18 Feb 08, 08:40 pm
when I was running 35's on 3.07 gears in my YJ I hated the manual I was forever stalling and just looking stupid on the rocks, I even bought an automatic trans and was going to swap it out, before I did the trans swap I did an axle swap and geared my jeep down to 5.38 gears, I went out and found all my stalling while crawling problems went away and I actually enjoyed having the reliability of a manual trans and no longer felt the need for an auto and sold the TF999. I did have a hand throttle but rarely used it after I geared down. Now words of caution, I loved the low gears off road but HATED i say again HATED the low gears on the street, to the point of not even wanting to drive it anymore on the road, 55mph at 3500 rpm sucks.
So on my new project I am gearing it down in the Tcase, I am installing 4.7:1 gears in the case which will give me the crawl I want in the hills and rocks but will still give me a 1:1 in 4hi which will make street driving more of a pleasure than arse pain
So on my new project I am gearing it down in the Tcase, I am installing 4.7:1 gears in the case which will give me the crawl I want in the hills and rocks but will still give me a 1:1 in 4hi which will make street driving more of a pleasure than arse pain