Axle swap or gear swap?
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Axle swap or gear swap?
So I was driving my XJ yesterday and noticed that everytime I came up on a little hill it downshifted to maintain speed (60mph). I'm new to jeeps and I've seen several threads on swapping axles (D44 and 8.8) and didnt know if I would be better off swapping the axle or the gears. I dont know what gears I have/need, I tried checking the way I checked mustangs (count how many times the driveshaft turns during 1 rotation of the tire) but it came out weird (1.75) Any advice would be helpfull, jeep is a 1994 Cherokee sport, I6, auto, 4wd.
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From what I've read I have a dana 30 in the front and dana 35 or chrysler8.25 in the rear. How can I tell which the rear is? Do I need a 4wd specific ring and pinion or will a regular r&p work?
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you can gears from motive gear for $100.00 bucks an axle http://www.motivegear.com/pages/ring...nion_gears.htm
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I was thinking about 4.10s, I dont want to sacrifice to much mpg but I want it to have better pickup than it has right now. I was looking at summit and they have 4.10s and 4.56s, I think 4.88 would be to steep.
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with 4.10 you will get better mpg but lose performance i would go with 4.27 it will be balance you will get good performance and good gas but 4.10 will be fine if thats the route you want to take
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