On the subject of gears and lockers, I've read on here that the ratios are 4.78. That's actually pretty low already.
Digressing to my days running locked and loaded Samurais, they had 1.3L, 205/70R15 tires with 3.73 gears stock. The available gear ratios were 4.57, 4.88 and 5.12. Now, the 4.57 would bring the Samurai running 33's back to street tolerances while the 4.88 and 5.12 would of course give you more crawling capabilites.
Now, the Sami's only weighed 1836 lbs compared to KIA at 3500 lbs. (Damn that's heavy for such a small vehicle). That means the KIA already has a bigger motor and lower gears with the same size tires, so does the weight have that much to do with it or does the transmission and transfer have that high of gears?
Anybody have one lifted with bigger tires that is an A/T? How does the A/T do pulling those bigger tires?
i would agree but also disagree i have 31s and a five speed and i spend a hour of my day driving 75 mph plus and it does just fine i am sure i could run 35 inch tires in it would be in your so called street tolerance. i also know that a stock samuri has a hard time doin 75 mph. so yes i think the kia is geared lower and does have more power, but i think you just have to define "street tolerances" better because if i slap 35 inch tires on there is no way i will be able to do highway speeds but if i am just running down the road to the local watering hole no prob. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />
