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Warpath · 10-25-2004, 07:06 AM

Can I ask why you would want to add expense for a aluminum air tanks on a truck? These tanks are pretty small and they are not going to save you that much weight. Also my FLD120 had 567,000 miles and almost 10 years old with the same steel tanks. This conversion will be long gone before I even get close to that kind of miles or time.

Mase - We are going with the upgraded seats in cloth and then having them covered to match. So we are not paying for something we won't use. As for the rear end gear this is what Detroit recommends for this motor, application and transmission.

I don't run down the road at 90 miles an hour so a lower gear is not going to help me. I pretty much run the speed limit plus 5.

Bill

10-25-2004, 07:06 AM	#8
Warpath Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: N.E. Ohio Posts: 768	Can I ask why you would want to add expense for a aluminum air tanks on a truck? These tanks are pretty small and they are not going to save you that much weight. Also my FLD120 had 567,000 miles and almost 10 years old with the same steel tanks. This conversion will be long gone before I even get close to that kind of miles or time. Mase - We are going with the upgraded seats in cloth and then having them covered to match. So we are not paying for something we won't use. As for the rear end gear this is what Detroit recommends for this motor, application and transmission. I don't run down the road at 90 miles an hour so a lower gear is not going to help me. I pretty much run the speed limit plus 5. Bill __________________ 2012 Showhauler 28'6" Motorhome on a Columbia w/ 450 Mercedes.