What size tire?

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Well i bitt the big one, today, after selling my lathe, i bought my 2.5 lift kit and a winch, for my 90 YJ, so now im after some info on tires, ive been running the tires off my truck, all-terrain raidials, 30 inch, now half worn out and proven to be crap on a steep slope,,grin , so my question, im going after BFG all terrain "KO's" on my stock rims for now, and as i do alot of street and plan to play hard on the weekends, here in rainy washington, , with my jeep being stock gearing, 2.5L(aka-little mice)4banger, standard trans, and a weak diff, can i go up to 31"s or 32"s and still be able to use 5th gear on the highway, without opening the doors for extra wind power? and still be good in 4Low on the trail? , going after the tires this weekend so any help would be helpfull, (before the wife finds the stash and buys a TV.

thanks, johnp

L.W.( Ãill ) Hughes III · Accepted Answer

Hi John,     I think you'll be just putting them on for looks, the extra weightwill knock the heck out of your highway speed as you already know, youwent from a top speed of maybe ninety miles an hour to about seventy onthe level, tops with a tail wind. As my Brother-in-law will attest: Your thirty inch should willwork great, have you let the air out to five pounds for sand, and tenpounds for rock.         God Bless America, ßill O|||||||Omailto:          wrote:

Cherokee-Ltd · Answer

I suspect you have 3.07 gears because AFAIK 4.10 was only a Canadian option. Going to 31's may be liveable but 32's won't be for sure. I went from235/75 to 31's with a fresh 4.0L and I find it fairly sluggish. P.S. never sell a power tool to facilitate a purchase, auction off a kidney or something but never sell a power tool!

-Brian (wants a lathe)

Matt Macchiarolo · Answer

4.10's came stock with the 4-cyl engine, at least in the TJ model...

JimG · Answer

4.10's come in every 4 cylinder YJ that I have seen... very common.

JimG · Answer

(with the manual 5 speed, anyway)

Cherokee-Ltd · Answer

I won't argue this point.... now that I think hard about it.

D44 was a Canada-only option on the YJ
3.07 was stock gearing in the 4.2/4.0 YJ Sorry for the misleading post, I think I have it correct now.

-Brian

Mike Romain · Answer

I don't think I have ever seen a YJ with a D44... The last of the CJ's like mine got them just because they ran out of the others.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Cherokee-Ltd wrote:

L.W.( Ãill ) Hughes III · Answer

But all exports to Europe had Dana 44s.        God Bless America, ßill O|||||||Omailto:      Roma

Dave Milne · Answer

Wonder why they gave us D44s in YJ/TJs, but didn't in XJs ?Dave Milne, Scotland'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

L.W.( Ãill ) Hughes III · Answer

It was probably a cash cow for our stealerships.         God Bless America, ßill O|||||||Omailto:      Milne wrote:

JimG · Answer

What gear is in the CJ? Is that a T5? I'm not familiar with the 4 cylinder CJ's. If you have 4.10s and not worried about highway performance, then go for the 33's if you can get them in the fenders.

JimG

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