Un-coilovering a P38A

Though I am on 32's I agree with keithy 100% I have never felt the need to change the diff ratio's though I can notice the car beeing a slight bit more sluggish but a bit of right boot fixes that pronto. I would indeed try it without first, you just need to do some calculations in your head to adjust consumption numbers and so on.

I suppose you are not too worried about resale value since you are modifying the car substantially and will wheel it so a very accurate ODO might not be the highest priority ;)

Also, as keithy said: 2.7t loaded all day long; my P38 with all mods (expect tree/rock sliders) weighs in at about 2.5t by the time I am done I can't even bring my fridge :( I need a GVM upgrade!

Cheers,
-P

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Originally Posted by Keithy P38

Is it worth spending time on the 3.54’s with 33’s before changing ratios? Being on 33’s myself, and still 3.54’s, I have no desire to swap for other ratios. My P38 is always loaded (2.7t) every day of the week, it’ll sit on 2000rpm to accelerate more than comfortably to any legal speed limit here. When given the boot, it still scares V8 Land Cruisers away. Plus I’m not arguing with a drop to 2000rpm at highway speeds, and reduced fuel consumption!

I haven’t noticed any Low Range crawl issues either. Downhill and up, it still offers me the same satisfaction!

Cheers
Keithy

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Well, I guess maybe I'll cancel that order to Lucky8. They haven't fulfilled it yet and that frees up 3/4 of a grand on just parts.

Anyone got an idea as to a way for recalibrating the speedo? Looks like even with new R&P sets it wouldn't work since the system is actually reading directly from the ABS wheel speed sensors, anyway. Best idea I've got is buying 4 YELLR's and ganging one up to each wheel speed sensor.

And I appreciate quelling my fears about torque. I know 280ft-lbs is nothing to sneeze at but I was still nervous about losing pulling power. And I agree, dogging the engine at 2K RPMs would be great for highway mileage and I don't really anticipate towing much so the torque loss on hills doesn't concern me overmuch.