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improving my 92 P/U

Old 08-22-2008, 03:10 AM
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Question improving my 92 P/U

Ive got a 92 pickup with 200xxx miles on it. I bought it with a three and a half inch trail master lift, headers and some unknown diff. The last guy wanted to make a rock crawler with it (2500rpms at 50mph in fifth gear, 3500 at 70) it was in rough condition but ive done what i can can with it.

Ive bought this engine with the 260 RV cam

http://www.sunwestautomotiveengines....E%20ENGINE.htm

Im look for a good radiator, electric fan and throttle body spacer.

Id really like to get a diff thats better then stock but lets me use lower rpms on the street, (it spends 80-90% of the time on the street depending on the season)

Any suggestions of what to buy would be appreciated.
Old 08-22-2008, 04:55 AM
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what size tires do you want to run?
Old 08-22-2008, 03:01 PM
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Your gear ratio is about 1 step lower than stock. Go up a tire size!

Take what money you're thinking of spending on the electric fan and TB spacer and flush it down the toilet - it will have the same effect on the truck.

What are you wanting to use the truck for? If offroad, then I recommend the following, and why:

- armor: driving around a broken or beat up rig sucks
- lockers: might already have them from what you describe the previous owner
- t case gearing: cuz slow is where it's at! Take obstacles nice and in control.
- suspension: long travel, SAS, tube buggy - by the time you get to this point, you'll know what you need!

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Old 08-22-2008, 08:36 PM
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A TB spacer is absolutely and utterly useless on a FI vehicle.
Skip that.
The electric fan can give a very minor boost, but you must make sure to get a good one and that it's installed correctly.




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I'm running 32x11.5 Pirelli Scorpions. Its mostly a street truck. its for hauling at work. its sees some trails to camp sights and bombing around in the snow getting up to snowmobile sites.

Im getting the K&N intake but theres also a hole in my intake tube, would it be better to get a new stock pipe or one of the tube intakes from ebay and not use the filter
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the K&N intake looks cool but I had one on my old '05 for about 6 months, made no difference other than the engine sucking in hot air from the engine compartment...I got lucky and sold it on ebay for what I paid for it...

search deckplate mod...cheaper etc
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