Motech build underway! LT1 10l80

Chuck84 said:
Definetly highway and crawl, 4:56 was what I was thinking (after a year of playing on the 4:88's... lol).
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The gear ratio spread on the 10 speed helps offset the low gears. You dont need to regear right away, or maybe even at all if you end up liking it.
 
Ive got the same motor trans and gears combo you have. I thought the 4.88s with the 37s was a little much for regular road driving. Doing an axle swap now and kept the 4.88s after talking to robbie and kalen and i think it will be a good fit for the eventual move to 40s. You will by no means be sad with the 4.88 / 37s combo and the majority of times i felt it was over geared was from a stop and mashing the skinny pedal 1st would redline very fast. If a let off for a half second then put my foot back in it, it would accelerate like no jeep should LOL. While off roading with it, i had a few times trying to power my way up stuff that it would red line and kill power for a split second which was awkward but getting used to the tap shift is helping that (this is my first auto trans in a jeep). If you already have 4.88s i dont know that i would go through the trouble of re gearing to 4.56. If it is convenient timing with other axle work then maybe but the difference between the two is pretty small. Id personally stick with the 4.88s and feel it out for a bit just knowing at times those RPMs are going to climb quickly.
 
desertrunner said:
Ive got the same motor trans and gears combo you have. I thought the 4.88s with the 37s was a little much for regular road driving. Doing an axle swap now and kept the 4.88s after talking to robbie and kalen and i think it will be a good fit for the eventual move to 40s. You will by no means be sad with the 4.88 / 37s combo and the majority of times i felt it was over geared was from a stop and mashing the skinny pedal 1st would redline very fast. If a let off for a half second then put my foot back in it, it would accelerate like no jeep should LOL. While off roading with it, i had a few times trying to power my way up stuff that it would red line and kill power for a split second which was awkward but getting used to the tap shift is helping that (this is my first auto trans in a jeep). If you already have 4.88s i dont know that i would go through the trouble of re gearing to 4.56. If it is convenient timing with other axle work then maybe but the difference between the two is pretty small. Id personally stick with the 4.88s and feel it out for a bit just knowing at times those RPMs are going to climb quickly.
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Thank you for the thorough break down, perfect! I think you are right about keeping the 4:88's, I have already been thinking about the next set of tires and going bigger. Probably going to need a little more lift to fit 40's but I can live with that. Probably best I get acquinted with this set up and how she performs with my driving style before I make any decisions on whats next. It's just now that the swap is in process my mind is racing... LOL. Thanks again.
 
Chuck84 said:
Thank you for the thorough break down, perfect! I think you are right about keeping the 4:88's, I have already been thinking about the next set of tires and going bigger. Probably going to need a little more lift to fit 40's but I can live with that. Probably best I get acquinted with this set up and how she performs with my driving style before I make any decisions on whats next. It's just now that the swap is in process my mind is racing... LOL. Thanks again.
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I feel ya, I was agonizing over it when I ordered new axles on what to do. Time will tell how it shakes out. I don't have it back on the road yet with the new 38s but I think it will be a good fit for the 37-40s range for a off and on road combo.
Im also a bit lighter with the 2dr so I think you will be plenty happy with the 4.88s and not worth the money to swap them out unless you personally totally hate it
 
desertrunner said:
I feel ya, I was agonizing over it when I ordered new axles on what to do. Time will tell how it shakes out. I don't have it back on the road yet with the new 38s but I think it will be a good fit for the 37-40s range for a off and on road combo.
Im also a bit lighter with the 2dr so I think you will be plenty happy with the 4.88s and not worth the money to swap them out unless you personally totally hate it
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I didn't think of the weight difference, I might just end up being happy as a clam! LOL. I will still be interested to hear your thoughts on it once you are back on the road. Your build is looking pretty sick by the way, I will definetly be following.
 
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