The next step in the build-up was trying to plant the new power to the ground, whether it be a dirt pulling track or sticky pavement at the drag strip. Moon built the Allison transmission in-house at GDS using Suncoast internals, converter and a Mag Hytec deep transmission pan was added. The front end was beefed up with an ARB air-locker, tie-rod sleeves, Cognito braces and a Mag Hytec differential cover was bolted on. Out back the rear differential is still using the stock gear train, but a Mag Hytec cover is also bolted on to help keep oil temperatures low.
The lift to clear Moon's 35-inch Toyo mudder tires comes from a 6-inch RCD lift with Bilstein shocks. A set of rear airbags, traction bars and adjustable bump stops help with traction as well.
Moon has become known around our office as the man of many tires as he admitted to owning five sets of tires, all mounted and balanced on their own rims, ready for service, whenever the need should arise. This includes 35x12.5x20 Toyo M/Ts for daily driver use, 35x12.50x17 Super Swamper STSs for the pulling track and 33x12.50x18 Toyo Proxess for the racetrack. Who knows what his other two sets are for.