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Rockhoppers

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Rockhoppers

Post by beaver700 »

gday,

Just thinking about getting a rockhopper. If anyone has one in their zook, what is it like? And what difference has i made to their zook Both at speed and offroad, also how much did they pay for it...

thanks :)
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Post by LPZOOK »

it depends on size of wheels etc. series 1 or series 3,both dufferent gear ratios,have to choose what suits.cheers.

A mate of mine had a 1 litre zook with s1 hoppers and 31x10's. it was good offroad but a slug on road.
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Post by mugginsmoo »

every thing you do to your zook is a compromise,
better of road gearing = shitty on road
better on road = shitty off road.


you'll have to look at what you'll really want, then make the decition.


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Post by alien »

that said - if you match up the on road gearing so its close to stock - most replacement gears have a much lower low range... so offroad you'd be way better off in low range... if its too low go to 4th gear or change to hi range...
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Post by redzook »

mooman wrote:every thing you do to your zook is a compromise,
better of road gearing = shitty on road
better on road = shitty off road.


you'll have to look at what you'll really want, then make the decition.


my 2C


Mitch
my gearing is perfect off and on road

heck my spedo is spot on onroad running 37's
and my crawl ratio is 109:1 offroad

if i was you id get somthing in the 6. somthing :1 range even with 31's its still ok
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Post by suzukiboy »

Calmini Rockhoppers in my Vit Image

Great offroad and onroad.
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Post by lay80n »

Calmini 5.14:1 ratio in my zook, on 32's low range is good, and high isnt too bad either. crawl is arond 70:1 in 1st low. As said its all a compromise when you modify a car. Best bet is to work out where you want to take the car, and get gearing to suit, as its at least $1000 for a set of gearing, then install costs. Better to spend once and get it right.
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Post by JrZook »

redzook wrote:
mooman wrote:every thing you do to your zook is a compromise,
better of road gearing = shitty on road
better on road = shitty off road.


you'll have to look at what you'll really want, then make the decition.


my 2C


Mitch
my gearing is perfect off and on road


heck my spedo is spot on onroad running 37's
and my crawl ratio is 109:1 offroad

if i was you id get somthing in the 6. somthing :1 range even with 31's its still ok

HEya redzook just wondering what sorta fuel economy u get outta yours onroad? What engine you run again?
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Post by beaver700 »

gday fellas,
thanks for your input. I mainly will be travelling on road, so which one do you suggest I get, plus a bit of off road, primarily for just reaching isolated fishing spots ;)

Cheers
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Post by redzook »

JrZook wrote:
redzook wrote:
mooman wrote:every thing you do to your zook is a compromise,
better of road gearing = shitty on road
better on road = shitty off road.


you'll have to look at what you'll really want, then make the decition.


my 2C


Mitch
my gearing is perfect off and on road


heck my spedo is spot on onroad running 37's
and my crawl ratio is 109:1 offroad

if i was you id get somthing in the 6. somthing :1 range even with 31's its still ok

HEya redzook just wondering what sorta fuel economy u get outta yours onroad? What engine you run again?
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Post by Shorty40 »

My mates 1.6 Vit Sierra goes great with Series 3s and 32s :cool:

Great offraod gearing and very usable onroad.
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Post by ausyota »

I have a 1.3 WT zook on 30" tyres.
I will probably only ever go up to 31" max.
I was tossing up between the Calmini 4.16 or the 5.14.
(both are currently on backorder at calmini anyway)

I know lower is better but I dont want to completely stuff up my high range gearing.
And another thing to consider is the the 4.16 gears are $100US cheaper than the 5.14s.

What do you guys reckon?
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Post by Shorty40 »

I would go the 5.1s.

