does anybody know how many miles from san jose
to moab,utah? and what are the models that use
the same diff carrier as 85 4x4?

85 toy pkup xtra cab,3" procomp lift,lockrite
f/r, 31's, 4.10

Almost 1K miles.
mapquest
Any 4 cyl or 6 cyl 8" diff (usually but not necessarily from a 4x4 truck or 4Runner) will go in your axles; the 4 cyl. is fine but the 6 cyl. is stronger if you wheel hard. Have not heard of too many of either failing, with decent properly set up gears and good maintenance, with stock powerplants. Heck, BobG runs an LT1 through 4 cylinder diffs.

<small>[ February 27, 2003, 06:16 PM: Message edited by: Bill_Morgan ]</small>

Ya know, as I look at the route, there's gotta be a better one. Good ol' 'puters, they just spit out what they're told to.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by Bill_Morgan:
<strong>Ya know, as I look at the route, there's gotta be a better one. Good ol' 'puters, they just spit out what they're told to.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">The scenic way is throguh Nevada on US50, but its a lot longer drive, time-wise. If you go via I80, its about 20 hrs. drive. Via 50, its at least 12 hours just to the NV/UT border w/o stops.

You can get some weird results from Mapquest sometimes. I but in here to Moab and get 415 miles through Denver. When I put in a mid point on the way I want to go the results are better.

Home to Gunnison 163 miles, Gunnison to Moab 230, total 393. 22 miles shorter and only one big pass, Monarch. Going the Denver way there are tons of long climbs without names, Eisenhower tunnel and Vail pass. I'd use a lot less fuel going through Gunnison. Depending on traffic and road conditions i'd save a lot of time to.

I guess Mapquest is programed to keep you on interstate at all cost.

I got 677 miles
http://www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist?place1=san+jose%2C+ca&place2=moab%2C+ut

Monica,
Your search produced results "As the crow flies," which is just that, not actual road miles.

my s/w says go from SJ down to bakersfield then to lost wages, then head up through i-15 cutting through AZ for about an hour then into utah then turn right at i-70 til you hit slickrocks... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

990 miles.

I got 999 miles via Sacremento I-80 and Salt Lake City. 18 Hours.

By putting in SJ to Austin NV, to Delta UT, to Moab via US 50. I got 948 miles and 20:15 time using Mapquest.

I wish I was asleep.