Chris Sunkin

I'd imagine that truck has 29" tires stock and 10" drum brakes in the rear. Probably has gearing somewhere in the 3.50 range. Stock, it probably wouldn't tow much over 5,000# with any level of security or comfort. Raising it any amount is going to make that worse, regardless of what other modifications you do. A 35" tire is 16% larger than a 29. That means you'll instantly lose 16% horsepower & torque and 16% less braking efficiency. That's going to equate to about 25% increase in stopping distance.

You can solve all these issues but it isn't cheap. It's probably not too feasable considering the age of the vehicle.

rude

thanx guys, i REALLY appreciate the input. if what you say is true about the power loss, i'm better off staying away from whole idea. the truck doesn't have that much power to spare i'll probably end up just doing a few power adders and keep saving for the DIESEL

thanx again for the help!!