Alabama thread!

Night and day difference, my samurai is only 80 horse power. In two wheel drive it won't climb very well at all. In 4WD Lo it will either spin or climb.

 

You don’t always need to be out of traction control..

 

your crawl ratio is also close to double what a factory Tacoma is

 

Man you just made me want to do it now soooo bad lol.

 

Yeah but horse power is about a 3rd, that was my point, lower gears no matter where you put them will help

 

My truck is an offroad vehicle now so i dont care about HP or MPG lol

edit: I do care a little about HP

 

Brian, you got a ton of weight on your truck. I'd like to see how your truck does on the trails minus that weight.

 

You will like it for sure. Think about the difference just shifting to low makes. Adding a transfer case just adds more lower gears in the drive line to what you already have.

 

The tent is really the only thing id take off but that means taking to my uncles farm and stashing it which takes gas and time to drive over there.

 

I hear ya. I guess I was just solidifying your point.

underpowered and overgeared is the way to go.

 

Thats what you want offroad under powered and over geared.

 

might as well go dual cases from the start then

 

I wonder if all that weight actually helps you get better traction offroad, especially in the mud.

 

Can you explain what you mean lol?

 

Adding a second transfer case. You will have the low range of the first case 2.28:1 and then adding a second transfer case in line will increase your final crawl ratio by a factor of the low gear in that case.

 

Awww gotcha. Marlin crwal box lol.

 

that’s a trade name, but yes that is an example of dual cases. Gearing is what separates Toyota’s from jeeps.

 

Well if you see any good deals on any 4x4 parts let me know. Im going to start being on the look out for them and start to asemble them slowly until i have everything. Biggest thing will be converting my transmission to a 4x4 trans.


Anyone here know how to cut the driveshaft and make it shoter for the 4x4? It would save a lot of $$$

 

That will be my next mod to my Tacoma, 4.7 crawl box, 254 to 1 and 2,063 lb-ft torque at idle