I expect my performance, as to where I can go, to be the same, but my enjoyment should improve some, quieter ( I attribute this to welded cracks in the frame), better leg room, safer because I can get my feet to the right peddle easier, hopefully less dust (I sealed up a lot of openings with foam insulation). So far, if there is a down side, it would be the reach to the steering wheel and maybe the 1" wide piece of metal running down the under side of the center tube, or maybe it's a plus because the Trooper will slide on it over rocks.
It is interesting how different the noises are though!!!! IMHO
PS, I did take it up on the face of Mount Timpanogos via Timpooneke which is about miles pavement and mile of mountain road, no mud, but rock to dusty silt to grassy to gravel smooth to very not smooth.
And plan to get more time on it soon