I have been working on this project for about 6 months. I knew it would start slow so I waited a while to post; but I need to stay motivated and I know you impatient bastards will help me with that! Now on with the pics. I started with this piece of shit!
I dont know the story behind the jeep but it came to me with a custom bent frame, blown airbags, twisted dash and a twisted tub..
I then purchased a new, to me, frame $200 and this snowfighter for $1000
I added the BTF rear stretch bumper, frame brackets for the rear xjs and front three link were purchased from poly perf
just cut out the axles on the trailer and scrapped the truck, in the end I got my front 60 for around $700
yea that picture is a little old, I live in Terre Haute, IN. Yea it is a good size shop; that was last years project and the reason the jeep build started off so slow
At this point I had all of my brackets burned on to the frame and had removed the front clip , the fuel tank and all of the interior from the POS. I bought a case of beer and invited a few buddies over...
There are two yellow jeeps the other is a mildly built tj ,longarm, 44's front and rear, 37 inch rubber and yes just resevoir shocks of the eldebrock flavor
Here are a few pics of how the project has come along in the past few weeks. Sorry for the huge gap in pics, but I will go into further detail as I fine tune specific areas of the build.
Currently the jeep is sitting at 110" wheelbase using xj springs in the rear and a poly perf 3 links and 14" coil overs in the front (the rocker currently sits at 30"). I am running the 78 ford 60 in the front with an Eaton in the rear on 39.5" rubber. I am sticking with the 4.o for now but I do have a garret turbo and split second mapping system to liven the ole girl up a bit. I also have the stak 3 speed installed with flat skid after a lot of hacking. gears and lockers are still up in the air 4.56, which is what the Eaton is equipped with, or 5.13s are the two ratios im debating over (any opinions would be appreciated). Steering power will most likely be provided via double ended ram setup
well I finsihed my transfer case crossmember and flat skid.
without running a body lift it would have been nearly impossible to run my flat skid with a factory styly mount. I was also slightly concerned with the weight of stak on the transmissions aluminum tailhousing. So on to plan B, I cut a what I needed to out of the floor. I then came up with this ,,,
cross member installed
and now the flat skid
now I can easily remove the skid for maintenancem I just hope the tapped holes on the back of the case are strong enough for the abuse...
If your really planning on a turbo, I would fab up another rubber bushing/mount on the opposite side of the t-case to handle the torque output. Also, If you haven't already, replace the drivers side engine mount with a poly unit. I have torn out 3 engine mounts already in less then a year!
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