As for "best diff" - I would rate the SJ series as the best for the following reasons: All model rears are 4 pinion and very strong ( early fronts are also 4 pinion but 22 spline ). The rear axles are 26 spline ( same spline as Vitaras ) and very strong. They take some real punishment and hold up ...
Some SJ 413's had them and so do some Vit's - very rare so good luck finding one and I hope you do . A Zuk with open diff's will get across Birdlings flat without too much difficulty - weight ( lack of ) is a big help in the loose gravel
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s294/zeuszuki/Evo3.jpg My Zuk. 2.0 V6 auto Calmini 3" lift kit 3" body lift 33" Goodyear Wranglers Lockers front and rear 4.24:1 crawler gears Warn 9000i winch ( not pictured but recently fitted ) A few tweaks to get some more flex ZeusZuki [/img]
Sorry but you are plain out of luck right now - Calmini is the only company that supplies the 5.83 r&p's and they are not currently in production and who knows when they will be again. The transfer gears sets offered by ALL vendors does not have a high range reduction so no luck there either. Trust ...
- it would appear from the above statements that the world is indeed full of cow boys , my advice - arm yourselves gentlemen or at least learn enough to give yourselves a fighting chance
knowall - sounds like quite the ride . You did not mention suspension set up - what did you decide to go with? My '92 soft top Vitara has 10" of lift, 3 link rear running top "A" arm and 2 trailing links. Front is a 3 link with panhard bar. Was running 37" Wranglers but going under the knife some ...
You need to be careful what you post here gentlemen - only the facts please You guys really need to get it together. I left 4wd acc ( read they did not "get rid of" me ). The fabricator is still there and does really good work, my position was as a mechanic but included all sorts as I am fairly ...