Moke
07-07-2008, 11:08 PM
Well I ordered my 6.5.1 T-cse gears from Datin Fab and a new heavy duty clutch from petroworks and spidertrax T-case arms, I'm on stock axles, 1.3 ( tired ), 31's and a spoa kit. I needed to trim two sides of the case body ( no big deal ) anyway I drove it to Big Bear and the road manners for me was so much better than before. I could never use 5th before but now I was able too and keep up with traffic on the flats I lost a little speed on some over passes and motored up the Mountain ( not breaking speed records ). I was able to hit 65-75mph in 5th at 3500-4100 rpms. ( not bad for me since these little motors have no torque but are okay revving a little ) I was very happy with the new gearing I had no problem going up difficult sections with ease ( gold mountian, John Bull ). I would never have made that run on stock clutch or gearing.
So anyway back to my thoughts of the gear set. I'm very happy with the road manners and even happier for my trail capabilities now. this is by far my best investment. I think I seriously would not have been as happy with any other gear set for my case since this set hit it on the nose for me. I can hear a slight whine in the case if I really listen hard, with my safari doors on and on the fwy I barley even notice it, if I had my regular doors on with the top on I'm sure I would be able to hear it more....but don't think it would be much, on the trail I was in 4 low and running in 4th and 5th gear and I could hear the gears more ( not extream though ) this was more noticeable than being on the fwy. hope you get a better idea of what I'm trying to explain. Any hoot just my .02 worth of feed back.
So anyway back to my thoughts of the gear set. I'm very happy with the road manners and even happier for my trail capabilities now. this is by far my best investment. I think I seriously would not have been as happy with any other gear set for my case since this set hit it on the nose for me. I can hear a slight whine in the case if I really listen hard, with my safari doors on and on the fwy I barley even notice it, if I had my regular doors on with the top on I'm sure I would be able to hear it more....but don't think it would be much, on the trail I was in 4 low and running in 4th and 5th gear and I could hear the gears more ( not extream though ) this was more noticeable than being on the fwy. hope you get a better idea of what I'm trying to explain. Any hoot just my .02 worth of feed back.