had some fun this weekend!
#4
09-30-2012, 10:48 PM
it runs really good 
the 44s are really wide too so they rub pretty bad if you dont pay attention. I made it to all the places i wanted to go but if it was really tight, i wouldnt make it.
i run the stock 4.10s still but it pulls really well with the mods on it. i got 8.5 mpg running 60 for almost 150 miles each way. thats pretty good for highway, i get around 10-10.5 in town when it doesnt have to work quite so hard to turn those big tires. i run 2000 rpms at 60, when its pretty flat it doesnt jump out of OD at all. if it gets hilly, it does though.
it is almost too low still when in 4 low and 1st gear. it crawls along really really slow which is nice for some things but then i just shift up to 3rd for general driving. i was only running about 120 degree F trans temp when wheeling it in either 4 hi unlocked or 4 low locked. it didnt really make much of a difference.
i run about 200F on the highway for trans temps, i keep an eye on all of it all the time just to make sure nothing is going on. once you get the tires warmed up, they ride pretty well with 25 psi in them as rated. when i got it, they had 12.5 in them and they rode like a bob cat driving down the road.
im very very pleased with how it did, this was the most wheeling ive done and will be the most that it really ever sees with me driving it. Ill post some vids tomorrow of some of the trails i was driving. im heading to bed now LOL
steve
the 44s are really wide too so they rub pretty bad if you dont pay attention. I made it to all the places i wanted to go but if it was really tight, i wouldnt make it. i run the stock 4.10s still but it pulls really well with the mods on it. i got 8.5 mpg running 60 for almost 150 miles each way. thats pretty good for highway, i get around 10-10.5 in town when it doesnt have to work quite so hard to turn those big tires. i run 2000 rpms at 60, when its pretty flat it doesnt jump out of OD at all. if it gets hilly, it does though.
it is almost too low still when in 4 low and 1st gear. it crawls along really really slow which is nice for some things but then i just shift up to 3rd for general driving. i was only running about 120 degree F trans temp when wheeling it in either 4 hi unlocked or 4 low locked. it didnt really make much of a difference.
i run about 200F on the highway for trans temps, i keep an eye on all of it all the time just to make sure nothing is going on. once you get the tires warmed up, they ride pretty well with 25 psi in them as rated. when i got it, they had 12.5 in them and they rode like a bob cat driving down the road.
im very very pleased with how it did, this was the most wheeling ive done and will be the most that it really ever sees with me driving it. Ill post some vids tomorrow of some of the trails i was driving. im heading to bed now LOL
steve
#6
10-01-2012, 10:39 AM
Nice ride you have there.. Those are some meats and a half you have there.. Looks awesome, but like you said, it can get real tight in some trails.. If I ever put a lift on mine, a 3 inch will be good enough for me.. Looks tough...
#7
10-01-2012, 05:46 PM
thanks guys! I appreciate the comments!
once these are wore out, i plan to get some 40s for it. probably some nittos that fit on my 20s.
Im honestly not sure why the guy i bought it from put 44s on it, they rub quite a bit imo. they are like 19.5" wide and with the big offset on the rims, they rub in the back on the shocks and hit on the outside on the fenders in back.
the offroading i did this weekend, will be the most that it sees honestly. I dont plan to drive it on tight stuff or get nuts with it. im not going to get it all scratched up or anything so the 44s are ok for that. they are fine for pavement pounding with the occasional off road adventure. I love how it looks with the 44s so i am really torn on what i want to do with it. it just wont be the same with mud grapplers or something on it after having a huge lugged tire on it for a year.
ill get some vids up when i get home later.
steve
once these are wore out, i plan to get some 40s for it. probably some nittos that fit on my 20s.
Im honestly not sure why the guy i bought it from put 44s on it, they rub quite a bit imo. they are like 19.5" wide and with the big offset on the rims, they rub in the back on the shocks and hit on the outside on the fenders in back.
the offroading i did this weekend, will be the most that it sees honestly. I dont plan to drive it on tight stuff or get nuts with it. im not going to get it all scratched up or anything so the 44s are ok for that. they are fine for pavement pounding with the occasional off road adventure. I love how it looks with the 44s so i am really torn on what i want to do with it. it just wont be the same with mud grapplers or something on it after having a huge lugged tire on it for a year.
ill get some vids up when i get home later.
steve
#9
10-01-2012, 07:33 PM
thanks man!
im pretty proud of it! i bought it that way but its still how i would have made a stock one if i had bought one.
its my graduation present to myself!
steve
im pretty proud of it! i bought it that way but its still how i would have made a stock one if i had bought one.
its my graduation present to myself!
steve
#10
10-01-2012, 08:07 PM