New to Calgary area, asking opinions and such.

[jandh]

Listen bro, if you want to wheel in Alberta then keep in mind there is not the black earth mud like back home, so like said earlier a bogger rig is not in tune with the type of wheeling we do here.   Try to imagine a mix between the grand canyon and Ontario landscape. and the land does not regenerate at all like back home either.  a rut this year will be a bigger one next year and so on.

you want a rig the will get you good clearance, easy to find parts and you enjoy how it feels.    There is nothing wrong with auto if thats your thing, many people hate on them because, well this is the internet and they can.   I love em, but prefer to have more control over my shifting and engine breaking so I run Standard.

so get what you like and run it, build some friends in the community and well read the rules and follow them and hit up a run to see if it is your thing, if not look around for another club.

cheers

[w squared]

hahaha

i guess someone needs to educate this new guy with cja's religous tread lightly tree huggng no drinking rules

And to the OP....there is a ton of great knowledge here about XJ's and other rigs...but you'll probably find that if you're looking to consume alcohol while driving or deliberately run through all sorts of mud, you won't get such a warm reception.

[jandh]

Perhaps Bannedforlife can give you some pointers on driving drunk and running boggers.

and where's the admins when the personal attacks start happening?

maybe people should actually guide the OP in the right direction rather then ripping him a new one and pouncing on everyone the rocks the boat.

I'm usually quite but this place is a joke sometimes

oh and you already know the answer is classifieds so why you keep asking?

[cLAY]

Is there a link to a thread you know of that will tell me how to tell the type of front axel, rear end and the differences between the tcases whle im looking at jeeps, are they easy to tell from what they look like or are they more specific to the model, year and engine/tranny combo?

WWW.naxja.org has tons of XJ specific info.

For a quick run down I'll stick to mid to late 90s XJs. All had front D30 diffs. Rear diffs were either D35 or Chysler 8.25s. The 8.25 is a bit stronger but the D35 has more aftermarket stuff. Popular/easy swaps are Ford 8.8s and D44s.  Gears were either 3.07s with the manual tranny or 3.55s with auto. T-cases was the Command Trac(NP231 plain old 2wd/4wd/N/4low) available in stick or auto. Select-trac(NP242) came with auto only and added an AWD function.

If you are going 33s and won't be swapping gears right away then go auto. 33s and 3.55s is doable. 33s and 3.07s will suck big time and you'll be slipping the clutch a lot to get going.

[JENSSEN]

Another site for XJ's is www.xjtalk.com , I would say an Xj is more cut out for anything other than mud,.. But I have never been a fan of it. BTW another Eastern convert (Ontario) celebrating 11 yrs in June  in Alberta

[fug]

and where's the admins when the personal attacks start happening?

maybe people should actually guide the OP in the right direction rather then ripping him a new one and pouncing on everyone the rocks the boat.

I'm usually quite but this place is a joke sometimes

oh and you already know the answer is classifieds so why you keep asking?

I've tried to nuke most of the BS in the thread and leave the reasonable stuff behind.

Generally speaking we try to keep the flame wars to a minimum here (although sometimes they can be entertaining )  ... but the one thing we as a club are pretty passionate about is the wise use of what few trails we do have left... which includes not drinking on the trails.   If thats not your thing there's not much I can do about it... but don't expect us to just let it go on the site.  

I would suggest if you're just here for the classifieds you might find Kijiji a bit better as its all ads and no comments or talk.  It has a pretty decent search function so you can pretty much find what you're looking for if it's there.   This site is not really a public forum... it belongs to the CJA and is administered and paid for out of our pockets so it's run the way we want.

[yellowjeep101]

An the unjust ban hammer was laid down. Which I know it's your site and you may do and have who you wish on it. But banning by association now? Seems a little sad. I generally stay out of the ring here, but I feel strongly about rightful ejections instead of by association.
Honesty the first "questionable" post was worded with no negative intentions, then personal attacks started. Shame on people who don't recognize someone who can be a asset to any organization, shame on banning the people around said person, and it is a shame on the knowledge base that is lost without "questionable" people and their associations.

