nytrdr24
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by all means, these trucks aren't ment to be fast n furious, but there are a couple things you can do depending on how much $$ you want to spend.
I'd start where bj said, and it will improve the engine, also swap to a manual rocker arm setup from an 86-87 2200 this would keep ya from floating a lifter at higher rpms.....more power in a weak engine will help.
put it on a diet, weight=slow, less weight=faster, be creative, and shed a few pounds off of the trucks chassis & rotating assembly & you'll pick up a 1/10 or so & a couple extra ponies too....
other than those couple things, you can get a couple extra mph by swapping a 5th gear out of a mid 80's rx-7 tranny into the trucks tranny, or just swap the whole tranny (you'll have to change out the bellhousings). a 2600 rear end is probably heavier than the 2200's, and for a couple mph will not be worth the trouble....look into a 85-93 yota rear end, you can get several different gear ratios, 5 lug pattern, and a rear disc conversion. or you could get a 84-85 rx-7 gsl-se rearend, modify it to fit on the truck, this will give you disc brakes, a lsd rear end, but the gear ratio is like 4.07:1, but you should be able to swap out the 3.90's from the truck & put them in the rx's carrier......