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Jeep Wrangler YJ
YJ General Discussion
WHY? J's (the YJ abomination thread)
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<blockquote data-quote="jeepjoe43" data-source="post: 428882" data-attributes="member: 19255"><p>When I bought mine, I didn't realize I would have to take out SO much car, and replace it with truck.</p><p>My little money pit, and I thought $5k was a pretty reasonable budget for 2-1/2" w/32s.</p><p></p><p>At the time Chrysler was designing the YJ, Cheaper, lighter and Adequate were how you got ahead as an engineer there.</p><p>Their definition of adequate is a 2wd car. Thank you CAFE regs..</p><p>They were shaving weight off transmissions by making mainshafts just strong enough for a specific load.</p><p>And they DID extensive testing for that.</p><p>This is also why we have 5 on 4.5 wheel patterns and 20 gallon tanks that only hold 15.</p><p>They were looking for every Pound, or Ounce they could shave off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeepjoe43, post: 428882, member: 19255"] When I bought mine, I didn't realize I would have to take out SO much car, and replace it with truck. My little money pit, and I thought $5k was a pretty reasonable budget for 2-1/2" w/32s. At the time Chrysler was designing the YJ, Cheaper, lighter and Adequate were how you got ahead as an engineer there. Their definition of adequate is a 2wd car. Thank you CAFE regs.. They were shaving weight off transmissions by making mainshafts just strong enough for a specific load. And they DID extensive testing for that. This is also why we have 5 on 4.5 wheel patterns and 20 gallon tanks that only hold 15. They were looking for every Pound, or Ounce they could shave off. [/QUOTE]
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