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I have been speaking with a well known custom off road mechanic. My goals are 1. 65-70 with ~2k rpm Freeway speed 2. ~15mpg 3. Maintain Off-road abilities His recommendations are to replace the transmission to the 700 R4. He stated there are two different types of transmission...

I got mine from LA. I have been looking for a while and one night on a whim I checked EBAY motors and found it. Attached are the pics of it.....

I have been told that the 12v cummings 6bt is the way to go, but I think for now untill i find something wrong with the 6.2 ill prob stay with it....or untill get restless..... :)

Some updates, Ill looking to keep the vinyl top and just paint it. (black) too off set the gunmetal gray body paint. I am being told by a well known and respected mechanic that he could change the gearing in the diffs and keep the 400 TH and the 6.2 as is, and achieve Freeways rpms at ~2k at...

Thank you so much for the post, ill look into the 6.5. I made contact with Preditor motors but its a bit expensive.... Have to do some more research.... couple questions, what do you think your MPG is and overal top speed with out running at 3k rpm? :popcorn:

Thanks for the reply, I think youre post may have helped with the wheels, I like the 24 bolt ones. My M998 will be a dark gunmetal so I might use the the 20 bolt 2-piece forged Hutchinson with a runflat and a Goodyear MTR tire, but for 2k a piece has me with second thoughts :evil:. Ill deff...

I recently purchased a 1985 M998 6.2, open top (canvis) in excellent condition. Im looking to do the following and any ideas or possible improvments to my ideas would be greatly appreciated. 1. Putting a shell on top, prob a slant back from California Gold kits... Home Pic of slantback...