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Originally Posted by 57taskforce
Nice shots. Carnage always sucks but at least now you have an excuse to upgrade! 205 time??
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No 205 for me. The 241 has been fine with the torque of the 8.1 and my more aggressive throttle antics with the 5.3 in front of it. But the egg-shell aluminum case is the weakness.
A 205 would cure that issue, but so would a properly supported (on both ends) skid plate.
For the strength I'd gain, I'd lose gear reduction. Right now with the 6.34:1 low gear in my nv4500 the 2.72:1 in the 241 and my 4.1 gears I have a 70:1 crawl ratio. If I went to a 205, the 1.96:1 low range would drop me to 50:1 in low/low. The only way to get the gearing back would be to put a ORD Magnum box in front of the 205, which uses the same planetary gearset as the 241. Sure I'd have the added bonus of going low/low/low and get almost 140:1 but I don't need to go that deep, nor do I have the funds to go that way.
Speaking of cost, price out a round pattern 205 with the 32 spline input IF you can find one. Plus I'd have to find a 90-91 to get the VSS output or buy more goodies to convert one from mechancial speedo to VSS. I won't bring up using a AA kit to adapt a figure 8 pattern 205 to my nv4500. Besides more cost I'm not chopping the output shaft of my freshly rebuilt trans to facilitate that mess.
The 241 is getting treated to a full rebuild kit of bearings/seals and a Tom Woods SYE to rid the t-case of the slip yoke setup. That and installing a spare rear housing I have stashed in the garage.