High pinion 44 what should I do.

[nblehm]

Picked up this 79 f250 hp44 a few days ago. Was a good deal, hard to find these anymore. Question is what should I do with it. I think it will pretty much bolt into my truck perch width wise. Swap over my chevy knuckles and e locker (need to confirm gearing) run it for awhile under the j10, would be nice because it would help my front driveshaft angle. I need to measure WMS width because I think it might be wider than a j20 axle which wouldnt be great.

Wild idea.
So at some point here in the future I'm building another crawler. Light weight, nimble, 37" tires hopefully <3000 pounds. Probably based on a cj2a.

Narrow this thing to 62-63", dana 60 outers. 35 spline spool, jana gear set. I figure, close to dana 60 strength and the ground clearance of a dana44. And it's different
Only thing I'd have to figure out beside custom shafts is i think the axle tubes are 2.75" and all dana 60 inner knuckles come at 3". I have a bunch of time in my hands to think about stuff