cterlizzi
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Frisco, TX
I have a 94 5sp with the 4.0L which is about to go under the knife and get ARB lockers, Rubicon 4.5" lift, SYE and 33x12.5x15s. I know that I'll have to change the gearing and I'm debating between 4.10s and 4.56s. (Right now it has the stock 3.07s)
My thought goes like this:
I don't plan on running anything larger than 33s since I drive to off-road events versus trailering... and plenty of times I've gone over 2K miles round trip to go to an event... Therefore I don't think I'll appreciate the ride with 35s...
I've always enjoyed the relative power and acceleration of the XJ when it was stock and therefore I don't want to go to an overly slow and/or sluggish setup.
Therefore I think that I can get away with 4.10s and that would help the budget since I'm planning on swapping the rear Dana 35c for a Ford 8.8 which already comes with (1) 4.10s and (2) disc brakes...
However, there's a little voice inside of me saying that I should pop in the 4.56s just in case I ever decide to go to 35s... but then I go back to thinking of what trip from California to Texas, and back, would feel like running on 35s and I go back to my, "33s is all I'm going to get" mantra...
Thoughts, opinions?
My thought goes like this:
I don't plan on running anything larger than 33s since I drive to off-road events versus trailering... and plenty of times I've gone over 2K miles round trip to go to an event... Therefore I don't think I'll appreciate the ride with 35s...
I've always enjoyed the relative power and acceleration of the XJ when it was stock and therefore I don't want to go to an overly slow and/or sluggish setup.
Therefore I think that I can get away with 4.10s and that would help the budget since I'm planning on swapping the rear Dana 35c for a Ford 8.8 which already comes with (1) 4.10s and (2) disc brakes...
However, there's a little voice inside of me saying that I should pop in the 4.56s just in case I ever decide to go to 35s... but then I go back to thinking of what trip from California to Texas, and back, would feel like running on 35s and I go back to my, "33s is all I'm going to get" mantra...
Thoughts, opinions?