Hello all

[Drcain]

Posted and got great help last time due to that i did not purchase the 99 ram i was intending to ($4500 in tranny was not an option on a truck that the dealer wanted $4000 for) SO...., i am looking at a 2001 Ram with the v10

it has 3.55 gearing in the rear and the NV241 4 speed auto trans

was curious as to what you guys think on how hard/ any benefits if it is a D70 rear end ( from what i know they usually are) how hard would it be to find and bolt up a D80 Srw?

unfortunately, from these pics i can not tell and have not had the chance to crawl under it to look and see what is stamped on the rear end

 

[Drcain]

Emailed the dealer we will see what they say, still wanting more experenced owner's opinions tho

 

[BBartow]

D80 would be bolt-on, but just out of curiosity why? D70 is plenty strong and has more aftermarket than the D80. The V10 is a very strong motor just is very thirsty.


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[dodge dude94]

Unless you plan on hot rodding or seriously off roading it, there really isn't a benefit of upgrading to a D80. Especially since almost all D80s had 4.10 gears in them and you'd them have to change the gears up front to match that.

 

[Drcain]

I ask because IF i want to play around show off what have you , i don't want to be busting gears and such., from what i know the Dana 80 is over kill yes., but then, why did my father get a Srw dana 80 in his rig ( 1997.5 ram) and no he wont tell me lol

guess i have to figure this out with your guys help...

 

[dodge dude94]

Dana 80s were available on manual transmission diesels. And even with the D70, it's still super-strong. lol

 

[BBartow]

Dana 80s were available on manual transmission diesels. And even with the D70, it's still super-strong. lol

And V10s.

 

[dodge dude94]

And V10s.

Ohh yeah. Manual V10s had it too. My bad.