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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 09:36 PM
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regency04 some food for thought.......
https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...d.php?t=414803

may all your answers lay within. lol. after reading that i would stick with the 10 bolt. but that is just my $.02
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by RED04REGENCYRST
well i went and retuned today for the ssr/tbss intake and 42# injectors. the final numbers today was 380rwhp and 380ft/lbs. so the setup gained me 15rwhp.

awesome man, good job



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I had had a expensive drive last night! I was headin over to my parents house to have dinner with some family and turned down the road the lived on and waited for the car in front of me to turn of and then i punched, ripped through first and went to grab second and several big pops. i pushed in the clutch and rolled into my parents drive way. i get out and look behind the truck and see a puddle of rear end fluid. I shaddered the ring gear or the pinion or both and a chunk of it put a hole in the diff cover. So it looks like i have to upgrade my rear a little sooner than i thought. Should i stick with the 10 or should i up grade? If i upgrade what should i upgrade to?

I'd think the 10 bolt should be fine, but a manual trans reeks havoc on a rear end. If you could upgrade to a 12 bolt, now would be the time.
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 11:54 PM
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if you could find a used disc brake 14 bolt from either a silverado ss or 2500, you should be fine. Was the ring a pinion OEM?
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by black06
if you could find a used disc brake 14 bolt from either a silverado ss or 2500, you should be fine. Was the ring a pinion OEM?
Every thing was stock as far as the rear end is concerned
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 12:12 AM
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most likely the G80 took a dump and brought the ring/pinion gear with it......... truetrac and some quality gears should get you going again.
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 06:40 PM
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has anybody had to replace a front bearing hub before 45k in these trucks?

had to replace mine the other day, the bearing was eat up pretty bad, it comes with the whole hub with studs attached already, GM wanted $340 , i got a buddy at advance auto that i got the GM replacement for $149
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 08:54 PM
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nice deal boog.
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 11:30 PM
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I found a 14 bolt out of a 2000 3/4 ton truck for 800. I work in a machine shop so i'm going to take the axles out and put a 6 lug pattern in them and slap them back in with a tru trac i think a some 4.10s
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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 09:54 PM
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On a lighter note...back to racing Lightnings lol...I havent raced a Lightning yet but I have a confirmed kill -vs- a Dodge Dakota R/T
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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 11:49 PM
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cool. what kind of mods do you have?
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