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Chrysler 8.25 Yoke- Ohio


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Oh, ha, duh, my bad. I didnt read it right. So yea I should have the right yoke, I pulled it off a 90-something Cherokee at the junkyard a few years ago and havent used it, since I'm still using the Dana 35. Out of curiousity mvusse, what kinda mpg does your 2.5 Comanche get?

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Stock 3.55 gears AX4, bit larger than stock tires (235/75R15 or about 29" versus stock 205/75R15 which is about 27", speedo is off by about 5mph at highway speeds)

 

To Chicago and back, on the way there, 75mph for a few hundred miles on the turnpike, pretty much flat grade I got 19mpg in 4th gear with my AX4. On the way back I took a different road and cruised 60 the whole way and got 27mpg.

 

Clearly, at 75mph the engine is revving way past the sweet spot for mileage. Note that an AX5 with the factory 4.10 gears has the same final drive ratio in 5th as the AX4 does in 4th with it's 3.55 gears.

 

So I decided to swap in an AX5 but keep the 3.55 gears. 5th is about gutless, but headed north I tried again. At 75mph I now get 24 mpg (way better than the 19 without the 5th gear), at 60 it is still 27 mpg.

 

This is on summer gas, winter mileage will be worse. Mixed driving year round I get 20-21 mpg averaged over 16,000 miles so far.

 

I may at some point swap in an AX15 and regear the axles as its overdrive is a lot deeper than an AX5's.

 

 

And on topic: since this is his thread, the OP gets first dibs on that yoke.

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