Tranfer case conversion kit's

One of the things to consider is the effect on the gearing - by this I mean you will probably end up with ultra low gears. The manual VVT use a transfer box with 1:1 for high and 4.3 diffs. If you fit a rocklobster your high range will be 1.58:1 which is a huge reduction. It does enable you to go up easily in tyre size but the gearing will still be low. To help you can fit diffs from a non VVT which are generally 3.9:1 (non auto models)
Not helping the situation is also the main gearbox which in 5th on a VVT is 1:1 whereas on earlier models 5th gear is 0,864:1 which is a kind of overdrive gear.
This is the voice of experience telling you this!!
I suppose another option is to use the transfer box from an auto VVT which has a high of 1,32:1 and low of 2,643:1 - the manual car has a low of 2,002:1.

Food for thought!

Obarno wrote: One of the things to consider is the effect on the gearing - by this I mean you will probably end up with ultra low gears. The manual VVT use a transfer box with 1:1 for high and 4.3 diffs. If you fit a rocklobster your high range will be 1.58:1 which is a huge reduction. It does enable you to go up easily in tyre size but the gearing will still be low. To help you can fit diffs from a non VVT which are generally 3.9:1 (non auto models)
Not helping the situation is also the main gearbox which in 5th on a VVT is 1:1 whereas on earlier models 5th gear is 0,864:1 which is a kind of overdrive gear.
This is the voice of experience telling you this!!
I suppose another option is to use the transfer box from an auto VVT which has a high of 1,32:1 and low of 2,643:1 - the manual car has a low of 2,002:1.

Food for thought!

Took the words out of my mouth! :S :laugh:


Fountain indeed!

ok thanks guys.

I member on here zukenutter is doing a custom conversion he has a 2006 VVT jimny, so i will see how that ends up. What other options do i have with 235's?