Woodrow's 97 Green TJ Moderate Build
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Moab will be the first major wheeling with the Atlas. I’ve driven around our property which has some decent hills to try out the low range and went to the beach for some sand wheeling on the dunes but thats all high range for wheel spin. I like the Yokohama Geolandar G003s so far. They aren’t loud though they will likely get noisy as they wear given my past experience with MTs. The road force balance was good (super important to me because it means they are smooth rolling at speed). Also, just like I noticed when I went from 31s to 33s, the larger diameter 35s seemed to make the Jeep feels less bumpy on the road. On sand they did really well. They stayed on top and I was able to do most hill climbs in 2 wheel drive. Compared to the JK and 2 Scouts I was with, they seemed better as everyone else was mostly in 4WD and seemed to dig in more. I was aired down to 6 or 7 PSI so the Coyote beadlocks certainly helped. Moab will be a good test of the rig overall but it seems like any tire works OK there.
Got a weight today:
Full tank of gas and recovery bag. No tools and I’m not in it. Could be worse but its gained some with the armor, Atlas and 35s.
Full tank of gas and recovery bag. No tools and I’m not in it. Could be worse but its gained some with the armor, Atlas and 35s.
I think the last time I weighed it I was on 33s and had no armor. IIRC it was 3650#.
Its hard to make off-road performance improvements with out adding weight but I'm satisfied. Not only does weight hurt street performance in a daily but each additional pound requires that much more traction to scale a rock or causes more digging into a soft surface.
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Maybe you could cut some weight with an LS
Don't think I haven't considered the all aluminum one. It would match most of the armor
Don't think I haven't considered the all aluminum one. It would match most of the armor
Maybe this will help
Dang, the 3 year/30,000 mile warranty will be expired before you even fire that thing, Ryan!
A bunch of it is the front Dana 44 and the 241 OR tcase, I believe.
Here’s what I found for weights
Curb Weight
3,200 lbs. (1467 kg) - SE
3,438 lbs. (1545 kg) - X
3,539 lbs. (1565 kg) - Sport
3,832 lbs. (1686 kg) - Rubicon
That was the same stat i found. My mistake. 600 lbs for 2.5l/Dana 30/35/np231 vs 4.0l/d44s/np241
I wonder what the 2.5l weighs compared to an aluminum block LS.