Looks Good John ! :thumb:

 

Great job John, seriously bad arse rod, love the look and the fact you got after it right off the trailer.

 

looks awesome! did a nice job john.the ori's looked like they were right on!.your wife kicked butt.had a great time.

 

Nice.

 

I had the buggy in my shop for a few hrs Saturday trying to get the brakes going, I had a customer walk up and ask me how much of it was still a jeep :fish:.

 

Lol thats funny. :teehee::sonicjay:

 

You're bound to fool at least a few with that old jeep grill on it though.

 

Hahaha. ..
Used to b a cj5 right?

sended frum dis stoopid fone.

 

Nice work John :thumb:

Nice drivin' SaraH :rock:

 

Well it does have a EB grille, fenders, dash be it modified bit still OEM steel.

 

It's more bronco than greg's FJ is FJ :sonicjay:

Fenders need to be trimmed different BTW :beer:

 

Fenders need to be trimmed different BTW :beer:

I need to figure out a way to lower the grille and fenders. I don't like how high up they sit.

 

It needs different fenders. I had those so I put them on.

 

I wondered about that.

 

I've only had a couple people call mine a jeep.

 

how is the engine running? Happy with it? Does it need anything else?

 

Its not tuned yet. I had to swap out the distributors. My motor and harness had the tfi mounted on the fender. So I had to swap distributors with your motor which also ment I had to swap gears as mine is a roller motor. And I never checked the timing. But even with not doing that it seemed to run well.

Only thing I don't like and I had the same issue with my other trans and harness/setup is that it doesn't have any power in 4hi or 2hi. Trying to drive obstacles it seems like it stalls the trans out. But I had the same complaint with my old setup. I guess the 5.38s and 4ds aren't a good match.

 

I guess the 5.38s and 4ds aren't a good match.

Ratio is real close to a 28" tire with 4.10's. In fact, my 4 cylinder TJ speedo gear is dead on with the 5.38 40" combo vs the stock 4 cylinder 4.10 225/75/15 per the gps.

 

Minus all the extra weight of the big tires, heavy axles, power robbing trans....

On paper its a good combo, but in the real world the c6, 205, 5:38's and 40's isn't ideal.

 

The problem is bolted to the trans bell housing :sonicjay: A lightning engine wouldn't have that problem :beer:

 

Guess its time for an atlas and 4r70w :sonicjay:

 

I am twin sticked, and low range is where I stay. It would be nice to have better gearing, but I'm happy. More power would be nice, but I break it enough already!

 

I keep it in 4lo 90% of the time anyway. But Saturday low range was a bit to Mich for the wife to try and stop it with the poppy brakes. Get the brakes fixed and should be better.

 

The plan is to pick up another roller motor and slowly assemble it over the next year and by spring next year drop it in.

 

What did you figure out in the braking department?

 

I am gonna redo all the lines and warranty my front calipers. I had a aftermarket booster/master combo from Summit. The master was bad, I got a 96 f250 Master and modified it to fit the booster which gave me some braking back. When I installed all the nylon lines I overtightened the compression fittings, so I replaced all those. But I also had to get an adapter for my rear calipers and retap my fronts. I think the adpaters and the rethreaded front ports are what is giving me the issues.

 

I am gonna stop at automasters tonight and look at getting all new lines and fittings.

 

Automasters selection sucks. Guess I'll be ordering online.

I contacted the company that makes the master cyl. on Friday. They have in big logos 24/7 tech support on their site but only a link to open a tech ticket with them no phone number. So I opened a ticket. I have yet to hear from them :sonicjay:.

 

Can you go with a hydroboost and a 1 ton master cylinder with a 1 1/8 bore?

That's what I'm running on mine with 3/4 ton calipers so I can run 15" wheels.

And it'll lock up 40's on blacktop with a 5400 lb rig on top

 

I like my plastic brake lines. $30 plumbs the whole thing. Rip a line on the trail and it can be fixed in 10 minutes.

 

what MC do you have? You have to watch the pressure ratings with assisted or boosted MCs