project family wheeler. chop top 1 ton explorer.

[escort_gts]

NP435? Interesting

 

[86 slo-vo]

NP435? Interesting

1st gear will be nice on the trails.

1st - 6.69:1
2nd - 3.34:1
3rd - 1.66:1
4th - 1:1

 

[Kage]

1st gear will be nice on the trails.

1st - 6.69:1
2nd - 3.34:1
3rd - 1.66:1
4th - 1:1

Please document the hell out of this. I know Fox did this swap as well with success. I'd like to know how it works out for you (plus I like the thought of going 435 if the M50D ever dies).

 

[RangerSVT]

Kage, the ZF is close to those ratio's, plus has an overdrive
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[86 slo-vo]

i always take pictures, its a pretty good kit from the guy on here (cant think of his name).

 

[RangerSVT]

I forget too, but its an aerostar van build, I know that much
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[86 slo-vo]

Kage, the ZF is close to those ratio's, plus has an overdrive
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a zf would be nice, but i doubt ill be able to find one for the right price.

 

[RangerSVT]

Jon, thinking of a doubler??
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[snoranger]

a zf would be nice, but i doubt ill be able to find one for the right price.

Just use the NP435 and keep looking for a ZF. It took me 2 years of searching, but I found one for $75!!

 

[CHKNFKR]

I'd stick witht he 435, zfs aren't all they're cracked up to be. also, don't forget about that 8.26:1 reverse you get with the 435

 

[86 slo-vo]

Jon, thinking of a doubler??
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depends how i like the 435,1356,4.88's and 4D's

I'd stick witht he 435, zfs aren't all they're cracked up to be. also, don't forget about that 8.26:1 reverse you get with the 435

the reverse will deffinantly be nice when getting stuck in the tight spots.

 

[RangerSVT]

Hmm, I'd look into swapping the first gear clusters with the reverse gear clusters....
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[86 slo-vo]

Hmm, I'd look into swapping the first gear clusters with the reverse gear clusters....
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im not going that far, i still want to be able to drive on the street.

 

[RangerSVT]

How about a doubler?? Might need one with tons...
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[CHKNFKR]

Hmm, I'd look into swapping the first gear clusters with the reverse gear clusters....
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That'd be difficult to do since reverse in a 435 uses the same gears on the mainshaft and countershaft as first with a two stage idler to reverse rotation.