Savvy/Currie/SFR KOH Stock Class Jeep Teaser

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StinkBug

Discussion Starter · Oct 21, 2011

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Everyone keeps bugging me about what we're doing for KOH this year, and now that the Jeep is in my shop I guess I can show you a little.

Highlights:
It's an LJ
It'll be on 35" tires
It'll be running a lot of products from Savvy Offroad and Currie Enterprises
It will have a lot of SFR fab work
It's gonna go fast. :flipoff2:

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StinkBug

Discussion Starter · #121 · Nov 13, 2011

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More from yesterday. Decided it needed a few triangles. So far the cage attaches to the frame in 14 places. I hope we dont need to test them.

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RedNeckRea

· #122 · Nov 14, 2011 (Edited)

StinkBug said:
I'll let Chris post up, but I was told today we would not need them.

As Dallas has said, the plastic pieces wont be considered the inner fender. if anyone would like more clarity please feel free to email me.

StinkBug

Discussion Starter · #123 · Nov 14, 2011

I hate mounting seats. That is all.

jwag

· #124 · Nov 14, 2011

StinkBug said:
I hate mounting seats. That is all.

x2

hurleygo3

· #125 · Nov 14, 2011

StinkBug said:
I hate mounting seats. That is all.

I think I spent more time on the seat mounts than I did on the rest of the cage.

Looking fast.

titleguy

· #126 · Nov 14, 2011

What tranny are you guys running? 42RLE?

mrblaine

· #127 · Nov 14, 2011

titleguy said:
What tranny are you guys running? 42RLE?

It's either that or the POS six speed manual and that ain't gonna work, so, it's the 42RLE.

jsawduste

· #128 · Nov 14, 2011

mrblaine said:
It's either that or the POS six speed manual and that ain't gonna work, so, it's the 42RLE.

No AW4 ?

hustler905

· #129 · Nov 14, 2011

jsawduste said:
No AW4 ?

That didn't come in TJs.

hurleygo3

· #130 · Nov 14, 2011

Couldn't you run the 3 speed or ax-15, NV3500. Or does the trans have to be an option for that year?

jsawduste

· #131 · Nov 14, 2011

hustler905 said:
That didn't come in TJs.

OK, not up to speed with the rule book.

But the AW4 should have came in TJ`s

Provelogear

· #132 · Nov 14, 2011

Only option for an auto is 42RLE.

StinkBug

Discussion Starter · #133 · Nov 14, 2011

hurleygo3 said:
Couldn't you run the 3 speed or ax-15, NV3500. Or does the trans have to be an option for that year?

Rule book says any trans that came in that year/make/model so we only have one auto choice.

mrblaine

· #134 · Nov 14, 2011

jsawduste said:
OK, not up to speed with the rule book.

But the AW4 should have came in TJ`s

Should have as in they should have offered it, or should have as in I think they did but I'm not sure?

It was never an option likely due to it's slightly longer length which would make the rear driveshaft very short in the stock configuration.

But, yes, I agree that it should have been adapted into the TJ from Day 1 and they should have made a shorter tailshaft adapter to shorten it up enough to work.

jsawduste

· #135 · Nov 14, 2011 (Edited)

mrblaine said:
Should have as in they should have offered it, or should have as in I think they did but I'm not sure?

It was never an option likely due to it's slightly longer length which would make the rear driveshaft very short in the stock configuration.

But, yes, I agree that it should have been adapted into the TJ from Day 1 and they should have made a shorter tailshaft adapter to shorten it up enough to work.

As in it should have been a factory OEM offering instead of an 42. Even if it was limited to the LJ.

In fact I recall one SOB who made that swap with his wife's TJ. :flipoff2:

titleguy

· #136 · Nov 14, 2011

mrblaine said:
It's either that or the POS six speed manual and that ain't gonna work, so, it's the 42RLE.

Wow, that's not much of a choice. Any build plans for the 42RLE? I think I saw an Atlas behind it, correct?

Any reason you all aren't running the Savvy Under Armor?

StinkBug

Discussion Starter · #137 · Nov 14, 2011

hurleygo3 said:
I think I spent more time on the seat mounts than I did on the rest of the cage.

Looking fast.

Looking back at your thread I actually like yours better than what I just built, but since our cages are a bit different your design wont work for me

Right now I'm working on mounting my seat. Johns will be on a slider which may or may not be easier to mount. Adding to the challenge is our choice of belts. We're using Hooker Harnesses with the ratcheting adjusters, which IMO is hands down the best thing you can have holding your ass in. The difficult part is that you have to mount the ratchet end of the lap belt where you can get at it, and operate the ratchet. I've used these belts in both Dustins TJ, and Roger Lovells buggy, and though they worked in both, it was a bit awkward to get to the ratchet while driving. My goal is to make these ones a bit more accessible.

StinkBug

Discussion Starter · #138 · Nov 14, 2011

titleguy said:
Any reason you all aren't running the Savvy Under Armor?

It's not in there right now, but we will be running a slightly modified version.

Provelogear

· #139 · Nov 14, 2011

titleguy said:
Wow, that's not much of a choice. Any build plans for the 42RLE? I think I saw an Atlas behind it, correct?

Any reason you all aren't running the Savvy Under Armor?

The 42rle has been completely gone thru but there is not much after market support for it. Any plastic parts have been repalced. It is a electronically controlled OD so we are using the OEM computer to control it.

The torque converter is were we spent money to make it last. All of the plastic has been removed and the fins brazed so they don't detonate at speed. Then balanced and tested.

Atlas 3.0 behind the tranny.

jsawduste

· #140 · Nov 14, 2011 (Edited)

Provelogear said:
The torque converter is were we spent money to make it last. All of the plastic has been removed and the fins brazed so they don't detonate at speed. Then balanced and tested.

Gerald, coming from the OEM transmission industry. The TQ convertor work was money well spent. All to often folks "beef" the transmission internals and then cheap out on properly preparing a convertor for abuse.

By chance did you get to raise the stall speed any ?

Incoming call to Blaine on the TCM.

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