khardysius

Good day to all!

I've been lurking around for months now and finally had the urge to post. I'm originally from MI, but have been in NC for almost 10 years now.

I've driven a few of my friends Jeeps in the past, but this is the first I've owned all to myself. I picked it up last fall and have been loving it since!

1987 AMC/Jeep Cherokee Pioneer 4x4 Renix/Peugot

XJwonders

Welcome to the forum. Hope u are planning an Ax15 swap soon

khardysius

Thanks! Not "planning" one, but have it in the back of my mind once the Peugot goes out. I'd probably swap out the 3.07 axles out before I go for the transmission. We'll see how she goes.

XJwonders

Would be nice to have an ax15 freshly rebuilt sitting on the shelf in the garage ready. Lol

I would do a cheap junkyard 3.55 axle swap if ur just running 31-33 tires. Or even if u get lucky u could find a set of 4.10 axles

khardysius

I've been thinking of running 31s in the near future and long term perhaps 33s, but I don't want to go any larger than that. So I think 3.55s should be easy enough to come by from an automatic donor.

XJwonders

Defintely.

Desertfox1023

Welcome to the forum, your description says your sporting a D44 outback? Didn't know they came in 3.07 gears, LSD is nice did you get that installed?

khardysius

AFAIK it is all stock. The 4.0 with manual transmission came with 3.07 and the 4.0 with auto was 3.55. It's on wiki, it has to be true!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep_Cherokee_%28XJ%29

As a caveat to the LSD statement, I've had it for less than a year, who knows what the POs did with it, but I'm pretty sure it came stock.

XJwonders

Pretty sure it didn't matter whether it's a manual or an automatic, as long as it came with towing package from the factory, it ll have a Dana 44

khardysius

Yessir, I was just making the connection between the transmission used and the gear ratio, regardless of the axle used.

Desertfox1023

Nice find!, I've just never seen one 3.07s
All the ones I've seen have had the auto 3.54 gears

khardysius

Thanks!

I see some benefit to the 3.07s when doing 75 on the highway -- about 2k rpm. Last tank I ran was 19.3 mpg, but I'm expecting it to go down if I move up to 3.55. Maybe 31s will offset that though.

What I don't like is climbing a decent grade at low speeds (under 10mph) and not having much power. The only thing that makes it okay is feathering the clutch, otherwise I'll have to drop into 4 low. Most of the way up the backside of Daniel I just ran it in 4 low and shifted to second if I needed to keep speed with my buddy that lead.

Once I go full hooah with this thing I may go for a T18 with low 1st, but that's a ways off.

khardysius

Got it dirty today looking for some local trails. A little bit of fun, but nothing amazingsauce unfortunately.

XJwonders

Don't know if they could fit a t18 behind a 4.0 lol but that would sound interesting.


U could look into a teraflex 2-LO kit for the transfer case. U basically can drive in LO while still in 2WD

XJwonders

Unless u are planning to do the GM v8 swap?