Ditching the gears would be a big help for an in-town truck. It likely has an 8-1/4" rear. If so, grabbing gears out of a Dakota would likely help.

You can always drop in the steeper gears and a 518 OD to get the cruise RPM down. There's plenty of room under the truck.

What happened to the 360 mileage build thread? It went several pages and the engine had good numbers all the way around.

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