Lifting 77 k10 need HELP!

[77_K10]

I am going to buy a K10 and want to lift it and put bigger tries on it... I want to put 35" tires under my truck and want to put a 4" lift on it, will this even work? The other thing is I have have questions on the whole gear ratio thing. The truck has a 350 and 3.64 rears currently with a m-465 I think, is this okay for 35" tires? Thanks

 

[firebane]

If its a mall crawler 4" will work. If you plan on going off road you will need a 6" which opens up a ton of stuff to do.

 

[77 K20]

You sure about that gear ratio? I was only aware of 3.42, 3.73, 4.10 as far as common ratios.

 

[MadOgre]

Ya not sure about that ratio but even if you have 3.42s with an SM465 and 35s you will be fine, might not be the peppiest but it will work.

You need a 6" lift minimum for 35s. If you are doing this to off road with it I would do 8" because you will want bigger tires down the road how ever not with anything less then 3:73s.

4" maximum tire size is 33" unless you are willing to sawzall off your wheel wells (also known as "Trimming")

However if you go with a 4" lift you could also do a 3" body lift which would give you 7" of wheel well lift. You can add a 3" body lift to any size suspension lift to gain an additional 3 inches.

Most guys don't like body lifts. Me included. But if you are building an off road rig then I would be all for it. The lower you keep your suspension lift the less drive line angle problems you will have

So for 35s a 4" with a 3" body lift would do nicely for an off road purposed rig or a 6" with a 3" body lift with say 38s or 40s

Custom bumpers work well with 3" body lifts

 

[Letters]

'77 K10 with a 4" lift on 35s.

 

[77_K10]

What do you mean by off road in its going to be a daily driver but I'll take it offroad on a back road home. That back road will involve short steep hills and lots of mid sized bumps... thanks

 

[77_K10]

Ya not sure about that ratio but even if you have 3.42s with an SM465 and 35s you will be fine, might not be the peppiest but it will work.

You need a 6" lift minimum for 35s. If you are doing this to off road with it I would do 8" because you will want bigger tires down the road how ever not with anything less then 3:73s.

4" maximum tire size is 33" unless you are willing to sawzall off your wheel wells (also known as "Trimming")

However if you go with a 4" lift you could also do a 3" body lift which would give you 7" of wheel well lift. You can add a 3" body lift to any size suspension lift to gain an additional 3 inches.

Most guys don't like body lifts. Me included. But if you are building an off road rig then I would be all for it. The lower you keep your suspension lift the less drive line angle problems you will have

So for 35s a 4" with a 3" body lift would do nicely for an off road purposed rig or a 6" with a 3" body lift with say 38s or 40s

Custom bumpers work well with 3" body lifts

I hate body lifts but I don't really want to do all The stuff that a 6" lift requires would a 4" lift plus a 1" body lift work?

 

[hirschdalechevy]

I would go with a 6" if you want 35's and with a 4sp. it will be ok with 35's , you can always put more gear in after the fact.

 

[skysurfer]

There's a lot of guys around here running 35's on a 4" lift, me included. For the type of driving you described it will work fine. Just remember that if you get into more extreme offroading with gullies and boulders you'll have the front tires hitting the wheel wells.

 

[MadOgre]

You can get away with a 6" lift and doing nothing but brake lines and 6 inches of steering correction 4 will do but a 6" raised steering arm is better. You can get away with the stock driveshaft as long as its not lifted more than 6" and you don't go too crazy with the articulation off road.