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Got the Speedometer gear swapped out, so my dash reads correct now. Put about 200 miles of Daily Driving on the gear setup so far. Just did a re-torque last night of the ubolts and front end components. Ive forgotten how to drive a manual with an autolocker in the back end. Having to feather your take off to avoid the Clunk. the 35's and 4.88s are great for running around town. 1st gear is almost to low. starting out in 2nd seems to be ideal. at 70 mph, my RPMS are 2900. she feels like i could cruise all day. My fuel mileage has increased substatially. Before could only got 200 miles on a tank with 35's and 3.55 gears. Ive now gone 200 miles on 1/2 tank. The Spartan does chirp on corners on pavement, but seems to be less, as it gets broken in. THe Trutrac front is completely invisible in 2wd, and in 4wd on pavement there is only a slight tire hop on shart corners from a dead stop. Havent had a chance to test it off highway yet. 1 more tank of fuel and i will yank the diff covers, inspect everything and it should be good to go for full time duty!
3.55 to 4.88, you might want to put a new speedo gear in to get your speedo and odometer calibrated/adjusted.
Will be interesting to see how the tru-trac works out! I'm debating between Ox and the Powertrax Grip Pro. I wish they still made the Detroit Electrac! Whatcha doing to the XJ?
The XJ is getting the axles and brake system from a non - abs 96 XJ. fixin to complete that project here shortly
ill take inventory when i get home. ive got a couple long shaft and 3 or 4 short shaft
Sweet! I bought one for my ZJ($40) but haven't had felt the incentive to crawl under and put it in now that I'm DDing the XJ again...lol looks like I could use a 30 short shaft for my current setup 3.55 on 33's and a 38 short shaft for my planned setup, 4.88 on 35's.
Sweet! I bought one for my ZJ($40) but haven't had felt the incentive to crawl under and put it in now that I'm DDing the XJ again...lol looks like I could use a 30 short shaft for my current setup 3.55 on 33's and a 38 short shaft for my planned setup, 4.88 on 35's.
A couple teasers from the shake down run today. Blow PS line was the only carnage.
35s on 35s. with a freaking awesome backdrop.
We threw this XJ together in one night with a bunch of random parts we found in garages. It rolled in to the shop on little 235's, and it rolled out on 35's with 5.5" lift, a welded D35, a scrap radiator/e-fan/fan clutch. They tried all day to break this thing, but it just wouldnt haha
Last edited by WyoCherokee; 08-18-2018 at 11:01 PM.
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