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the tires are 35" and iam not going any bigger

It sound's like you're pretty much describing my setup. I had 38"s on it but just recently lowered it down to a set of 33"s. I would suggest with that much power upgrading the rear yokes and driveshaft to accept 1410 series joints. They will be stronger with the rear angles and grip if you go offroad any. I would also suggest a Dana 60 if the front end ever goes out but if you aren't going to use a front driveshaft I wouldn't worry about it. The transmission would need beefed up also. Hope this helps.

I had a 77 1/2 ton short box chev with vortec 454/sm 465 /np 205 /d60 up front and a 14 ff out back with 4:56 gears and Detroits. I ran 39.5 boggers and could smoke the hell out of them in 2wd and second gear.I ran long leaf springs off the back of a 89 to get more flex off road but untill i built a traction bar i had wheel hop like mad that's how you break stuff.
I kept a set of rear shafts with me just in case but never need one, you can swap them quick on a ff. 14 , just remember to bring a magnet to get the end out of the diff.I'd take out u joints but that was always on rocks.