When we took the motor out of my CJ7 I found a T18 transmission with a compound gear at 6.32:1, or a granny gear as we called them back then. Looking back I can't say that was money well spent. I almost never rock crawled, mostly mud and as such I needed to be in a gear capable of spinning the tires to clean them out. Spent most of my time in 2nd gear when wheeling.
The manual vs auto... I'd like to think I was pretty dam good at operating both the brake and gas pedals at the same time with my right foot, but I remember being pretty envious of the guys with autos. Just so much easier to control the power delivery to the axles with a auto.
The manual vs auto... I'd like to think I was pretty dam good at operating both the brake and gas pedals at the same time with my right foot, but I remember being pretty envious of the guys with autos. Just so much easier to control the power delivery to the axles with a auto.