I am starting my SFA kit like most of you and I am looking to see what you think of it and help welcom
here is what I start with up front a HP 44 full with

and here what I have planed for the back

they are both going to be 8 lugs

Cool stuff....

This is off-topic, but any chance you could take some shots of the front diff under that Dakota?

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Former CRD owner... now I just sit around and stare at the wall.

what do you need pic of I can do so that is my tow rig when I get that done just let me now what you need pic of and I can get them and have them to you next week

Oh it's no rush... just wanted to see the mounting and whatnot... some people here have wondered if they might be a swap worth looking into

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Former CRD owner... now I just sit around and stare at the wall.

if you find one that is not IFS that is not a 1995 is it would have to be a lot 80 modle and then it would be lift spring so it is not really good Idea to look in to but I will say that the cv joint in te dakota took a beating and never had any problems with them just the trany and the rear end they did not like the v8 under the hood

looks like a good start mason, i cant wait for updates

Kinda looks like mine but missing some parts.................




Good choice of axles,just remember you can't use the OEM t-case since you will need a t-case that can accept a speedo gear to operate the speedo without the OEM rear axle.See my post about the fix---
http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=29930

Im excited to see what full widths are going to look like

looks like a good set of axles, what gear ratio are you going to use? what size of tires are you wanting to run? Are you doing lockers as well?

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SOA, D44/ FF14B, SBC 350, SM465, NP205, 108" WB, 37" MTs

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lockers yes and I am looking in to 4:88 or deeper and tires are looking like 35 to 37 if I can get it worked out and how did you handle the speedo problem I think I Had talk to some one about it and there was a part that you can put in to a t case but I am working on a danna 300 with a 231 conversion adn a twin stick as well but looking for a 300 t case and what is the with how your axles ?

My axles are 67" front and 65" WMS to WMS with 5.13's to turn 35" Toyo MT's.

how dose it drive with that gear in it and dose it crawl well ?

he doesnt have his done yet.

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1980 Jeep CJ7 Buggy
SOA, D44/ FF14B, SBC 350, SM465, NP205, 108" WB, 37" MTs

http://www.dpgoffroad.com/
http://www.ucora.org/
http://www.christianoffroad.com/
http://jeepinbyal.com/

thanks

tjkj2002 why are you wider in the front than the back don't you wont them the same ?

That is the "normal" full width axle widths for 1/2 ton pickups.3/4-1ton pickups are 69" front and 67" rear WMS to WMS.

good to now I was thinking they were all the same

what would you run for the outer stub shaft spline count I was looking to take out the 19 spline and move up to the 30 spline and what lock out do use ?

I'm going to be running alloy axles in the front,Ford inners and the Chevy Outers with the 19 splines.To switch to 30-spline outers on a HP44 you will need to use Scout parts which are big $$$$ and hard to find,you'd loose the 8-lug BP in the front also since they are only 5-lug hubs.

it is to help give you a better turning radius, and like TJKJ said it is normal on the 1/2, 3/4 and 1 ton vehicles, actually I think its like that on most all vehicles.

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1980 Jeep CJ7 Buggy
SOA, D44/ FF14B, SBC 350, SM465, NP205, 108" WB, 37" MTs

http://www.dpgoffroad.com/
http://www.ucora.org/
http://www.christianoffroad.com/
http://jeepinbyal.com/