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Originally Posted by KenP
You're going to bust things up in the front if you get a locker. I'm surprised Phil didn't mention that. One little slip... BAMM!!!
We don't drive our lifted 2 too much, but I didn't even change the speedo, regear or anything and it's fine around town. I went through a speed calming radar the other day and was off about 5 mph at 60. Driving to Moab wasn't difficult, either.
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I have to agree with Ken about the locker. It definitely has it's place but in my opinion it's not practical for daily driving.
And Ken is right, if you're putting around town and don't drive the H2 too much, I'm sure it'll be absolutely perfect.
The problem is, I drive the H2 roughly 50K miles a year (nevermind my bike and other cars) so I'm running around everywhere.
The first problem I encountered with 38's is loss of gas mileage. I went from 11.2 to 9.6.
I installed gears and programmer and went back up to 10.5 mpg. If I drove it nice, I would get between 11-11.5, but I tend to have a heavy foot.
Like I said, driving around town, no problem... get on the highway and I promise you won't be able to keep the cruise maintaining 70 mph if you come across any hills. (or if you tow anything at all)
My problem is I like tend to drive 75-80 on the highway and it's literally impossible to do that on any kind of inclined surface. I drove to Florida a few months ago (no trailer) and attempting to keep 70-75 while at highway speeds, I averaged 8.8 mpg. (cause the damn thing was going into overdrive so much)
4.88's would have been a better choice for me and in all honesty, when my new bodyshop settles down, a supercharger is a definite must.
Good luck with the install,
Mark