aaronstephen
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ok, so here's the deal. was out wheeling with some friends a few weeks ago on a fall color tour in northern michigan. mostly two track trails through the woods and an occasional fun obstacle. nothing too difficult. but still felt the need to air down to 12 psi and disconnect the front axle. we eventually made it over to a rather large sand hill called Bull Gap?? The sand hill was at least a 1/4 mile long and at a fairly steep angle. I was wheeling with guys who had TJ's and XJ's. The only rigs that made it up was a TJ with an LS V8 with 400hp and a STOCK TJ! LOL. I failed on two attempts. Like I said, I was aired down to about 12 psi on my 33" duratracs. I have 2.5" of lift and 2009 2dr. I've wheeled before on sand (at silver lake, mi) but that was with my 2012 with the better motor. Here's what was happening. As I gave it lots of gas the front end would skip, as if the tires were bouncing. when I reached about 5000 rpm's the motor would cut and I would drop down to about 1500 rpm's. I just couldn't keep the momentum especially with the motor cutting out like it did. I felt like I could've easily made it if the motor would've maintained at 4000-5000 rpms OR if the front end would've stayed firmly planted.
so here are my questions...
1. should I have connected my front axle when we got to the sand?
2. do I just need more power?
3. what about gears? I have 3.73's, but the plan is to install 4.88's this winter. will that help fix this problem?
Thanks for your thoughts.
so here are my questions...
1. should I have connected my front axle when we got to the sand?
2. do I just need more power?
3. what about gears? I have 3.73's, but the plan is to install 4.88's this winter. will that help fix this problem?
Thanks for your thoughts.
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