HyLine Hemi Build

[Rock Yacht]

It's time for another great build by T&T Customs! I'm calling this one our HyLine Hemi build. You thought Cody's 40's on 4" were nice how about 42" MT/R's on 4.5"? To make it all the more fun this Jeep has already gone through AEV and had a 5.7L Hemi dropped in it :drool:. Between the Hemi and the 5.13's in the ProRocks your face automatically goes when you hit the gas! The Jeep currently sits on 37's and a RE longarm system. We are going to be upgrading the suspension with our Rock-Trek Long-arm Suspension, stretching the wheelbase front and rear, installing our HyLine Full Replacement Tube Fenders and HyLine Stretch Corner Armor along with our "Guardian" front bumper, rock sliders, tire carrier, replacement rear crossmember, etc..

Here it is..




37's rubbed on 5.5"



42's

[Rock Yacht]

The transmission is big and is running a deep pan so we'll be fabbing a custom BP for it.

[Rock Yacht]

On Cody's build we moved the the front axle forward to gain a couple more inches of wheelbase. We did this by rotating the steering box and moving the coil mounts on the axle along with some other modifications that I'll show later. His steering box was based off of a 4-bolt YJ box so all we had to do was notch the crossmember for clearance. This Jeep has the factory Mercedes style box which is considerably larger so just notching the crossmember was not going to be possible, it needed to be moved.

Before shot



After, using a new crossmember tube.



You can see how close the box is even to the new crossmember. We'll be making some plates to tie the new crossmember to the frame and to re-strengthen the frame rails and act as a steering box mount. I'm sure that you've noticed that the front tube is smaller than the factory one. We've been working with ORO on a custom mounting setup for their dual rate SwayLoc swaybar. Which we give a huge :thumbsup: to! We have been running the SwayLoc on a couple of our shop rigs and after running several other brands, it is by far our favorite setup, and is getting installed on the rest of our rigs.

[cavaliers1323@aol.co]

Why not cut out the tube off around the rail and leave the frame sleeved for extra strength, and cut a circle in the new spot and slide the tube in from the side instead of the front to keep your joints tight?

[2JSC]

Looking forward to this build!

[Rock Yacht]

Finally got an update for you! :thumbsup:

Here you can see the new steering box/crossmember mounting plates. If you remember from earlier posts we are stretching the front without cutting and lengthening the frame. To achieve this we rotate the steering box which in turn moves the pitman arm forward. We then relocate the coil mounts on the axle tube. We are looking to gain right around 3" of wheelbase just from this. Once we complete the rear stretch the overall wheelbase should be 101".




Here's a preview of the 42's with 3.5" of lift :drool:

[geberhard]

wow, nice anbd stuffy! Looking very good. What are the plans for steering?

[cavaliers1323@aol.co]

Was that origanally a three bolt box?

[snowdemon]

thanks for sharing this, I'll be keeping my eye on this build

[1sweetyj]

Subsribed dude nice plans, I would love to see it done

[bardenk1]

just curious you did a very good job on the steering box move but why not just go with an astro van steering box and save yourself all the pain in the ass work and also figuring out the swaylock setup? seems like thats alot of work that a brand new $175 steering box could have fix right out of the hole and bolted right up and gave you up to 7" of front stretch?

[Rock Yacht]

Originally Posted by bardenk1

just curious you did a very good job on the steering box move but why not just go with an astro van steering box and save yourself all the pain in the ass work and also figuring out the swaylock setup? seems like thats alot of work that a brand new $175 steering box could have fix right out of the hole and bolted right up and gave you up to 7" of front stretch?

The customer had already spent alot of dough having the OE Mercedes box box reworked for hydraulic assist. This setup is meant for those who have done something similar already whether it be a PSC, HOWE or just a standard 4-bolt YJ box. We will be offering the same steering setup for the 4-Bolt steering boxes as well. This gives them the option of doing a mild front stretch that is relatively simple. Combined with our rear stretch this Jeep will sit right around 100". As for the SwayLoc, setting it up was really quite simple and Steve at OffroadOnly was very helpful in making some custom bushings for this setup. The reason we're using it is because we have been very impressed with their dual rate setup. This Jeep is meant to be driven on the street as well as on the trail so it needs to have a swaybar.

This is the last rig we featured on here when we first came out with our HyLines and doing this front stretch. In this pic he's running a different swaybar setup but even then, between it and our suspension geometry his Jeep handled like a sports car. We recently upgraded it to the SwayLoc and now it's even more fun to drive on the street, yet it still retains it's offroad capability.

[tbuff02]

any updates on this jeep?