So I guess what are you trying to do? I'm sort of lost here, looking to build something better that what a good chunk of guys on here are running and speak super highly of? I'm pretty conservative when it comes to truck building if it hasn't been proven before, I don't dare risk it, via I don't have the spare money to make those kind of mistakes.
Though on the other hand I'm kicking around the idea of building a tranny if I get this excursion I'm thinking about. Pretty much because I'm cheap and I love a good learning project. But that will only happen if I can get my best friend/ mechanical mentor and a family friend who has been building trannys for years help. Way too much at risk for just my brain... Though I did buy a rebuild manual, and my brain was strained via just browsing through it. I know I need help on a project like that, and would only get into it, knowing I had a good catch net if ha know what I'm saying.