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Exhaust Brake on a 95 Dodge
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<blockquote data-quote="saltbranch" data-source="post: 1129544" data-attributes="member: 13181"><p>My truck was a 97 Dodge 1 ton cab and chassis truck with a 11' bed. I think 84" Cab to Axle. It was a 2wd with the straight front axle..like 450 super duty back then. I swapped an Allison 545, 4 spd auto with 4th being 1:1. No overdrive, thats where the brownie came in. The brownie provided the overdrive. My truck originally was a 5 spd with 4.10's. After I did the swap, I changed the rear to 3.55's. I had the best of both worlds the allison with brownie in direct was equal to a 5spd with 4.10's. With the Allison and brownie in OD, it was abit higher geared than a 5spd with a 3.55 rear but ran out very good. You floated the gears in the brownie like you do in a 18 wheeler. The allison stayed in drive, let the tranny shift through the gears, then let off accelerator pedal, float the brownie in to next gear and get back on the gas pedal and let the allison shift. The low range on the brownie is equal to 4 low in a 4x4 truck,,,very nice to have when backing a 40' G/N loaded heavy.</p><p>A friend of mine put a 3208 cat,allison 545, brownie, and divorce mount t-case in a 68 Dodge crew cab 4x4...it was sweet.</p><p>In my truck I had a 1000.00 in custom driveshafts alone. Not cheap to convert from big ujoints to 1 ton ujoints. Was it worth it? Yes, back then. Plus I put the marine injectors in the motor and cam plate in the pump.</p><p> For a 4x4 it works like this</p><p>Motor-tranny-driveshaft to brownie-driveshaft to t-case- then drive shaft to the front/rear diffs,,,just imagine the gear choices :cowboy: </p><p>Its by far cheaper to convert to the chevy setup or new style main shaft. You never hear of the Chevy nv4500, 5th gear problems for a reason. When I did my conversion, that was not an option. Hope that answers your questions</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="saltbranch, post: 1129544, member: 13181"] My truck was a 97 Dodge 1 ton cab and chassis truck with a 11' bed. I think 84" Cab to Axle. It was a 2wd with the straight front axle..like 450 super duty back then. I swapped an Allison 545, 4 spd auto with 4th being 1:1. No overdrive, thats where the brownie came in. The brownie provided the overdrive. My truck originally was a 5 spd with 4.10's. After I did the swap, I changed the rear to 3.55's. I had the best of both worlds the allison with brownie in direct was equal to a 5spd with 4.10's. With the Allison and brownie in OD, it was abit higher geared than a 5spd with a 3.55 rear but ran out very good. You floated the gears in the brownie like you do in a 18 wheeler. The allison stayed in drive, let the tranny shift through the gears, then let off accelerator pedal, float the brownie in to next gear and get back on the gas pedal and let the allison shift. The low range on the brownie is equal to 4 low in a 4x4 truck,,,very nice to have when backing a 40' G/N loaded heavy. A friend of mine put a 3208 cat,allison 545, brownie, and divorce mount t-case in a 68 Dodge crew cab 4x4...it was sweet. In my truck I had a 1000.00 in custom driveshafts alone. Not cheap to convert from big ujoints to 1 ton ujoints. Was it worth it? Yes, back then. Plus I put the marine injectors in the motor and cam plate in the pump. For a 4x4 it works like this Motor-tranny-driveshaft to brownie-driveshaft to t-case- then drive shaft to the front/rear diffs,,,just imagine the gear choices :cowboy: Its by far cheaper to convert to the chevy setup or new style main shaft. You never hear of the Chevy nv4500, 5th gear problems for a reason. When I did my conversion, that was not an option. Hope that answers your questions [/QUOTE]
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