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Old 03-27-2011, 01:35 AM   #1 (permalink)
trooper Tdiesel
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sidekick suv gearing, smaller 14" rims

ive seen the list of gearing for the geos, and im very thank full for it.
(passed it on to a number of people)
but i wounderd if any one knew what all came in the sidekicks and its twin the geo tracker for final gearing.

i have a 1993 4 door for a runner and a 92 4 door for parts,
the 93 was originally 2WD
and the 92 was 4wd,
both have or should say had the 1.6L 16V EFI 60hp per L of displacment HOT ROD engine as i call it.
and are "very fast" compared to my work horse Isuzu diesels.
i swapped the 4wd system over to the running driving one and both where the same gearing.

i know there was 4 and 3 speed auto tranys "my two rides are 5speeds" and wounderd if they had different gearing.

or if maybe the gears from a sammy could swap in i seen some stuff on the net saying they have 4.11s that would be a MASSIVE improvement over the 4.73 or 5.12s i have now THAT ARE STOCK.

i think its a 25% O\D with 215/75/15LT tires yielding 3,000 rpms at 60~ yea thats rice rocket country

the other question i have related to gearing is, are there any narrow alloy 15" or steel 14" rims that fit sidekicks?
where i live at, light truck tires are "needed" for the rock roads the smallest 15" LTs i know of are 215/75/15s
the suv rated car tires just don't cut it, way to many flats gotta be true 6py rating not a HD4py rating.


if i could get 14" rims "that fit" i could shrink the tire size nearly 2 or 3" with a swap to say 4.11s that would be a "big boost" to mpg.

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1 86 T\D trooper with rare GEN 3 rods TRANS FIXED NOW DD
1 86 4WD 5sp pup is 2.3L gas, but plan on 2.2L diesel repower
1 91 trop, long term plan is a group buy of imported Isuzu 4JB1-T 2.8L I-4 engines, hoping to get price down to 2K not 3K plus
1993 sidekick my MPG toy, epa rating 26.
i get 29/31 with stock drive train.
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