1992 Dodge Dakota 5.2 Magnum advice
I always had heard that the 92/93 magnum manifolds were some of the best flowing exhaust manifolds out there. Not as good as headers but flow good. Thanks for the tips!! Never thought about going to a lower gear.
I tell you whut, every streeter I ever installed a rear gear for, absolutely loved it. You cannot imagine what 4.30s will feel like; you will not be able to stop smiling.
And the first time I ever swapped out the stock TC behind my teener for a 2800TC, I couldn't stop smiling for a long time. The old LAs really woke up with 4.30s. Your Magnum might do well with 4.11s, but that is only a step up from 3.91s so really not that big of an impact. And with the .69 overdrive, 4.30s would be my choice with a stock TC.
If you go TC first, then you'll have a better idea of what gears you might want, which is the way I'd go.
But before I would do anything, I would do a stall-test on the one that is in there. If it flashes to 2800,say, then it would be difficult to justify a bigger one for the street. But if it flashes to only 2000 or less, then it's a no-brainer for me.
But with a TC you are gonna have traction issues. So then you'd have to fix that before moving forward.
