ipkyss
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just looking for some info on the tera 4:1. I need more gear. Not sure what way to go. How long have you had it, have you broke it, ect.
casm said:Just an observation, not a pitch for either the Klune or Teraflex unit: 4:1 is great for stuff that needs it, but a real pain to live with in many circumstances where the gap between it and high range is just too great. I'm basing this on time spent in a TJ Rubicon a while back where even in 4LO sixth gear was just too low at 4:1 reduction; having 2.72:1 again would've been useful.
Personally I'd go with the Klune since you get the best of both worlds - keep the stock 2.72:1 ratio, add on 4:1, and be able to combine the two for 10.88:1. Just my $0.02.
bj-666 said:4 low in sixth gear isn't that like 1st gear 4 hi.
what trails were your running mud boggs or rock.
the only complaints i have ever heard from someone with a stick is that they wish they had deeper gears for the slow stuff.
with a klue your not realy getting the best of both worlds. your getting a lot of negatives first off if you put your stock t-case behind a klune your going to break it your putting 4x the amount of torque thru the case with the klune engaged.
also it adds a few inches to your drive train forcing you to get new DS's FR. i forget what the price of a klue is but when you add up the cost of new DS's, beefing your stock case, and the klune your way above the cost of an atlas.
my thoughts would be to get a dana 300 buy a flip kit and some 4 to one gears and have a pretty bullet proof case. if you have the extra coin go for an atlas.
another thing to check out is what a guy did with his stock 231 on pirate he chopped off the front output and chain area and welded the hole shut had a shaft machined and put the 231 in front of a dana 300. search for it on pirate it is kinda a cool idea but does have it's drawbacks.
ipkyss said:The atlas is over $2k. And i have not seen the price for the clune. I would be interested though. All i really want is a 4:1. And i can get the tera 4:1 for under 800 shipped. My main goal is 37s, 44 front, 8.8 rear, with 5.13 gears. 5.13s is as high as i can get a 44 and a 8.8 to match. I have 35s and 4.56s now, And its not near enough.
Where did you get the roc trac?and how much?RCP Phx said:Ive got 2,both almost 4 years old.Ones behind an Auto,locked front&rear,4.10's w/ 33's,the other a manual,locker front&rear,w/4.56's and 35's.No problems with either but I dont drive by the "skinny pedal".
Should also mention that for rig#3 I went with the Rocktrac,its a little more than a Tera/plus a HD SYE kit but "much" beefier!
I've been looking for one on ebay for months!casm said:Just an observation, not a pitch for either the Klune or Teraflex unit: 4:1 is great for stuff that needs it, but a real pain to live with in many circumstances where the gap between it and high range is just too great. I'm basing this on time spent in a TJ Rubicon a while back where even in 4LO sixth gear was just too low at 4:1 reduction; having 2.72:1 again would've been useful.
Having said that... If you do decide to go 4:1-only, what about the Rock-Trac 231? It's a straight drop-in and heavier-duty than what you've got now, and they seem to turn up on eBay relatively regularly.
Personally I'd go with the Klune since you get the best of both worlds - keep the stock 2.72:1 ratio, add on 4:1, and be able to combine the two for 10.88:1. Just my $0.02.
jeepdeepfreak said:I've been looking for one on ebay for months!
Jeepin Jason said:4LO and 6th gear? I can't even imaginea time when that'd be necessary.
Why not stay in 1st and shift to 4HI???
At most I only go to 2nd gear when I'm in 4LO, and that's just to cruise btwn hard spots faster.
With the AW4, 4:1 and 2nd gear is about the same as 2.72:1 and 1st gear (close enough anyway), so by shifting btwn 1st and 2nd, I'd effectively get the best of both worlds. Once I realized that, that made up my mind that 4:1's would definitely happen.
We'll probably go with the Tera kits though, mainly because of cost. Mods x 2 Jeeps = $$$$. two Tera kits for the price of one RockTrac (and it's a 241, not a 231) sounds good to me. Plus no additional cost to convert the 241 from 1330 joints to 1310's and nothing extra needed to calibrate the speedometer.