Having a bit more gearing for offroad is a good thing. Sure the payoff is a few more revs on road - but its not a like a zook will do 200kph anyway ;)
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Post by beaver700 »

Yeah, I am sorta more leanign towards less revs on road, but still reasonable offroad... any suggestions?

thanks
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Post by Nev »

beaver700 wrote:gday fellas,
thanks for your input. I mainly will be travelling on road, so which one do you suggest I get, plus a bit of off road, primarily for just reaching isolated fishing spots ;)

Cheers
are your fishing spots really hard to get too? otherwise i wouldnt be wasting my money personally. i ran 32's with standard gearing for quite a while..wouldnt say id recommend it though. maybe you should be looking towards a 1L case instead if you want a little lower?
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Post by TinyGQ »

excuse my stupidness but i dont understand how rock crawler gears change its drivig on road? dosnt it only affect it when you put it in 4x4???
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Post by mud4b »

TinyGQ wrote:excuse my stupidness but i dont understand how rock crawler gears change its drivig on road? dosnt it only affect it when you put it in 4x4???

nope.. its not like your bigger trucks...

it has a reduction in high range also..

as you would know hi range is hi 2 (normal) or hi 4 (same but in 4wd)
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Post by TinyGQ »

Ohhh ok that makes sence. Man its like learning a new language! i just got used to how a GQ works and now im keen to get a zook but i have no idea what theyre about! Might buy one already done! lol
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Post by derelict_frog »

I got the 4.1s after having 31 mongrels for a year on and offroad.. it makes it easier on the clutch onroad and offroad my clutch doesnt smell anymore trying to spin the tyres and stuff.

The onroad driving is back to a more standard gearing so the engine works better and offroad the low ratios are much funner to crawl around driving up stuff that i couldn't before.
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Post by ausyota »

Just had word from Calmini that their 5.14 gears are back in stock.
http://www.puresuzuki.com/Rockcrawler5.14.htm
Now all I need is the money :roll:
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Post by DAZZ »

My 5.14s just turned up today. *WOOHOO* Should have them in this weekend. Running 31" Claws and don't do too much hwy work, so gearing will be good. Gunna go to 32" soon anyway.


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Post by ausyota »

DAZZ wrote:My 5.14s just turned up today. *WOOHOO* Should have them in this weekend. Running 31" Claws and don't do too much hwy work, so gearing will be good. Gunna go to 32" soon anyway.


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What price did Eddie do them for?
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Post by DAZZ »

$1200 delivered. Seemed a good price compared to other places I enquired at.
Now ya probably gunna tell me I payed too much!!!!! :cry: :cry:
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Post by VR Rodeo »

DAZZ wrote:$1200 delivered. Seemed a good price compared to other places I enquired at.
Now ya probably gunna tell me I payed too much!!!!! :cry: :cry:
Sounds about right... I paid just over $1100 for mine last year from him on my WT/31's. Is a tad lower on road than I would like for a daily driver, But I get good mileage out of it and its awesome off road in low range :cool:
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Post by ausyota »

DAZZ wrote:$1200 delivered. Seemed a good price compared to other places I enquired at.
Now ya probably gunna tell me I payed too much!!!!! :cry: :cry:
Na that sounds about right from an Aus dealer :)
If you buy direct from the US you can get them for around $900-$1000 aus dollars or so.
But I just found out that Calmini wont take Mastercard unless it has a US billing address :x .
They want payment wired to them (direct money transfer).
How do I do this? Is it as simple as doing a transfer into an Aus account?
Can I just use netbank or is it not that simple?
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Post by bazooked »

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Post by duncan »

After going out for some winch practice today wishing i had bought 6.1 to 1s or lower you can never be to low
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Post by ausyota »

Has anyone heard good or bad things about the Trail tough gear sets?
They do a 4.9 which will probably suit my 30" (or 31" later) tyres nicely.
A bit lower than the series 1 4.16 without being super mega too low for 30s.
http://www.trailtough.com/transfercase_driveshaft.htm
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Post by just zooking »

Havent heard anything bad about them from the guy in my club who has them in his vitara.
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Post by grimbo »

ausyota wrote:
DAZZ wrote:$1200 delivered. Seemed a good price compared to other places I enquired at.
Now ya probably gunna tell me I payed too much!!!!! :cry: :cry:
Na that sounds about right from an Aus dealer :)
If you buy direct from the US you can get them for around $900-$1000 aus dollars or so.
But I just found out that Calmini wont take Mastercard unless it has a US billing address :x .
They want payment wired to them (direct money transfer).
How do I do this? Is it as simple as doing a transfer into an Aus account?
Can I just use netbank or is it not that simple?
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