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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: chrisvitarasport94 on April 07, 2004, 03:39:06 AM
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I'm missing my 5th gear now that I have 30.5"/235's on my '98 8V 1600. :(
I had to use 4WD-L for the first time tis weekend, and whilst I understand gearing etc I don't know much about the options available for swapping diffs ect. What ratios are popular and where from?
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To help out on road you would need to reduce the axle gearing. Calmini http://www.puresuzuki.com sell sets of 5.83:1 gears. I believe that you currently have 5.12:1 so it would be a big help. I'm running the 5.83's with 33" tires and use 5th gear in the interstate at speeds of 65-75 mph.
Off road benefits would come from the axle gearing but you can gain alot more by doing a 4:1 T-case reduction. The only bad part about that is that it will not reduce you high range, so it will not help on the road.
Zig
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wait for bobzooki to come back from moab to tell you just how much he likes the calmini t-case gears. He was raving on them here and on pirate
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Personnally, I think you should cheat and go through www.ottindustries.com and use their kicker3 that mates the kick/vitara transfer case with the sammy transfer case, you get many benefits and gear selections and gearing correction in high range of 14%....the sammy case has a 1.4:1 reduction in high, the kick is 1:1 in high. Your overall low range ends up being about 4.104:1 in compound low, and is cheaper than doing the Calmini 4.24:1 gears.
Just a thought. ;D
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14% or 40% change to high ratio? ;)I looked at this option but I don't want to run larger than 32's and figured it was too much even though it is cheaper so I'm going 5.83's and crawlers.
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Look at it this way. A sammy with that case and 5.12s can run as small as 31s with no ill effects. I think the extra reduction will help in the long run.
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4.16 transfer gears will reduce your hi ratio gearing by about 12%. Guess what the difference between stock tires and 235s are? 12%!! You will return to stock ratio on the road, and have lower gears off road. That is a big reason why transfer gears are so popular, they reduce low ratio gears more than hi ratio gears. R|removethispart|@P gears reduce both by the same ratio.
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Personnally, I think you should cheat and go through www.ottindustries.com and use their kicker3 that mates the kick/vitara transfer case with the sammy transfer case, you get many benefits and gear selections and gearing correction in high range of 14%....the sammy case has a 1.4:1 reduction in high, the kick is 1:1 in high. Your overall low range ends up being about 4.104:1 in compound low, and is cheaper than doing the Calmini 4.24:1 gears.
Just a thought. ;D
WHAT WAS THE COST OF THIS SET UP ??? AND THEY ALSO PUT IN THE CALMINI ROCK CRAWLER T - CASE GEARS ...IS THIS A NECESSARY EXPENSE ??? SPEAK SLOWLY I'M MECHANICLY CHALLENGED ;D MATTY D. 8)
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I think 5:83s on 30" tyres should be just about perfect. Personally I think the Vit/Track/Kick is overgeared in stock form. Having driven mine once with 25.5" tyres on it I know that it really flies along on lowered gearing (of course the speedo reads a little high too). That is of course a UK opinion, I think in the US you are used to big low revving engines and would probably find it a bit buzzy, no offence meant. I should also point out that mine is an 8V so the 20% extra power of the 16V probably means that the higher gearing suits it more.