Author Topic: 1979 Pickup 4-speed to 5-speed Swap  (Read 25571 times)

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Re: 1979 Pickup 4-speed to 5-speed Swap
« on: May 27, 2004, 10:24:43 PM »
I have done at least 50 plus conversions over the years including my own 1980 RN47 truck.
The L43 has a 3.67 1th gear compared to the 3.93 L52 trans.
This will change the crawl ratio on a 79-80 truck from 37:1 to 39:1.

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