Yeap, that's exactly what I did. Not too sure why everyone started to tell me that I'll damage my 4WD that way....

 

I had mine set to overdrive with ECU on. The I-10 around Tucson is pretty flat too, no uphills, no downhills, no turns or twists. Just straight road for 20 miles.

I saw speedometer go up to 110 mph and maybe several miles more, but it is rather difficult to tell since there are no markings after that. At this time I felt governor slowing me down and well, I didn't really push it any futher past that. After all, I just was testing my tire balancing to see it holds well to the limit

-- Andrey

 

Hehe, don't come to CA then, you'd be in jail!!

 

Were you taking back roads? Were they dirt roads? I drive to Tucson all the time and it's no more than 120 miles.

I've driven all the way to redline in 3rd gear with 4wd on. Nothing wrong with that. Now if I click the little button above 50mph, yeah it will beep at me. I've even driven with the rear locker up to 100mph.... in a strait line.

did you know that it is a good idea to turn 4WD on the freeway every few weeks for 4-5 miles to spin the gears? Most people who own runners use 4wd once or twice a year. you have to spin them gears from time to time.

Dan

 

my owners manual says to only shift into 4H under 20 mph and 4L only under 5 mph. I read this back in '98 when I had just driven it off the lot so at lunch I'm going to go down to my runner to reread it to make sure. I guess it may be different for these "button" shifters. mine is 5 speed and I have a regular 4WD tcase shift lever to go into 4WD, no button. so never mind what I said.