sirhk100
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- '91
Hey guys, curious your thoughts. My old '92 I ran open front and rear with cut and turned beams and extended axles on 33's with no issues ever once I got rid of the stock auto hubs and put on some manuals.
My current '91 is sitting on 35's open front and rear but I haven't even touched dirt with it because I just finally got some custom wider axles machined and my 3rd is being regeared to match the rear. The thing is though, my current '91 is a basket case mechanically and I've decided to pickup a complete stock expo in good shape to swap my goodies over to.
So this weekend I'm possibly picking up another '91 to swap all my goodies onto and then I'm going to scrap what's left. This one I might be picking up has a powertrax noslip up front. Basically with the parts I have on hand the front axle will still be stock 35 3rd with a powertrax, 4.56 and custom machined extended axles because my beams are widened.
The expo will be my daily driver and used for mild crawling. I know the obvious answer here but... I have the option of running 35's or 33's. I'm right now leaning towards 33's for reasons other then what I'm about to ask but...
For mild crawling, are 35's going to be a sure axle snapper up front with the locker? What's the typical weak link in the front end when going to bigger tires? The axles I had custom machined are a heat treated 300M material so I'm pretty confident they won't be the weak link. I'm kinda hoping the stock axles are what typically snaps cause if so, maybe I'll be fine even if I decided to stick with 35's.
My current '91 is sitting on 35's open front and rear but I haven't even touched dirt with it because I just finally got some custom wider axles machined and my 3rd is being regeared to match the rear. The thing is though, my current '91 is a basket case mechanically and I've decided to pickup a complete stock expo in good shape to swap my goodies over to.
So this weekend I'm possibly picking up another '91 to swap all my goodies onto and then I'm going to scrap what's left. This one I might be picking up has a powertrax noslip up front. Basically with the parts I have on hand the front axle will still be stock 35 3rd with a powertrax, 4.56 and custom machined extended axles because my beams are widened.
The expo will be my daily driver and used for mild crawling. I know the obvious answer here but... I have the option of running 35's or 33's. I'm right now leaning towards 33's for reasons other then what I'm about to ask but...
For mild crawling, are 35's going to be a sure axle snapper up front with the locker? What's the typical weak link in the front end when going to bigger tires? The axles I had custom machined are a heat treated 300M material so I'm pretty confident they won't be the weak link. I'm kinda hoping the stock axles are what typically snaps cause if so, maybe I'll be fine even if I decided to stick with 35's.