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duck454ss:
considering this is my first post i might as well say hi with substance.

I moved to Calgary back in September and spotted this gem sitting in a neighbors driveway and thought "wonder if he'd ever sell it". Well a couple months ago i sold off my over powered dodge 2500 and after leaving a post it on my neighbors front door i bought it.


2005 LJ Rubicon with a rough country 5.5" long arm on 35's and stock 4.1 gears. I'm pretty sure every heim/flex joint it shot.

I did a walk around when i bought it but didn't take it to a mechanic to lift off the ground. i knew it was rough but apparently it was rougher than i thought. i had to rebuild the entire front end because the previous owner didn't do any maintenance and every bearing was shot. when i got it there were a few engine codes but they all went away once i changed the plugs, but the down side is that it had been running rich for too long and washed out a couple cylinders. she now burns more oil than an old ford flathead with 60,000 miles.

Let the games begin.

Goals:

Jeep:

Swapping out all the heims for Evolution Machine heims (Ordered)
taking 2" out of the lift with Currie springs (eventual coil overs)
Highline tube fenders
37" rubber
4.55's with Jantz JK gear kit in the rear
35 spline rear axles
chromo shafts up front
Eaton lockers front and back (when the stock air lockers die)
truss both axles and sleeve the front
PSC Hyd Assist



Engine (already being built)

rebuilding the 4.0 to a blown 4.6.
Scat rotating assembly with race tech pistons (31cc dish)
Edelbrock aluminum head (ported with big valves)
ARP studs all around
Flowkooler water pump
High Volume oil pump
viper coil pack
8.6:1 CR
03' SVT mustang Eaton M112 blower
Water Meth injection





only anticipating 350ish HP but with gobs of bottom end grunt

WillJeep:
Nice looking jeep to start with and sounds like you know your way around jeeps.
Looking foreword the seeing you and your LJ out on the trails. The last few years JKUs are starting to out number us.
Just curious with your budget why not CVRs  over chromo shafts up front?

Immortal:
Or RCVs even.

hps4evr:
Looks like a good project. A good jeep to start with for sure. Like the others mentioned, check out RCV axles, their parts are top notch. Keep the updates coming and if you have any questions feel free to ask. A lot of experienced jeepers around here.

Vinman:
Sounds like a solid build plan, be sure to keep us posted with the progress.

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