Calgary Jeep Association
4x4 Related Groups => Build Ups => Topic started by: heep-a-lop on October 13, 2011, 09:07:41 PM
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okay well picked this up for the winter beater but its already going wrong...
1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee ZJ
5.2 V8
shitty 249 t case thats shot...
the start well after the usual tune up and some other things, decided it needs some help in the suspension deptartment so today decided with in the nest month or so on a weekend iyt will be getting
Rubicon express 3.5 coils
bilstein shocks
emf short arms and joints
front and rear track bars
and some emf tre's in the front
and a set of 31 1050 tires at that time
also gonna throw a aem intake and flowmaster exhaust at it in the next month or so....
headers will come if they come up used...
well so much for a winter beater but when u drive a 350hp supercharged buick regal all summer nothing fits
pictures to come
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so been doing some research slash thinking....
so far i got..
front rubicon d44 to replace that piece of ship d30... both cv's are toast in it and no need to throw money at a turd...
pickin up two 4.10 ring gears this week some time and gonna find a real d44 to throw in the rear....
got the 242 sittin at the shop thinkin sometime this week....
and should be ordering the 31's as soon as the snow flys and most likely throwin them on before the lift gets done... should be interesting lol
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front rubicon d44 to replace that piece of ship d35
Did I miss something? I was pretty sure the D35 was a rear axle...
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Did I miss something? I was pretty sure the D35 was a rear axle...
I believe Ford used D35s as front axles
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it was a long day yesterday i was thinking of the whole d44a d35 fight going on and yeah typo time....
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so been doing some talking with clay..... steering is next on the choping block... will be a complete bolt in kit no spring moving no nothing
hope this helps u guys out should be unbreakable...
hopefully within the month will have pictures and pricing for everyone
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so been throwing tires around abit and thinking...... i really liked the dick cepek's on erins minivan so i took a look...
well they also have these
http://www.dickcepek.com/tires.php?item=Crusher
thinking of a set try them out see how they arewhats everyone think?
i have ran xterrains in the winter on a zr2 blazer and had no real issues...
really like the look of them could work well...
and of course they will be a 31 x 10.50 x 15
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Its got skulls on it, and what look like "gentleman sausages" or perhaps bones.. I looked at those at modern one day with a friend and was joking about them. Drews opinion at the time was that there were better tires for the money. :) I cant speak from experience tho as ive never run them.
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Its got skulls on it, and what look like "gentleman sausages" or perhaps bones.. I looked at those at modern one day with a friend and was joking about them. Drews opinion at the time was that there were better tires for the money. :) I cant speak from experience tho as ive never run them.
They are a little spendy compared to what else you could get but...skulls man, skulls!
How do you like the Bilsteins? I've been meaning to try a set for the TJ for a while now but no one has ever given me any good opinions on them.
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I apologize for the pictures my tablet sucks and it was onyl set to 800x 600 so they really suck
well got a few hours today to do a little tire sizing.....
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some pics of the skulls oh yeah the skulls baby.... ;)
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and then the sizing began....
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well out came the fun tools to make those gaps better and get rid of some of those sharp areas...oh and a skill saw for the front plastic
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well what i started with....
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and ended with this
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rear...
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some shots
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i will take some better pictures tomorrow with my camera
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Those tires look so awesome. :)
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i love the look of them and the handling and they sound irry if u get them spinning...
so i need so advice so far i got front lift consisting of ( same lift as erins mj) upper dajustables and fixed lowers
adjustable track bar
pickin up form johnny sometime this week
rear arms upper adjustable lower fixed
adjustable track bar
now when it scomes to springs i am stuck..
i dont wanna go above a 31" tire( trying to build a reliable some what fuel efficent trail rig)
now that being said i am stuck between 3.5 and 4.5 lift?
i wanna build a really flexy rig so i am leanin towards the 4.5
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so picxked up the rear arms and track bar the other day and got adventurous and put the 242 in today complete with input swap......
it feels good to have 4wd again
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so picxked up the rear arms and track bar the other day and got adventurous and put the 242 in today complete with input swap......
it feels good to have 4wd again
isn't it a world up on the burnt out 249? best mod ever.
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yeah i dont feel so much drag on the driveline and its funny i have the front shaft in now to so i should feel more.....
just gotta figure out my shifter pretty sure i only got a few not all with the 249 linkage....
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i had to notch my floor to get 4 low to engage, and it still doesn't always engage, but i think thats cause my 231 is just finnicky; it only goes in when jeeps running. weird.
its nice with the CVs up front too. 4wd is sweeeeet
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the dowel pin is a really gay experience.....
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Well this weekend the shop was empty at emf and i had some time to myself.. it started with my slippy trans...i removed that and my t case first...
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guess that would be considered the point of no return for my trans... so a quick rebuild this week and gonna throw it back together..
my used np242 unfourtunatley is pouched drained the oil and it was more silver shine then pink......but i have another one i picked up from apeman... gonna open it up and see if it needs a rebuild itself to...
well after getting the trans and t case out... the back of the engine was not looking to good leaks from oil pan, intake, and rear main... plus low oil pressure(most likely a pump) so i made the decision to also pull it...
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well after the oil pan removal and valve covers and intake... some badness started to show its face.... looking down at my cam i find one lobe has a huge chunk slahs gash in it a few of my valves have evidence of leaks past(mainly on exhaust) so now begins the part influx...
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so far plans are rebearing, re ring, re seal, replace oil pump, replace water pump, timing chain and cam and lifters, and go through the heads...
let the fun begin..... hopefully back up and running in the next few weeks.. maybe get the lift and steering done in the process...
decided gonna do a set of rad flo coilovers up front to help with all the eventual weight that will be up there....