Who's runnin 2.5, ax5, 4.88s and 35"s???

**95wrangler4life** · 10-19-2009, 07:49 PM

Anyone running the 2.5l with 5 speed, 488 gears and 35" tires?

Hows the performance? would you recommend the 35s or 33's?

Dont worry people, the rear is a D44 and front 30.

thanks

dubs27 · 10-20-2009, 12:57 PM

I'm running 4:56 and 36's in mine. It has a 2.5 it runs good, but never use 5th gear and it tops out at a woping 60ish mph but I wish I had a little bigger gear but wouldent trade tire sizes. You should be fine with 35's

clemsonfan16 · 10-20-2009, 01:30 PM

Im running 35s with 5.13s and its great. I can run 70 easily. you should be fine with 4.88s but i would reccomend 5.13s

dubs27 · 10-20-2009, 02:13 PM

lol..wish I had 5:13's

youngYJ95 · 10-20-2009, 02:47 PM

bye bye mpgs. lol. i wanna run 35's but not w/ my d35 still. i've heard that 35's are a bit much for the ax-5 however

**95wrangler4life** · 10-20-2009, 07:29 PM

cant run 5.13 in the D30

never monday · 10-20-2009, 07:31 PM

in my TJ

it's fine

plumber1 · 10-21-2009, 07:24 PM

Don't know about 35's but my 33's are much happier with the 4:88's. I can only think that 35's & 4:88's would be about the same as my 33's were with 4:10's not great.

31's & 4:10's very drivable and fun
33's & 4:10's not much fun and SLOW
33's & 4:88's WOW MORE FUN and very drivable again
35's & 4:88's not much fun and SLOW " I Think "

OneCleanYj · 10-21-2009, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by plumber1

Don't know about 35's but my 33's are much happier with the 4:88's. I can only think that 35's & 4:88's would be about the same as my 33's were with 4:10's not great.

31's & 4:10's very drivable and fun
33's & 4:10's not much fun and SLOW
33's & 4:88's WOW MORE FUN and very drivable again
35's & 4:88's not much fun and SLOW " I Think "

Actually it's not bad...

Seems like performance varies from Jeep to Jeep, but I run this exact set-up without any issues. The jump from 33's to 35's was hardly noticeable for me. If anything, it was as if I had the same performance I had with my 33's with the stock TB before I added a 4.0 TB (If that makes any sense to you, lol)
Hit any longer inclines, and it slows down, but I still hold the speed limit most the time. Higher elevations kill me though...

35's with the AX5 definitely isn't the strongest set-up, but doable. Now towing the amounts of weight I have in the past, with the AX5 and 35's, probably not such a great idea

All in all, I drive the living hell out of mine and I get around fine

**95wrangler4life** · 02-01-2010, 09:47 PM

anyone else, im making my final decision on either 33's or 35's next week!

tranzamwayno · 02-02-2010, 06:11 AM

if you wheel it get 35's, won't get high centered as much

1998zj · 02-02-2010, 11:24 AM

Go with the 35's. I have run both 33's and 35's and like the bigger tires better. I can still run 75 mph on flat ground in 5th gear without a big head wind.

**BackRoadJPin** · 02-02-2010, 11:29 AM

35's, 5.12's 70 MPH no problem. As for the AX5 it is not the best transmission out there but I am 4 years + on this setup now.

GRN_BEAST95 · 02-02-2010, 12:06 PM

im running 4.88s and 33's and i like it. Although i can only top out at 70 but anything after 60 has a bad death wobble.

**YJake** · 02-02-2010, 12:32 PM

I think my 4.10 and 30's is just enough.

You guys are bananas

Jake

10-20-2009, 12:57 PM	#2
dubs27 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: tallahassee Posts: 43 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	I'm running 4:56 and 36's in mine. It has a 2.5 it runs good, but never use 5th gear and it tops out at a woping 60ish mph but I wish I had a little bigger gear but wouldent trade tire sizes. You should be fine with 35's

10-20-2009, 02:13 PM	#4
dubs27 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: tallahassee Posts: 43 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	lol..wish I had 5:13's