Now I wait for my ban notification

[hps4evr]

An the unjust ban hammer was laid down. Which I know it's your site and you may do and have who you wish on it. But banning by association now? Seems a little sad. I generally stay out of the ring here, but I feel strongly about rightful ejections instead of by association.
Honesty the first "questionable" post was worded with no negative intentions, then personal attacks started. Shame on people who don't recognize someone who can be a asset to any organization, shame on banning the people around said person, and it is a shame on the knowledge base that is lost without "questionable" people and their associations.

Now I wait for my ban notification

He's no asset in any way shape or form.
Lets get back to the original topic.

[w squared]

An the unjust ban hammer was laid down. Which I know it's your site and you may do and have who you wish on it. But banning by association now? Seems a little sad. I generally stay out of the ring here, but I feel strongly about rightful ejections instead of by association.
Honesty the first "questionable" post was worded with no negative intentions, then personal attacks started. Shame on people who don't recognize someone who can be a asset to any organization, shame on banning the people around said person, and it is a shame on the knowledge base that is lost without "questionable" people and their associations.

Now I wait for my ban notification

Dude....WTF are you on about?

IF someone got banned, it was for being an arse. Consistently. He wasn't banned for being associated with anyone - hw was banned for doing the same things that got him banned in his first incarnation on this site.

[fug]

An the unjust ban hammer was laid down. Which I know it's your site and you may do and have who you wish on it. But banning by association now? Seems a little sad. I generally stay out of the ring here, but I feel strongly about rightful ejections instead of by association.
Honesty the first "questionable" post was worded with no negative intentions, then personal attacks started. Shame on people who don't recognize someone who can be a asset to any organization, shame on banning the people around said person, and it is a shame on the knowledge base that is lost without "questionable" people and their associations.

Now I wait for my ban notification

Unjust ban hammer?... one person was banned who has been banned repeatedly before.  He came back under a new user name but made it obvious to us who it was.  At first it was decided he was being reasonable even if his username was a bit of a poke at the admins and we'd just let it go.  Then he posted up something he knows goes completely against what the CJA stands for... it almost looks like he gets a kick out of seeing how far he can push us.   I had hoped it wouldn't come to banning him yet again... but I won't stand for someone pissing in my pool either.  

As for banning you... you're entitled to your own opinion and thats cool... not about to ban you for that.  If you start screwing around with admins or keep arguing a point in open forums thats when we start getting all ban happy.

[Grmpy]

well this escalated quickly, I read the rules and dont have a problem leaving the beer at home. and by bogger i didnt mean ruining the land and trails, going off trail makin my own. the small town im from its quite normal to have a couple brew (responsibly) and there isnt any exceptions on where to go wheeling for the most part.. Either way im here to enjoy the trails and have some fun. thank you to the people who were reasonable about pointing me in the right direction.

[yellowjeep101]

There were two bans not just one, I'd rather discuss via pm or a simple phone call pm for my number

[fug]

Oops... my bad... I went a little wide with IP ban.  That has been corrected and my apologies to anyone that couldn't log in for a bit there

[hps4evr]

well this escalated quickly, I read the rules and dont have a problem leaving the beer at home. and by bogger i didnt mean ruining the land and trails, going off trail makin my own. the small town im from its quite normal to have a couple brew (responsibly) and there isnt any exceptions on where to go wheeling for the most part.. Either way im here to enjoy the trails and have some fun. thank you to the people who were reasonable about pointing me in the right direction.

I'm sure you'll have a blast wheeling out here, lots of good trails and good people. We keep the cold ones for around the camp fire at the end of he day too. This is usually the time of year when some minor drama gets on the forum. It's been a long winter.

[AV.NINE]

Oops... my bad... I went a little wide with IP ban.  That has been corrected and my apologies to anyone that couldn't log in for a bit there

that ban hammer can get heavy, no worries bud.

I'm an automatic guy myself. RADesigns makes a rail shifter for an aw4 which is the tranny found in most xj's. this tiny shifter allows you to select 1st 2nd 3rd or OD with the movement of 2 fingers. I have one in my tj and is an asset in any automatic. It's like having a standard with no clutch. Nothing like gearing down instantly when you need it on a steep uphill. If you ever want to check it out in person ill show you in my jeep. Link to their site:

http://radesignsproducts.com/site/mobile?url=http%3A%2F%2Fradesignsproducts.com%2FRail.html#2742

I guess the revised they design since I bought mine but basically the same thing.