Originally Posted by redcagepatrol
I'm running 4:10's in the axles and 4.7:1 gears in the second case. It would suck to drive a long distance that way but it's do-able. I have driven it to college Station and back a time or two - but it sucks. You'll never see 5th gear unless your in low-low range...
So - if you want to drive it on the street, do the 5:29's and have them cryo'd. I would also set up a spare third member so you can be sure to make it home without pulling apart both axles...
I've broken one stock inner shaft, one T-case output, a set or two of rear V6 4:10 gears, and the rear welded spider gears.
I've since upgraded the front "old style" Bobby Long birfields to new 300M ones and went to 4340 shafts all around. Still a stock t-case output - I had a spare and it took like 9 years of abuse to break.