Greeting from Afghanistan!
I am new to the forum and halfway new to older broncos. I have a 1976 that I did an on frame "restoration" Rebuilt 302, 3.5" Lift done right with new rear springs, adjustable tracbar, new radius arm bushings, blah blah.. Replaced the front floorboards and middle seat panel section. All new brake and fuel lines with new brakes and parts all the way around. Did whatever i could do in a one stall garage in base housing... I have not done any body work besides the dash, and floorboards but have plans for the body work when i get back. I am wanting to get rid of the 3 on the tree and go to a 4/5 speed. I have been doing alot of research and I know the swap forums have been written, but i have not been able to find a good answer for my question. I drive about 70% around town/highway and about 30% off road/mud. I currently have a mild 302, running 33" tires and what i believe is 3.55gears. I read the tag on the back before I left, i understand they could have been swapped, but i want to swap with 3.73 or something in the 4.10/4.11 range. ( will take advice on that as well) I am looking for different gearing in my next transmission. I understand the np435 is the most common swap, and easiest from what I read, but I also understand that it is not going to change my gearing besides giving me granny low which I am not sure I need. I know the NV3550 is going to be the best all around, or maybe the ZF, but I wasn't trying to spend $2,000 on the swap. I read on the novak-adapt website that the T19 with closed ratio has a gearing of 4.02,2.41,1.41,1. Is this gearing feasible for what I am wanting to do? I still think I would be getting a lower first gear than what I have now in the 3 speed at 2.99. What do you guys think about this and am I correct on the information I have so far? From there what is the best source to pull a T-19 closed ratio tranny from? And how do I identify it? Can I pull from a 2wd and 4wd truck and what would be differnce be or what would I need to do to make either one work? Any suggetions or information on this would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Will
I am new to the forum and halfway new to older broncos. I have a 1976 that I did an on frame "restoration" Rebuilt 302, 3.5" Lift done right with new rear springs, adjustable tracbar, new radius arm bushings, blah blah.. Replaced the front floorboards and middle seat panel section. All new brake and fuel lines with new brakes and parts all the way around. Did whatever i could do in a one stall garage in base housing... I have not done any body work besides the dash, and floorboards but have plans for the body work when i get back. I am wanting to get rid of the 3 on the tree and go to a 4/5 speed. I have been doing alot of research and I know the swap forums have been written, but i have not been able to find a good answer for my question. I drive about 70% around town/highway and about 30% off road/mud. I currently have a mild 302, running 33" tires and what i believe is 3.55gears. I read the tag on the back before I left, i understand they could have been swapped, but i want to swap with 3.73 or something in the 4.10/4.11 range. ( will take advice on that as well) I am looking for different gearing in my next transmission. I understand the np435 is the most common swap, and easiest from what I read, but I also understand that it is not going to change my gearing besides giving me granny low which I am not sure I need. I know the NV3550 is going to be the best all around, or maybe the ZF, but I wasn't trying to spend $2,000 on the swap. I read on the novak-adapt website that the T19 with closed ratio has a gearing of 4.02,2.41,1.41,1. Is this gearing feasible for what I am wanting to do? I still think I would be getting a lower first gear than what I have now in the 3 speed at 2.99. What do you guys think about this and am I correct on the information I have so far? From there what is the best source to pull a T-19 closed ratio tranny from? And how do I identify it? Can I pull from a 2wd and 4wd truck and what would be differnce be or what would I need to do to make either one work? Any suggetions or information on this would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Will
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