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Old 04-14-2011, 10:02 PM
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Last summer I had my 10JK on the Silver Lake dunes on Lake Mich. Had it in 4H and the trac control temporarily off (held the button down for 7 seconds or whatever) and noticed when bogged down in the sand I couldn't get much above 2,000-2,500 rpm's and had to back it out.

I have since completely disabled the trac control (by rubbing my head and patting my belly and cycling the ignition a few times ) and not sure it will help. I'm not tryin to show off but I tried to brake torque the wheels into spinning and same issue with full trac off.

Is there any way to turn the rev limiter/governor off for this (not for high rpm limiting)?

The shop guy at the dealer said there was a fuse that could be pulled but I didn't see any relevant.

Either way, I'm looking to turn this off so i can spin the tires a bit more to keep up momentum on the dunes.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
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4L? I didn't think I could get up the speen needed for the momentum in 4L.
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Originally Posted by GL08JK
4L and overdrive off if you have an auto transmission will help. I have to use 4L on test hill with my jeep. 4H and a lot of speed gets crazy running test hill with all the whoops. Most of the other hills i have no problem using 4H and OD off.
What speed where you going on the test hill in 4L?
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I'd also like to know this...I do a lot of sand dunes but have never been in 4L, I can't imagine having enough momentum
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4L is going to be the best or only option when climbing hills with our V6s. The problem is, the rubicon 4:1 is probably too low. Also, if you have a rubicon, the lockers can not be engaged in 4H, unless you have already bypassed them.

The solution, air down more, then some more, just don'r turn too hard. I use to run my TJ on 33s at 4-5psi at glamis and could run around in 2H, even up Comp. 4L or 4H for Olds.
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If Silver lake is anything like Glamis then 4L and about 5psi in the tires got me up any hill climb I wanted to do. At 15psi I would spin tires then once I got to the steep part of the hill if would bog down due to lack of power then dig a hole. With the tires at 5psi I could womp over the whoops at a good speed and the tires would carry the momentum I had without spinning to much.
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We have a 08 Sahara with a 6 speed. We air down to 8 psi front and 6 psi rear, 4 lo in 3rd is perfect for the sand. We had 3.73 gears with 315/75R16 Pro Comp Extreme M/T's. We just regeared and added lockers front and rear so the first trip this year will be a learning curve with the new set up.

I say start out with 12 lbs in your tires and if you need to go down you can adjust on the dunes.

Alot of the skinny pedal works to.
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Originally Posted by karls10jk
5psi?? Wowww. What rim width and tire width is that????
35x12.5x17 procomp xtreams



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