Well I got my new 6.5.1 T-cse gears in with a new heavy duty clutch from petroworks and spidertrax T-case arms, again I'm on stock axles, 1.3, 31's and a spoa kit. So a few of us ( 2 Zuk's, 2 Rubicon's ) went to Big Bear this past Saturday and had a great time. 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 loss 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 ) our first trail was "gold mountain"? ( our first time there ) Wow I was very happy with the new gearing I had no problem going up the two ( that I remember ) difficult sections with ease. there was a fairly stock Jeep broke down on the first hard obstacle due to a ground wire separating from flexing. anyway really enjoyed the trail. ( would never have made that run on stock clutch or gearing ).
Our second run was John Bull ( reminded me of the 91fwy! ) since there were closures on the mountain it was more noticeable traffic. well two rigs did not help that were broke down, one Fj with some sort of internal problem ( strapped off the trail ) and on the more difficult rock area ( think known as the water fall ) a white bronco ( oj special ) stuck with a busted steering system. Getting around that one was a little tight. 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 happy with any other gear set for my case since this set hit it on the nose for me. I can hear a little whine in the case, 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 annoying, on the trail I was in 4 low and in 4th or 5th gear and I could hear the gears more ( not too extream though ) this was more noticeable than being on the fwy. hope you got a better idea of what I'm trying to explain. Any hoot just my .02 worth of feed back.
