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Old Dec 10, 2005 | 08:47 PM
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gears for 44's?
as you all probably know by now, i recently bought an 85 f250, and i'm going to put 44's on it. i was wondering what gears i will need? it has a 302 in it, so ther's not much power, i'm going to do alot of bolt on's, cams/carb/headers/ingition/etc... the track i'll be running at can't be but maybe 1/8 mile. it will not be driven more then a couple miles at a time on the street, so i'm not concerned with streetability, just getting down the track fast as possible.thanks!!!!
 
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Old Dec 10, 2005 | 09:00 PM
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I'd use at least 5.13 gears, and I would think about putting a built 460 also.
 
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Old Dec 10, 2005 | 09:06 PM
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going with 5.13 would be equivilant gearing to running 3.73 with 32" tires, and 5.38 gears would be equivilant to running 3.91 with 32" tires niether of which is a real low gear I wouldn't go any higher gears than the 5.38, and more like 5.50s or something close if you can get them for the axles you have (no you can't get them for a D44HD)
 
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Old Dec 10, 2005 | 09:29 PM
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the lowest i can find is 5.38's, i have the ifs front, is that a d44?
 
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Old Dec 10, 2005 | 09:31 PM
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i am in the market for a 460. that's my goal!!
 
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Old Dec 10, 2005 | 09:40 PM
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You're trying to race with 44's on an IFS D44 front with a 302???
 
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i'm leaning towards findong a d60 front, where is a good place, and how much do they run? i have two d44, or d50's whatever they are. is there any place to sell them?
 
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Check ebay and your local junk yard. They'll run $1000-$1500 for a used axle. If you want a new one try Dynatrac. They'll charge about $6K for one of theirs.
 
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for that kinda of dough, don't even stop at 1 ton axles. go straight to 2-1/2 ton toploading rockwells.
 
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Can't get what Rob for D44HD?
 
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Any gears lower than 5.38.
 
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wow, now that would be a disaster. 44's on dana 44 and a 302. you might be able to get it to move.
 
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Ive seen worse... in petersen's, go figure...
 
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He has an IFS 250, it should be a D-50. Not that its any better though.... Dook, where are you located?
 
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actually worse less choices on gears
 
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