[-Shoey-]

IIRC, 10achik (The mod) was seeing about ten or 11 mpg's while running 33's. Once he got his new regeared axles in, he got 16.

[nelson1248]

im not stressing about the 11 MPG i was just saying its hard as a college student and have heard of people doin a diesel switch and having good results with better MPG i was just asking to see if it was worth it or not?

SHoey- do you know what gear ratio that guy went up to and got 16 MPH???
Im planning on doin 4.56

[GraKee99]

Originally Posted by nelson1248

im not stressing about the 11 MPG i was just saying its hard as a college student and have heard of people doin a diesel switch and having good results with better MPG i was just asking to see if it was worth it or not?

SHoey- do you know what gear ratio that guy went up to and got 16 MPH???
Im planning on doin 4.56

You say I'm just a college student and gas is to expensive but I just don't see how you think a diesel swap would be cheap?

[nelson1248]

well i know i would drop a good 5 grand maybe on the sway plus about 1 grand for regearing thats 6 grand total.
with the engine swap i would be getting like 25 average plus if i regear lets say about 30-40 MGP thats freaking awesome for a lifted rig on 35! so its 6 grand total thats enough to buy me a bike thats why im not sure if its worth doin or just get a bike?!?
rason why i would want to do this is because i love driving my jeep! its awesome!
reason why i would want a bike- because i really like bikes!

over all i love my jeep more than bike so thats why i considered asking this!

[01Limited45324]

Originally Posted by nelson1248

well i know i would drop a good 5 grand maybe on the sway plus about 1 grand for regearing thats 6 grand total.
with the engine swap i would be getting like 25 average plus if i regear lets say about 30-40 MGP thats freaking awesome for a lifted rig on 35! so its 6 grand total thats enough to buy me a bike thats why im not sure if its worth doin or just get a bike?!?
rason why i would want to do this is because i love driving my jeep! its awesome!
reason why i would want a bike- because i really like bikes!

over all i love my jeep more than bike so thats why i considered asking this!

Again, a diesel engine does not defy physics. You will not get 30-40 mpg. A diesel VW Golf barely gets just over 40 mpg with a little rinky-dink 4 cylinder (somewhere between 1.6-2.0 liter) and stock wheels. You want a Jeep (which weighs probably in the neighborhood of 50% more), that's lifted and on 33s to get the same? Keep dreaming.

You'd probably see 25 mpg tops, if you keep off the gas (err diesel...).

Just regear and pick up a few bolt-ons (intake, exhaust) and keep it tuned up. That's the best, easiest, and cheapest way to up your gas mileage.

Do this: take the money (I'd estimate a diesel engine running $4,000 and labor to install and any other modifications to run another $2,000) and put it into a bank account for only buying gas and see how far it goes.

[-Shoey-]

Uh, lemme get back to you, he's got a build thread here somewhere. My advice dude, drop the $1,200ish on a regear and be done, or get a beater.

Edit-try this thread.

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f13/iro-ultimate-d44-axles-installed-542931/

Edit again...Ok, not a great reference. He does say that he's close to stock with 33's and 4.11's. So maybe a regear to 4.56?