XJ Heep 3.0

[TrailTamer]

full locker like a spool?


spool id imagine would help the 297s but kind of annoying in a jeep.

I mean like a Detroit. Not the little locker that replace the spider gear

[Harrison]

I have read many times that adding things like truss and full case locker helps reduce deflection and gears live longer... seems like splitting hairs on a D30 to me. If you have 3.07s, full case and Artec money would be much better spent regearing.

[Callelle]

Having a bling D30 and 8.25, I wouldn't bother with a truss. Gears are about the furthest you should go if you plan on keeping stock axles for a while. I had 3.55s in mine and it was awful with 35s. Cruising at 70 on the 90 in second gets really old. I also wouldn't bother with a full case, aussies are plenty good enough.

[TrailTamer]

I have read many times that adding things like truss and full case locker helps reduce deflection and gears live longer... seems like splitting hairs on a D30 to me. If you have 3.07s, full case and Artec money would be much better spent regearing.

I've seen few D30s taco'd in front of me in Midwest. My thought was to make the D30 housing a good baseline then upgrade it's gears, shafts, locker, etc. later. It's hard to straighten a pretzeled housing haha

It's going to be a trail rig and I'm not going to be racing with some rice burners and it's 5 speed so I think 3.07 will be ok for now. Big pinion gear 

I was asking about locker thing because I don't want to pay things twice and work on it twice when I could've done it once and forget it.

As of now my axles' plan are;
stock shafts with new spicer joints with snap rings
Open front, weld rear
Inner C truss
Sleeve tubes
Ruff Stuff covers
Artec's lower control arm mounts

Later;
Chromo shafts. if I break them... I never broke any D30 shafts with my XJ Heep 1.0 on 34" pizza cutter Swampers
Lockers
Gears

Phase 2;
1 ton axles?

[TrailTamer]

Having a bling D30 and 8.25, I wouldn't bother with a truss. Gears are about the furthest you should go if you plan on keeping stock axles for a while. I had 3.55s in mine and it was awful with 35s. Cruising at 70 on the 90 in second gets really old. I also wouldn't bother with a full case, aussies are plenty good enough.

2nd gear at 70mph? Lol

[TrailTamer]

Anyway here's some pics. I suck at to remember to take some pics. Front sections are on but didn't take pics. Rear section almost all prepped to be welded on.

That white dust on the floor is from bondo'd over crumbled area.

[TrailTamer]

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Beefing it up

[TrailTamer]

Yes I am a bit tired. 

[Harrison]

3.07s with a 5spd is going to be clutch burning impossible to crawl anything crappy. Even with 4.56/4.88s I still see people struggle until they get t-case gears.

Man that's a lot of tires! Almost worth the effort to go steal Spencer's tire machine for that!

[M4wdFab]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Revolution-Gear-Package-4-56s-W-Master-Kits-for-Jeep-XJ-96-01-C8-25-D30short-/172403610326?fits=Make%3AJeep&hash=item28240e52d6:g:T-oAAOSwubRXF9UU&vxp=mtr


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1984-2001-JEEP-CHEROKEE-XJ-DANA-30-FRONT-END-USA-4340-CHROMOLY-AXLE-KIT-NEW-/331143938319?hash=item4d19b7810f:g:kWUAAMXQbjxRDBK3&vxp=mtr 

or get Dan at DMR for shafts

Cora for a locker

[M4wdFab]

need to check carrier breaks too.  think you need a front, not sure about rear.

[TrailTamer]

There is carrier break in the D30. No carrier break for the C8.25

The link you provided is for low pinion D30. I have the high pinion.

How this one looks?

http://m.ebay.com/itm/JEEP-CHEROKEE-XJ-CHRYSLER-8-25-DANA-30-4-56-RING-AND-PINION-MASTER-GEAR-PKG-/331578304051?_trkparms=aid%253D222007%2526algo%253DSIC.MBE%2526ao%253D1%2526asc%253D20150519202348%2526meid%253Df643e7c7f3e54276a462f3d5818cab45%2526pid%253D100408%2526rk%253D1%2526rkt%253D25%2526mehot%253Dpp%2526sd%253D172403610326&_trksid=p2056116.c100408.m2460

[TrailTamer]

I suck at remembering to take pics. I just finished the D30. It's being POR-15 painted now.