[trooper Tdiesel]

i converted my 93 4 door to 4wd and i can say that the 4wd parts. are adding somthing like 150lbs
also the 2wd springs are 0.5" shorter then a 4wd in the years i work with 92/93 thus the GVW rating of the 4wd is 100lbs more then the 2wd.


the 2wds use a carrier bearing, where the 4wds do not "in the 4 door any way". so the drive line for the 4wd is mabe 10lbs lighter but the trans with T-case more then makes up for it.


i found that there's little difference in gearing 2wd to 4wd, the gearing is related to the trans 5.12 most manuals 4.62 4sp autos and later 5speeds then 4.30 gears with the 3sp auto in the 2 doors are the common ones. but there are others ranging up to something like 5.88

sorta a trend that's like the geos, the shorter the top gear the longer the leggs of the 3rd member. to make up the difference.



ive ran every thing thru my head that i can think about for this thing
track/kick 1.3L 8 valve swap, geo 1.0 swap, Isuzu 2.2L or the car 1.8L diesel swap, gearing swap as i have the 5.12s insane aromod there's massive room for improvement air drag is insane, for its size.

ive thought about a grid charge only set up. do to having a 0.06 KWH rate
i live at 1,000ft and every trip to town is sea level. all i want is to make up for that nasty 600+ft 1.5 mile hill-clime on the way home on the way in EOC is a breeze as i can go way farther than on a flat road.

whats hit me as a road block is how to hook it to the drive.
the T\case to front diff drive line is really close to the side of the trans, also the added drag when the front diff is locked up is quite notable also if you have auto hubs swapping to manuals will be needed. so i figured on leaving it as is for farm use "thus why i installed the 4wd"

and in the rear there's room but not a lot of it.
i was thinking maybe a belt to a motor along side the drive line, issue is the drive line moves as the diff goes up and down ion the road.
with the 2wd set up the part from the trans to the carrer dont move much and i thought that may work better for a belt.....
any way you wanted ideas there yea go.....



i need to update my sig line that 31 is now 35 i figure with aro changes these old rides can crack 40
electric assist with the aro could push it for a short drive much higher then 40.