Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
I was referring to the wide ratio, not the OD.
3.09-1.92-1.40-1 (38% to 2nd, 27% to 3rd, 29% to 4th)
VS
2.66-1.59-1-.8 (40% drop to 2nd, 37% to 3rd, 20 to 4th) for the Passon 4 speed.
Assuming 27" tires, shifting at 6k, a 2.92 gear behind the wide ratio, 3.55 for the Passon, that works out to...
Wide ratio 833 with a 2.94 gives almost the exact same 1st, 2nd, and 4th gear as a Passon OD with a 3.55, and 3rd gear is more aggressive in the wide ratio. Main thing the Passon gives is the extra strength, along with making an existing sporty axle gear more manageable.
Hurst and B&M have shifters for the AX15. Personally, I find the stock shifter in my '91 Wrangler pretty dang tight, and think would be decently suited to a car with the lever cut down and rethreaded.
They've talked about it a good bit, most aren't very high on them. A-bodies have to modify the torsion bar crossmember and a huge section of floor, which honestly for most people is more work than it's worth vs an aftermarket transmission or an A833 +OD that would fit better.
The people I've...
The later AX15 is decently strong, lots of us Jeep guys keep the stock transmission when 5.9 or LS swapping. Bunch of V8 Broncos running around with AX15s too. They're not strong enough, nor is the spread great for a drag car, but they're great for a budget fun street car.
There is also the...