Jeffro600 said:I ran 3.07s with 33's for a while....5th gear is worthless unless your doin over 90 MPH. Forget about using 4HI off-road for the most part. If you do any slow, technical trails, expect your clutch to be toast pretty quickly as youll be slipping it ALOT trying to keep it slow enough without stalling.
I agree! I'd like to find out who at Jeep decided that 3.07s were good gears for a manual tranny XJ and hang him up by his 'nads!!!Kejtar said:I hated the 5 speed and 235's!
To touch on that a little more.... There is NO finesse driving with that sort of gearing with tires that big....its either smoke your clutch by slipping it trying to keep from stalling, or just ram it(which usually results in breakin parts or not making it over the obsticle at all)!XJ_ranger said:3.55's and a 5 speed with 33's here
seems to be the same as 235/75r-15's and 3.07's...
I hate it - though it would be great if i were into deep mud...
pleanty of wheel spin on tap....
look at me try to crawl -
Not ridiculous but bad enough to mean that 33 and 3.07 should be out of the question due to the stress on clutch and probably extremely bad mpg.SourApple said:to everyone that says that the 3.07s with 235 is rediculous. i dont see the extremem problem. before you all get bent out of shape. i can agree with you that they are a bit high. as in pulling any kind of trailer and hauiln ass on an interstate through the mountains. but letslook on the bright side, i have no problem outrunning daddys dodge 1500 with 5.2.. its an auto tho. but still.
Depends... if you make good friends with someone who can setup the gears it can be as low as the cost of pizza and beer. Shop prices seem to vary from $120 (small garage type) to $300 an axle.SourApple said:how much do you think it would be around (in labor) to regear. thanks