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overdrive or high ratio kit?

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philbert:
trying to weigh up the pro's and con's dont know which way to go.
anyone tried a high ratio conversion for the transfer box?
was it any good?

Rich_P:
I would recommend you go for an overdrive.  It increases gearing by 25% approx, and means you can keep the standard gearing if the higher high ratio gearing is too high.

James.Harwood:
If you put the high ratio convertion on with the 2.25 diesel or petrol (as standard) then you won't be pulling out of junctions unless you have a 10 mile gap, and towing anything would be slower!  You will also be putting a lot of extra strain on engine and main gearbox.

Go for the overdrive, you can choose when to use it (unless the linkage breaks).

philbert:
it's a 2.25 petrol but its not standard must be making 85/90 bhp with more to come.

Neil Jones:
I'd go for the overdrive too on that size engine. I looked at the Ashcroft transfer box, but as said before t would put too put strain on the engine and gear box and also make pulling away a nightmare.

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