- Location
- Lakeside, CA
31's and 3.55's _SUCK_ period. Go at least 4.10's or better yet, 4.56's.
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3.07 to 3.55 axles with 31's, is it worth it?
- Thread starter Tate228
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Feva
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Beaverton, Oregon
I was in the same boat you are. I was running 30's with 3.07's and it sucked! Just recently regeard to 4.10's running 30's for a month. in town it was awsome. on the freeway people passed me like I was standing still. My rpms was about 3k and doing 55-60 mph. I just up graded to 32's and have lots of pep still. I say if your looking to run a bigger tire you might want to go with 4.10's. Just my opinion.
BlueGerbil
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Germany
On my DD I´m running 265/75R15 tires (about 30.5-31") on my stock 3.55 (AW4) - I´d like to have 3.73 at least or 4.10.
I won´t bother going from 3.07 to 3.55 if there´s more involved than a 1:1 swap of the axles. If you get a set of 3.55 axles for cheap, than yeah, just swap them, why not, but I wouldn´t pay much for that.
I won´t bother going from 3.07 to 3.55 if there´s more involved than a 1:1 swap of the axles. If you get a set of 3.55 axles for cheap, than yeah, just swap them, why not, but I wouldn´t pay much for that.
- Location
- Houston, Tx
Tate228 said:
Honestly the effort is the same and the cost is the same.
Instead of making it suck less, get the right parts and make it great.
in2fords
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Lincoln City, Oregon
Im hopeing 3.55's arnt that bad with 33"s. Little different for me tho, I will be running a np435/205 and driving from Oakland cali to Medford Oregon so highway gearing is what Im after for now. check out http://www.grimmjeeper.com/gears.html for a good comparison.
Jeremy
Jeremy
BlueGerbil
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Germany
Dont know your tranny, but with the AW4 I want 4.56 w/ 33" tires.
Jeff in VA
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- Location
- Richmond, VA
Yeah, you definately got the low end covered then with the 435:cheers: But with no OD, you might just do well with 3.55's
MrShaft696
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Blue Bell, PA
3XJFamily said:
This is true, id live by that statment anyone looking to do the swap, expect a return to stock performance, my speedo went back to 100% accurate after that too.
- Location
- Westminster, SoCal
well here's my take on it. One of my jeeps now has 31's with 3.55's (stick), my dad's has 31's with 4.11's (stick), my other jeep had 31's with 4.88's (stick) for a short period of time. So.... 3.07's with stock tires SUCK. 3.07's with 235's sucked even more. 3.55's with 31's could be better but for the $ involved in the swap it's not bad (btw, I picked up the jeep with 3.55's already in it).
Yes I would prefer 4.11's for a daily driver. Actually I'm gathering pieces for the 4.11 upgrade and I'm hoping to have it done by the end of the year. 4.88's with 31's were great. I was still able to cruise at 70 or so at about 3K RPM's. The fuel economy on the highway was not too bad (IIRC it was about 16 or 17mpg) and that was from me pushing the jeep up the grades at high speed
In regards to junkyard axles: I think that you should have no problems finding a 4.11 D30. 4.11 8.25? good luck. My plan is to get a D30 with 4.11's and then find a D44 and regear and lock that up
Yes I would prefer 4.11's for a daily driver. Actually I'm gathering pieces for the 4.11 upgrade and I'm hoping to have it done by the end of the year. 4.88's with 31's were great. I was still able to cruise at 70 or so at about 3K RPM's. The fuel economy on the highway was not too bad (IIRC it was about 16 or 17mpg) and that was from me pushing the jeep up the grades at high speed
In regards to junkyard axles: I think that you should have no problems finding a 4.11 D30. 4.11 8.25? good luck. My plan is to get a D30 with 4.11's and then find a D44 and regear and lock that up