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Old 02-03-2013
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Originally Posted by garymca77 View Post
My JK 2 Door Wrangler 3.8 Lt manual is gutless driving in winding mountainous roads.
At times in 4th or 5th gear it struggles to do 80kms.
At one time I had 3 vehicles behind me and was forced to pull over to let them pass.
Going up one hill a Nissan Patrol then a Hilux went pass me like I was standing still.
This takes me back to bad old days of having a 1Lt Suzuki Sierra as it would only do 80Kms up a hill.
Let me guess.....you have 3.21 gearing?

Whilst that engine is no powerhouse it gets along ok with decent gearing.