aldo98229
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This week I tried to downsize from 35s to 33s to restore some of the original driveability, regain use of all gears on the 8-speed automatic, and recover from the paltry 13 MPG I’m getting now back up to the high teens.
I recalibrated the speedo using a Tazer: the Jeep drives fine but the auto transmission doesn’t shift into 8th gear any more, and rarely into 7th.
The tires in the sizes I want are hard to find, and the shops want an arm-and-a-leg for smaller 33-inch tires. I was quoted $2,100 today for five 33-inch KO2s; it’s just not worth it. For that kind of money I might as well look into regearing.
I’ve seen the charts floating out there, but I’m not clear if I should be looking at 3.73, 4.10 or 4.56.
I’m not looking for a crawl monster; I simply want to be able to regain the use of all 8 gears in the transmission and recover some fuel economy.
Let me know what you think and don’t forget to vote.
Thanks.
I recalibrated the speedo using a Tazer: the Jeep drives fine but the auto transmission doesn’t shift into 8th gear any more, and rarely into 7th.
The tires in the sizes I want are hard to find, and the shops want an arm-and-a-leg for smaller 33-inch tires. I was quoted $2,100 today for five 33-inch KO2s; it’s just not worth it. For that kind of money I might as well look into regearing.
I’ve seen the charts floating out there, but I’m not clear if I should be looking at 3.73, 4.10 or 4.56.
I’m not looking for a crawl monster; I simply want to be able to regain the use of all 8 gears in the transmission and recover some fuel economy.
Let me know what you think and don’t forget to vote.
Thanks.
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