The_Punisher
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Kodiak, AK
Hello all!
I am building a '97 XJ you might call a "pre-runner" style rig. Deaver coils/leafs and fox shocks so on and so forth. 33x10.50 Toyo MT's
Stock wheelbase is 101.4". I was going to swap in a HP dana 44 and rear 9" (I already have the axles, but might run a crate dana 30 from ECGS along with my 9")
Anyway original plan was to push the front axle forward 2", and the rear axle back 1" for a 3" increase in wheelbase. Two secondary reason for moving the front axle forward: To help with weight distribution rearward, and my control arms would be 2" longer (short arms with drop brackets)
So would there be ANY noticeable performance difference, going fast down a trail, between 101.4" and about 104.5"???
I'm asking specifically about the merits of stretching the rig 3". I know how I'll do it and what's involved.
I am building a '97 XJ you might call a "pre-runner" style rig. Deaver coils/leafs and fox shocks so on and so forth. 33x10.50 Toyo MT's
Stock wheelbase is 101.4". I was going to swap in a HP dana 44 and rear 9" (I already have the axles, but might run a crate dana 30 from ECGS along with my 9")
Anyway original plan was to push the front axle forward 2", and the rear axle back 1" for a 3" increase in wheelbase. Two secondary reason for moving the front axle forward: To help with weight distribution rearward, and my control arms would be 2" longer (short arms with drop brackets)
So would there be ANY noticeable performance difference, going fast down a trail, between 101.4" and about 104.5"???
I'm asking specifically about the merits of stretching the rig 3". I know how I'll do it and what's involved.
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