samurai gearing question

[tacocat]

i have an 86 sammie on 31s with all stock gearing and obviously its a slug. in order to get back some speed would i be better off regearing the diffs or the transfer case? also before anyone says "just drop in a 1.6" i know and i wish

[diesel kawboy]

I just had a simple 4 to 1 transfer case set and on 31's, it worked really great for trails. The only thing it had trouble with was mud.

[Sarra]

You can regear the diffs to give you better gearing, even compensate for the tire size to get your speedo accurate.

I think the easiest way is to just put a turbo on it, and call it good.

[Pabust]

I have an '89 Samurai with 235/75 tires and went from 3.73 to 4.57 gears. Is still a slug but now the top speed dropped a good amount, the problem with regearing the transfer case is that your low range gets a lot shorter compared to the stock ratio, which sucks in situations you need some speed, like in sand dunes. I would go with 5.38 diff gears if you need some low range speed, or 4.16 transfer gears if you move slow off road

[badhoopty]

diffs are the safest place to gear down. my old zuk had 5:13s or something around there with a 4:1 tcase, which on 31s was great for wheeling but driving on the hwy 55-60 top speed with the motor wound up pretty good.

[lawhorn_derrick]

you said before anybody says drop in a 1.6 and you wished.......but curious as to why not go ahead. would be about the same price difference as dropping in R&P and honestly doesnt even take a full day.

[tacocat]

Thanks everyone for the input and lawhorn_derrick the only thing holding me back is the lack of knowledge to do it myself. I'm kind of a noob at working on vehicles and don't know anyone who is anymore capable.

[Zukiiholic]

Have you Checked out Zukiworld.com ?

[lawhorn_derrick]

understand that. like he said check out zukiworld. I've done lots of those swaps and honestly it would be a great project for ya to learn on unless you need it done asap then that might pose a problem.