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thank you SO much for that info, i had not been able to find the list of ratios on models

my buddy at work HAD a turbo impulse as his drift car for a while. not sure what became of the car but he still has the turbo/manifolds, sadly that was one of the two i can remember seeing running/driving

alrighty... so basically what that all comes down to is i need to find a p'up 4x4 trans. and run the size tires that would correspond with the gearing of the rear end to match the final drive ratio of the p'up (or where ever will put me at or near 3k rpm at highway speed so im not bogging down coming up a 2% grade)

the impulse O/D seems like it would a great idea but also be dang near impossible to find at this point as i can rarely find an impulse online in the pick-n-pull inventory. and as long as the p'up 4x4 5 speed would keep me rollin along at freeway speed i wouldnt have any concern with wanting anything more i dont race and i dont wheel its a daily driver.

re-did the ratios for the swap.. with my 4.10 rear, 28" (stock size) tires & the .855 5th @3000 RPM i would be going just over 70 MPH sounds perfect to me.
http://wahiduddin.net/calc/calc_speed_rpm.htm
VERY handy speed calculator. a lot of the other ones i found left out trans gearing.

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

David, you should tell him where you stole that juicy morsel of information. At least I did, when I stole it!

I think all EXCEPT the Impulse info came from Jerry (JLEMOND) at IsuzuPup.com. The Turbo Impulse specs came from http://www.isuzuperformance.com/isupage ... impjr.html
But that site's not coming up now. Glad I got it when I did.

Jack

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well thank ya for the source of the info
so my best bet will be to pull a trans from a 2.3(carbed) 86+ p'up or trooper so i dont have to Lego a transmission together from 2, which i am way too broke to do. and find a set of 28" tires and call myself set until its time to beef the motor up more.

And then the next step will be to pick up a 2wd luv with a bad/or no motor to do an V8 swap in to make my play truck and keep my daily driver 4x4 reliable

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

There needs to be some clarification of the tranny gear ratios listed in the above chart: the gear ratios listed as "gas" must be for a 2wd tranny, they are close to a Chevy LUV 2wd 4sp. The ratios for both the 4sp and 5sp gas 4x4 trannies match closely that of the listing for the "turbo dsl"- 4wd gas trannies had lower 1st-3rd gearing than 2wd.
These ratios were taken directly from various LUV/Trooper FSMs.

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'78 Chevy LUV,1.9,4sp,headers,31's,SAS Dana 30,Dana 20,SOA rear w/Aussie Locker, rough body, bought new 12/4/78.
'87 Trooper,2.3,5sp,headers,31's,ball joint flip & spacer,Aussie Locker rear,Superwinch hubs,brush guard w/5.5K winch,more to come.

86/87 are the only years you will find a MSG 4wd 5sp that is a clone of your MSG 4wd 4sp, "just longer for the 5th gear".
88 they change tranys its a much stronger trans with HYD cluch, and has the 20% O\D




and then theres this list i forgot about. maybe the two charts to gether will make more since
(some of these gear sets never came stat side) clicky on it to make bigger.

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86trooperT/D 2.2
84 L\B 4x4Diesel LS 2.2
84 S\B 4X4 gas rust bucket 1.9
86 L\B 4X4 gas 5 speed 2.3
the twins, 81 pup and 81 LUV both are diesel 2.2



The Energizer Bunny is trying to keep up, and is starting to gasp for air!!

what all would need to be done different for a 4x2 trans swap? just bolt up, and shorter driveline?

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride