror stories I heard of shafts taking them out I wasnt to sure if I wanted to worry about it. But you say its not a problem in the bigger axles? The only thing that wont be pimped out to begin with are the shafts (keep built cost low & they should be OK with 35's). Down the road, I'll swap in some chromos. I know that the first, and hopefully the only, pieces to break are gunna be the stock shafts.
