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yea and they also want $9000 for a 11.5 rear!
does anybody actually buy that? im not knocking it or anything but, thats pretty crazy.
yea and they also want $9000 for a 11.5 rear!
I don't know been pricing some open driveline stuff, and the prices they want, I can throw a lot of ring and pinions at a D80 and still have money in my pocket...
After building both a fully built oem driveline truck from the ground up (starting with a frame and buying the drive line for it) (bought everything rebuilt from a local rebuilding shop)...And building an open driveline truck I can firmly say that the open drive line truck in the end was the same price for the drivetrain as the the oem drive-line truck if not cheaper.
In the end though...I think it comes down to doing ALOT of the home work you self and building as much as you can on your own!
Ryan
Possibly, could you give a summary of the price that you have in yours now?
I guess what I am running into is the it appears the rearend to run OEM 8 lug aluminum wheels is running $6000+
The rest of the stuff is about the same.
going "used" will deffinatly help (we picked up our belhousing and reverser from a very well known mod diesel puller this past winter). Got the reverser and can for $2500. Everything else we bought new. Paid $3600 for pro-fab ultimate drop box with the mid shaft, sheilding, 4 yokes (2 on the box, 2 for the axles) and a few other goodies also. Pro-fab quick change gears by the way are $215 and they frequently come up on racing junk for $100 a pair. Our front axle for our aplication is a custom Dana80 steer axle, all build my self and loaded with an ARB and 4340 lifetime warantee shafts and driver plates and 300M joints and 5:13 gears the axle is $2750. We are also building our own drive shafts for the truck and parts for those are $600. That brings the total price up to just under $13,000 for the whole drive train.
For cost comparison here are the prices for the drive train I paid for my old puller when I build it from scratch in 2006
$2650- Rebuilt GM AAM 11.5 with 3:73's and posi (no lockers available at the time)
$3600-rebuild Dana 60 dodge with solid pasenger shaft, upgraded axles, ARB
$3200 for a fully rebuilt NV5600
$1600 241DHD
$1200 for custom drive shafts (rear was 98" long for the crew-cab dually)
That brings the grand total up to $12,250....almost the same price as the drive train we have now!
Like I said, you can save a ton by sourcing parts on your own and doing the work your self!
RyanB
Thanks for the info, the fear is that the f106 won't hold up, so that puts that out. Of course where you got the 241DHD for $1600 I would sell you everyone I had for that LOL. Your right though making your own or buying used is the route to go.
I have no doubt the F106 will hold for you...look back only 5 or 6 years ago when they started showing up in Mod trucks...welded diffs where the norm and the billet pinion support solved alot of problems. And the mod trucks back then with there twins where over 1500hp with more torque than any single charger truck.
The trend is always to go bigger but it doesn't have to be that way. Put together a well built F106 and it will live for a long time.
As far as $1600 for a 241DHD...thats the going price up here for them...they are quite rare seeing every guy that plow's snow wants one!!!!
Ryan