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Old 08-16-2012, 06:14 AM
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My cousin races a grand cherokee. Last race day he screwed up the gears in it. He was running a v8 motor. He had a 4:88 gear ratio running it in 4wd high. Now he's being forced to switch to a set of 3:73 gears. My question is this, should he run it in 4wd low side now with it in drive? Any suggestions? The track is dirt/mud it's curvy with sharp turns so lots of take off power is needed but there is a spot that's a stretch to pick up speed in. I told him he should run it in 4wd low range in regular drive. Just asking yalls opinions.
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It'll blow the tcase up but it'll work. Lots of ultra4 guys race in single low with a 2.xx something ratio, but they use much stronger gear driven tcases.
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The V8 doesn't have enough power to run a race in 4-hi?
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It had snuff power with the 488s. Don't know bout the 373s
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