01-20-2011, 07:05 PM
chuzie Wrote:I knew you would chime in on that one Tim. Thanks for the food for thought. BTW- 1 Tons are not, nor will they ever be, in my future. That 9" is staying put.
If you're set on staying with a 44 and the 9" I would think 37's would be the max size tire you'd want to run anyways. I've got 4.56's in mine and run 36" IROK's (they measure out to 36.8") I have the Tera Low gearset in the transfer case which brings it to a 3.15:1 ratio. Seems decent on the road in High range, good pickup and runs about 24-2500rpm on the hwy. according to the tach, and with the lower gears in the t-case it works well off-road.
for a more off-road oriented rig I probably should have gone with 4.88 (5.13's if I still had the stock gears in the TC)
You definitely only want to do the gears once, and may as well plan on the cro-mo axles and good u-joints and get it all done with in one shot.
Unfortunately as you are finding out there really is no "do-it-all" way to go when trying to satisfy on-road speed and comfort and off-road capability, there will be sacrifice somewhere. Although, if Atlas would make thier 4-speed transfer cases with a really low-low, and an overdrive, I think you could come closer to have the perfect all purpose rig.
Nick
'73 Bronco - trail modified