Project 4x4 Commuter Mazda

[4.0B2]

i ordered gears for mine!!! went w/ your advice and other research w/ the 4.56's. and i'm getting 33's sooner than expected! anyways....

have you regeared your front yet???

 

[legoms013]

i ordered gears for mine!!! went w/ your advice and other research w/ the 4.56's. and i'm getting 33's sooner than expected! anyways....

have you regeared your front yet???

Nice! Things are coming along nicely. I think you will be real satisfied with that ratio and tire size.

No I have not....I sold my old axle though and make some enough cash to do the regearing. So either this weekend or next I will rip it outta there and take up to have it worked on.

Meanwhile, I believe my alternator to have gone bad (and taken the battery with it) yesterday.

I think what happened is that the alternator died like a week ago, and since then the battery has compensated for it (its a good Optima deep cycle) and now the battery has finally given up the ghost and doesn't have the oomph to start it up anymore.

I am hoping the battery will still take a charge (it is on the charger now) and I will only have to replace the alternator.

When that happened my ABS light came on wtf lol?

 

[4.0B2]

i've actually heard of abs lights coming on at low voltage..so hopefully its just that...

 

[legoms013]

i've actually heard of abs lights coming on at low voltage..so hopefully its just that...

I hope so!

 

[legoms013]

Turns out my Optima Blue top took a crap after 2 years. Alternator is fine.

So instead of buying another, I went with a Costco Kirkland batter, 1000 cranking amps, 850 cold cranking amps, 140 min of reserve. $92 with core.

Less than half of a new Blue/Yellow Top.

With a 3 year free replacement, and a 100 month percentage honored warranty after that.

 

[06RangerXLT]

i ordered gears for mine!!! went w/ your advice and other research w/ the 4.56's. and i'm getting 33's sooner than expected! anyways....

have you regeared your front yet???

4.56's are awesome, by far the most useable gear ratio.

Turns out my Optima Blue top took a crap after 2 years. Alternator is fine.

So instead of buying another, I went with a Costco Kirkland batter, 1000 cranking amps, 850 cold cranking amps, 140 min of reserve. $92 with core.

Less than half of a new Blue/Yellow Top.

With a 3 year free replacement, and a 100 month percentage honored warranty after that.

dam those are expensive. when mine goes, im goin to put a deep cycle marine battery in.

 

[88_Eddie]

i thought optimas had a lifetime warranty or million mile warranty or something like that?

 

[legoms013]

4.56's are awesome, by far the most useable gear ratio.



dam those are expensive. when mine goes, im goin to put a deep cycle marine battery in.

I'd suggest against that. B/c deep cycle marine batteries usually have a shorter warranty period compared to a regular battery, since the manufacturer assumes you will abuse it harder than a typical run of the mill.
Optima is no different. Their yellow tops have a 3 year free replacement, where as their blue tops only have a 2 year period.

i thought optimas had a lifetime warranty or million mile warranty or something like that?

Nope. See above

Had I not been so strapped for cash (saving it for the regear) I would have bought a Yellow Top Optima, since my Blue Top treated me and my winch very well for its short service life. I had to get a cheapie though instead.

 

[4.0B2]

I have a deep cycle marine in mine..

But it's the secondary battery... Lol.

 

[legoms013]

I have a deep cycle marine in mine..

But it's the secondary battery... Lol.

I didn't know you had dual's going on?

 

[4.0B2]

I didn't know you had dual's going on?

I got some cool stuff here and there!

 

[Z3CHYD]

just read all 56 pages of your build. Your truck is making me see the possibility's of TTB suspension and a lil fabwork, very nice work!

 

[4.0B2]

just read all 56 pages of your build. Your truck is making me see the possibility's of TTB suspension and a lil fabwork, very nice work!

why do you think i started bugging him w/ questions when i decided to not sas my b2??

 

[Z3CHYD]

why do you think i started bugging him w/ questions when i decided to not sas my b2??

because it cost a but-ton of money doing an SAS, and it would kill your a4ld in no time lol

 

[4.0B2]

because it cost a but-ton of money doing an SAS, and it would kill your a4ld in no time lol

not what i was going for...

my answer would have been-- "i'm trying to learn ttb thru his budget, NOT MINE"