My Jeep buildup and eventual teardown

[AggieTJ2007]

Ok so now that I will have a new front and rear with no gear set, what gear ratio should I go with.
I don't drive on the street much but I would like to be able to occasionally and I have the 231/ 300 doubler so there are plenty of gears in the transmission to chose from.

4.88s or 5.13s I am leaning towards 5.13s

crawl ratio 139 vs. 146
rpm at 65 2223 vs 2337

[DRAGOONRANCH]

What size tires do you see yourself with on there? My feet per minute right now is at 28 (and would only be 19 with rocks with a 457:1 crawl ).

[AggieTJ2007]

35s or 37s, they both put me around 45 fpm, but if I wanted to go lower Ide order a 4:1 for the 300

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Yeah, I think you will be happier with the 5.13's. You should still have plenty of gearing left for skinny pedal assaults.

[Shaggy]

5.13... it is a trail rig and you will never complain about having too low of gearing but don't plan on going very fast on the street

[uglyota]

I'd go 4.88 and 4:1. I don't know why though. Seems like half the reason for the 231-300 is so you can maintain decent 2hi ratios and don't have to have stupid low gears in the axles

[Shaggy]

he may say 37's now but in a few months he will be to 40's

[AggieTJ2007]

Lets Teardown



Hmmmm.....

[DRAGOONRANCH]

schweet.

[85cj7]

is it going to be built-up again in time for clayton?

[AggieTJ2007]

sure if you want to fund it, hell you fund it and I will drive it to clayton

[AggieTJ2007]

Plans:

BMF dana 60 rear stretched to 100" WB
1st white line original axle centerline, 2nd white line new axle centerline
Triangulated 4 link using what is left of short arms

[DRAGOONRANCH]

what white lines you talkin bout willis???

[Reckless]

look at the frame under the rear wheel well

[Sharpe]

I love how you have it all ass backwards. 60's go in the front, 9"s go in the rear