How will it drive??

[NeoAnderson]

Ok..i got a 97 TJ,4.0l,5spd with 3:55,4"lift at the moment and finally have money to put 35's on it.
What i need to know is how much a difference is it going to be to drive?
Will it be like starting out in second all the time or more like third?
I can't afford the gear change at the moment and just want to know what i should expect in the meantime.

thx

 

[Jeepr]

It will take off slower. You may not notice a huge difference, but you will probably eat up the clutch faster.

 

[Utah_jeepster]

depending on what tire size your coming from, a lot. With 35's you will no longer have 5th gear. First gear will be your friend. Depending on your lift you might see an slight increase in road bump-eness.
Jeepr is right you will see a decrease in your clutch's life since you will see a bigger decrease in the RPM's at take off when you left off the clutch, but we are not talking months.. more along the line of a few years.
Now if your running stock axles, like the dana 35...well...just be prepared to replace an axle shaft or two if you off-road like racer

 

[NeoAnderson]

depending on what tire size your coming from, a lot. With 35's you will no longer have 5th gear. First gear will be your friend. Depending on your lift you might see an slight increase in road bump-eness.
Jeepr is right you will see a decrease in your clutch's life since you will see a bigger decrease in the RPM's at take off when you left off the clutch, but we are not talking months.. more along the line of a few years.
Now if your running stock axles, like the dana 35...well...just be prepared to replace an axle shaft or two if you off-road like racer

I just did the clutch with a centerforce2 bout 6 months ago so it should be alright.
I forgot to mention i have 31's on there right now.
I don't off road very hard but there's always that circumstance that gives you no choice but to give 'er a lil more than usual to get out of a sticky situation so i will be replacing the d35 with a dodge 8 3/4 at a later date.

 

[TwistedCU]

35's on 3.55 gears...

Your crawl ratio will suck.

Your transmission will be working very hard.

5th gear will be rendered useless.

It'll feel like someone stole your I6 and replaced it with a 4 cyl.

 

[0lll0]

A Sloth on Heroin.

 

[Utah_jeepster]

A Sloth on Heroin.

LOL!

A snail on speed

 

[NeoAnderson]

HAHAHAHAHA...snail on speed..i like that.
well here's the update.

I got the 35's on now...baja claw radials and i love em.
They aren't all that noisy and handle decent on the street.

and much to my surprise the jeep isn't the slug i thought it would be.
I'm still gonna regear it though in the future.

thx for replies and jokes.

 

[skeezer]

4.10 gearing would help

 

[NeoAnderson]

4.10 gearing would help

Thats totally my plan dude.
You must have been reading my jeep notebook when i wasn't lookin.:lol:

 

[skeezer]

Your gonna be ridin nice on those 35's with a 4.0L & 4.10 Gearing.

Make sure you get some pictures up when your done.

 

[NeoAnderson]

Your gonna be ridin nice on those 35's with a 4.0L & 4.10 Gearing.

Make sure you get some pictures up when your done.

My current pics in the members pictures shows the jeep with the new 35's.
Hard to show the 4.10's though i will be taking pics of those when it all happens for sure(I take pics of everything i do to my jeep..i'm goofy like that)