Random Tech Questions

[uglyota]

save torque charts HERE. You can click on them twice to bring up bigger pictures...

score! Thanks!

[Eckert]

Just posting this soi can retrieve it later...

in regards to a doubler, i came across this

http://www.midwestcontrol.com/buy.php?item=4003

4' x 1/4" x 3" throw for $120 plus ship. then make your own shifters

[robertf03]

Enco sells all that bull**** too.

[robertf03]

who makes electric fans besides flex a lite? need something to fit in a 10.5"x20.5"x3" envelope.

[tigweld]

spal ,pricey but the best.

[stx4wheeler]

Hayden sold at ho rieleys.

[agjohn02]

who makes electric fans besides flex a lite? need something to fit in a 10.5"x20.5"x3" envelope.

ford, GM...

[85cj7]

who makes electric fans besides flex a lite? need something to fit in a 10.5"x20.5"x3" envelope.

there are NO fans on summit that fit that space. assuming you wanted to run a made dual fan/shroud set up. Might have to make something custom. Could run dual 10" fans with a custom shroud. here's a bunch of 10" fans for pretty cheap http://www.summitracing.com/search/P...d=electric+fan

[Sharpe]

Do the stock wheels on a 63 International pickup require a tube or are they tubeless? Any reason not to use a newer radial tire on them?

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Just put a radial on it and call it good.

[tommy53002]

I need some advise on how to get some better gearing for my cj on the cheap. For starters I have a 258, t176, d300, and scout d44's with 3.54 gears.

My first choice would be 4 to 1 gears but they are out of my budget. Next would be regear the d44's but i dont want to do that because 1) I have already spent too much on them 2) for the cost of of regearing i could almost get the 4 to 1 kit. So I am thinking about swapping trannys and going auto. Possibly a tf999 or 727? Im not against keeping with a manual but i am trying to avoid spendy adapters and have heard lots of good about the control an auto tranny offers. what do yall think? What route would yall go?

And since everyone likes pictures. Here is a pic at clayton from spring break.

[85cj7]

The t-176 is a great jeep tranny and pretty low gearing. the only other jeep manual trans you could change to and to not run an adapter would be a t-18. try to find one of those. right now you are at 33:1 gearing, a t-18 would take you up to 59:1.

a auto is not going to help you out a tf999 only has a first gear of 2.74 which would take you to a 25:1 ratio, the 747 is even worse with a first gear of 2.45 which gives you a 23:1 gearing.

edit: a pre 1980 JEEP t-18 will bolt in with no adapters, a 1980-1986 t-18 (even if out of a j-series jeep will require a transfercase adpater). All ford t-18s will require the same transfercase adapter but no engine adapter as the tremec-176 and ford bellhousing patterns are the same.

[Seth]

Kinda sucks you sunk money into the axles without regearing to at least a 4.10 or so. I would think a swap to another manual trans with a granny low might be the cheapest route. A doubler or a crawl box would also work, but not cheaply.

You are around 32:1 now, a 4:1 kit would give you about 50:1, a granny low would get something around 60:1. plusif you did a box or x case or 4:1 in the future you really get geared down quick.

[RCcola55]

windshield wipers, cheap or spend the money?

[DRAGOONRANCH]

If you aren't geared low enough, going to an auto is going to be a bad thing. You don't have the power to spool up the tranny I think, ask sharpe how that goes.

I would really recommend saving up a bit to get the 4:1 kit. This will give you the crawl you want, and keep the rig somewhat streetable for the time being until you get ready to regear. What is your locker situation in that rig?