could i stand 4.88 on 33's for 6 months?

[bill hitchcock]

im slowley upgrading my cheokee for 35's. in the mean time im going to run 33 inch tires. i want to get 4.88 for my 35's but there a way off. if im running 4.88 on 33's on the interstate everyday is it going to be tolorable? i dont care about gas milage. right now ive got 4.11 's and going 80 it runs right at 2000.

 

[Cresso]

I'm running really close to the same ratio that you'd see with 4.88s and 33s (5.43s and 37s) and it's very livable. I have an automatic though, which no doubt helps. It does rev pretty high on the highway, but I haven't noticed a decrease in mileage. I think I'm gaining back some efficiency around town at the cost of some highway economy.

 

[CRASH]

4.88's and 33's are yummy. I run 4.88's and 35's and feel pretty good about it, if anything 5.13's would be a touch better.

On 10 hour roadtrips, spinning 3,000 rpm for hundreds of miles, is no problem, and the only troublesome factor is the amount of oil I push out the PCV vent. My 200,000 mile motor really spits it out at high RPM's.

CRASH

 

[offroadman83]

I run 4.56s and 31s and love it ---basically same step you would be going----as a matter of fact depending on how much you wheel, I bet you would want to go to 5.13s if you had bigger axles of course. I know Beezil runs 5.13s with 35s and he loves it so maybe you should talk to him.

 

[bill hitchcock]

cool, im going to do the 4.88's thanks for the advive guys -bill

 

[bluexj89]

I am getting ready to do the 5.13s with 33s til I can afford the 35s. wish I could go deeper but with my combo that is the deepest I could go. I guess it will be time for a Klune!

 

[XJ_MAC]

You will, of course, want to get a proper speedo gear for that combo. I ran 411s with 28-29 inch tires for almost a year. Without the new speedo gear I was like 33% of on the speedometer though. Had to go 90 something in a 60 zone. The speedo gear is really cheap and easy to replace. 5 - 10 minutes if it gives you trouble even.

 

[woody]

I could go 6 months on 33" with 4.88:1 :viking: might even end up getting 6 months (to a year) if I swapped mommas alloy wheels & 26.5" tires on it.

cant wait to finally get my spooled 44 under my XJ. it only has 4.56:1, but what a relief from 3.55 and open diffs