Thinking out loud - Belly height vs. wheelbase

marvilusone

marvilusone

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I've been doing alot of thinking & calculating the past few days on the new XJ build. What I've come up with is this.

36" tires
Fullwidth axles ~67" WMS
4.5" lift

All added up this will give me a belly height of 25". I will be pushing the front axle out about 2" for tire clearance which will put me at 104" with the leafs in factory position. I can flip them to go out to 110".

Is 110" too much for 36's with 25" belly?
Is 25" belly with 36's enough?

Terrain will be all the local places. Uwharrie, Calle, Gulches, DPG, Farm, etc...
 
marvilusone said:
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All added up this will give me a belly height of 25". I will be pushing the front axle out about 2" for tire clearance which will put me at 104" with the leafs in factory position. I can flip them to go out to 110".
Is 110" too much for 36's with 25" belly?
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Not that this will help or anything but I'm going to be running 40s at about 25-26" under the frame with a 120" wheelbase, I know I'll be dragging a bit but I bought a bunch of UHMW plastic to make a near flat belly skid. I know several with 37s, 25-27" under the frame with around 112" WB and they don't have too many issues, it's the rear driveshaft that's always hitting stuff.
 
I think 36s on a D44 is a good plan for happy life with stock parts, ya it can hold more with upgrades. Working with the belly pan and skids to make em flat would pay off better... Also don't reverse the rear leafs, they have a good bit of design in them to be the way they are, the offset give decent wrap control yet will flex a good bit. Flipping them negates all that and will cause some wrap issues.
 
I'm 123" wb with 22" flat belly hieght. I wish I had 24-25 at a min. I think you'd be fine.
 
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