dang....not the minivan! Look forward to seeing a build thread on stephs bronko!

 

We raced Visions at Mid America Outdoors this past weekend in Jay, OK. It was an absolute blast and an experience like no other. This park has multiple pools, a lazy river, a couple bars, a restaurant, short course, knockout hill climbs, bouncer hills, pit bike course, RC course, even a barbie jeep downhill course and they hosted at least one event on every single feature this weekend.

Our race was a combination of woods racing and short course. We started 9th, made it up to physical 3rd, and just as we started our 4th lap we shattered our flex plate. That's the second ATI flex plate we have shattered this year, so it's time to dig into what is going on. They are SFI rated for 3,500hp so we wrote the first one off as a fluke, but not this time. Technically we haven't pulled it apart to see if the bolts failed or the flex plate did, but currently assuming it's the flex plate.

 

NICE! Grocery Getter AKA G2 is good to go!

 

Yup. Did a couple rolling burnouts down the driveway to verify motor was still running strong. I picked up a 6.0 for it a month or so ago, but that's going to get back burnered for a while now. I'm going to put the Jeep into storage and pull Steph's Bronco out of storage so I can start working on that thing. I have a decent pile of performance parts I've picked up along with a couple fancy parts from Brian's 408. The goal is to get that thing into the dunes next year.

 

Traced down my no start issue…this paired with 18 month old gas prolly wasn’t helping anything. On the plus side, I now have a winch point on my garage floor. Gotta drill the concrete holes out bigger and I’ll be bolting down a plate with a d ring welded to it, but this worked for now.

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I've always thought that a winch anchor point in the back of my garage would be a good thing just have never taken the time to do it. Guess its like they say, necessity if the mother of invention 😁

 

Lol. I've wanted it for a while too, but finally had a need. This was just a single 3/8" anchor holding down log chain I could winch to, and it didn't even bend the anchor. I'm going to switch it to a 3/8" plate with a d ring welded to it and anchored down with two 1/2" anchors. Zero worries

 

Anchor point is a good idea. There were a few times I could have used that. I've been lucky enough to have a front end loader I could just push it around with.


I have a campsite for June at the Dunes. Maybe I see you there!?

 

Anchor point is a good idea. There were a few times I could have used that. I've been lucky enough to have a front end loader I could just push it around with.


I have a campsite for June at the Dunes. Maybe I see you there!?

Text me the weekend. I might line something up, we didn't go at all this year.

 

If anyone needs a vehicle for Reject run 2023 let me know. My Jeep is ready to go but just sitting stationary, I'm not going to have the energy after loading the race trailer Friday night to wake up early Saturday. It has a few quirks currently but could be loaded on a trailer and abused for the weekend.

 

Who is responsible for the repair bill when it breaks???

 

Looking for a Chevy NP241 for my wife's Bronco if anyone has one laying around. Not an immediate need so not willing to pay and arm and a leg, but I am trying to think through driveline mounts

 

Looks slow

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Well while working on the Jeep this weekend I made the call to scrap it. Too many tears in the frame from link mounts, etc. Working on stripping everything now to put on the shelf. I contacted a buddy we know through racing and I can get the TMR DIY chassis for a hell of a deal, so that's the route I'm going to go. Now I just need to figure out if I'm going to work on that this summer or finally get Steph's Bronco out of storage.

 

Exactly why I cut my frame up and scrapped it. Started fresh with a new chassis. I'd do it again in a heartbeat! Now you can build something better with what you have learned along the way. I'm sure you are a much better fabricator as well then when you first started on that thing. Look forward to the build thread!

Could you just do phase 1 on the bronco? Do enough to make it safe and fun for sand dunes and summer cruising? Or does it really need a lot done to it? Could just simply ask her.... or why not build both side by side!?

 

Exactly why I cut my frame up and scrapped it. Started fresh with a new chassis. I'd do it again in a heartbeat! Now you can build something better with what you have learned along the way. I'm sure you are a much better fabricator as well then when you first started on that thing. Look forward to the build thread!

Could you just do phase 1 on the bronco? Do enough to make it safe and fun for sand dunes and summer cruising? Or does it really need a lot done to it? Could just simply ask her.... or why not build both side by side!?

Agreed. I was actually working on cutting a few things out to redo them better when I noticed all the tears in the frame. If I'm going to completely remount a drivetrain and suspension, it's going to be on a tube chassis not this Jeep.

Currently her Bronco is just a roller. It was running and driving before the previous owner pulled the drivetrain, so I'm hoping I just have to land the drivetrain, install a fuel system, and it will be mobile. It also needs some steering components too that we managed to damage maneuvering it around the storage barn with the tractor, not a big deal. We'll see though, I'm sure it's going to take much more work than I plan on.

 

Hell yah man! I went down the same path with my YJ frame... Oh I can just cut the front frame rail off at the firewall andrebuild...oh I can chop the rear and rebuild..... lol. Damn LEGO frame. Those are cool chassis they sell.

They always do, don't they? Sounds like some fun projects you have ahead of you!

 

Well all my tires sold and my cage / frame sold last night. Getting picked up this weekend so it looks like I've got some work ahead of me if I'm going to completely strip this thing by the weekend. Lol

Currently still for sale are all my beadlocks and my rear coilovers

 

Well all my tires sold and my cage / frame sold last night. Getting picked up this weekend so it looks like I've got some work ahead of me if I'm going to completely strip this thing by the weekend. Lol

Currently still for sale are all my beadlocks and my rear coilovers

Price on beadlocks, are they Trempe's old ones? Aka are they still round? Lol

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Why are you selling off tires and coilovers? Wouldn't it transfer to a new chassis?

 

I had 10 37" treps. I'm wanting to go up to 40s and being part of team Mickey I can get new tires cheap enough to not worry about limping along on old ones. The coilovers are 16" x 2.0, I'd like to go to a 14" x 2.5 is the only reason. Yes they'd work, but I'd like larger since I'm redoing stuff

 

Specs and price on coil overs


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Those TMR chassis look really nice. It'll be fun to follow the build.

 

Yea, agreed and a huge discount really sweetens the deal. I'll start a new build thread for it. No idea what my timeline is going to be though, I'd like to say I'm going to start on it this summer, but I've been dangerously close to buying a SXS a few times over the last month. If I buy a SXS, it'll for sure delay my buggy build. Lol

 

I picked up a new beater for my drummond island trip in a few weeks. I’ve spent $400 on dumber things, I figured I couldn’t beat it for the price. Came with $5k of maintenance receipts, and does awesome burnouts. It’ll get a front recovery point, welded spiders in the rear, and maybe some plating around one of the leaf spring mounts.

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video or it didn't happen

 

Nice beater!!!!!

 

Its looks to nice to beat on

 

Well update....After a lot of thinking and looking, I'm pretty sure I'm going to end up with a SXS. I'd rather spend $15k on something I can use right away than I would throw $15k cash at something that will be another project. That being said, I'm on the lookout for a rzr 1000 or a turbo rzr

 

.....will be another project..... Lets me real hear......... you'll be upgrading shit and this will become a project. I know you better than you know yourself!

 

Yup

 

Doubt you are interested, but I plan on selling my 14 maverick xrs soon. It has a lot of nice mods (can list if interested) and low miles (under 2000). I impressive thing about it is the condition and excellent (tasteful) mods added...