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Give me free access to any brand new tires and I would take the Michelin XML's.
The Goodyear MVT's are decent but, are rock pickers. I like the Michelin XZL's better.
I would not intentionally buy Michelin XL's.
I currently have trucks equipped with all the tires in my post.
Off road only trucks. Not the way I would do it.
That second truck is the one I thought you were planning to buy, remember! It was first posted by you.
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The Canadian deuce uses the 8.2 Detroit. and has no problem fitting the automatic in the 6x6.
The editor of Chevy High Performance magazine wrote a buildup of 390/410 hp smallblock on 87 octane back in 2001. The article was called "Agent 87". Something like 25mpg in a car.
The 267 V8's I've used are original equipment from Impala and Caprice 2/4 door full size cars. They have good...
Well, you posted in the CUCV forum without being specific so here's my take on it.
If I needed to change out the 6.2 in a M1009, I would consider a 4.3 V6. Plenty of power, cheap and easy to maintain. I have installed a few 267 V8's which are great motors for an economical power plant,(only GM...
Go to Johnson's Stainless Exhaust in Fredonia, PA. You aren't far from there. They will build you a complete stainless setup with lifetime warranty for the cost of the auto part store setup.
The original post did not mention wanting to change the transmission or doing a lift for big tires. The poll should reflect what he was asking.
That said I would do the 3.73 swap. Still plenty of power and more highway friendly. I run 255/85's which are taller than my 285/75's on my M1008 and...
I found most of that stuff closer to you than to me.
There was another guy east of this location that has some mounted 1400-20 NDT's off a bridge truck for sale.