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Woohoo!! We have a transfer case!! A major step toward becoming a 4WD!
The fine folks at A1 Performance Transmissions - outside of Atlanta, built me a sweet 4R100 good for 500-600hp. They swapped it into the truck and installed my new NV271F manual transfer case. As suspected the driveshaft from the V10 donor was too long, so they shortened it 2" and re-balanced it. They also replace the cooler with the 31-row 6.0 cooler and flushed the lines. I dropped the truck off at 8am and I was back on the road by 2pm. The 6hr ride home was flawless. Can't say enough good things about this shop!
About all that is left is to pull the seats out, pull the carpet back and install the transfer case shifter!
CR
They are on my list when my 4r100 goes, can you give me an idea of what they charge?
Well we towed the camper from NC to Moab and back with no issues! The 4.30 gears were perfect for pulling the long hills of the Appalachians and Rockies. We spent 7 days hiking and off-roading - it was a blast! We did some easy trails with the X - Potash Road, Shafer Switchbacks, Onion Creek, Tusher Tunnel - the truck was great. The stiff springs and highway tires forced us to take is very slow, but that was fine because the scenery is so epic. Here's a couple pics at the Thelma & Louise point. The trail had a few steep parts and a couple steps of 12" or so. The X motored right along - no wheel spin no drama. The Detroit TrueTrac worked great in the rear.
We rented a SxS to explore some of the more challenging trails like Chicken Corners and Dome Plateau. THAT was a blast. We'll be back to Moab again! CR
Minor update. After more than a year of use there has been a bit of settling at the front springs resulting in an unattractive amount of rake and a bit of tire rub.
So I swapped out the stock rear shackle of the front leaf springs for some after market units about 1.5" longer.
Resulting an about an inch of lift in the front. Looks better and almost no rub.
