New Crawler

[94Dodge Truggy]

Did some serious trading and wound up with a new crawler.

Here are the specs.

1991 tub with a 1960's postal jeep front end with the coveted round headlights. Plated and gusseted frame with por15 paint. Full cage with 6 tie ins directly to frame on rubber mounts. Front suspension seats and rear seat with 5 point harnesses all around. 1/4" body armor wrap from BTF. Stinger bar front hoop. BTF front and rear bumpers. Tube flat fenders front and tubed rolled fenders rear. Brand new heater core and fan. Most hardware upgraded to stainless steel and grade 8 bolts with nylock nuts all over.

Axles:

Front kingpin Dana 60 with 35 spline USA Alloy outer chromoly axle shafts , Yukon inner shafts, welded 4.56 ratio, light shave with diff armor. Single piston calipers.

Rear 14 bolt with dutchman axles, detroit, 4.56 ratio, light shave with diff armor and monster antiwrap bar. Rear disc brakes single piston calipers.

Motor, trans. and case:

2006 496 big block MPI with roller rockers, cam, headers and tune. High volume oil pump with oil cooler, aluminum oil pan and a Ron Davis radiator to keep it cool. Aluminum reservoir. 3" exhaust with flowmaster muffler tucked out of harms way.
Dual selectable battery setup.
Turbo 400 with kevlar clutches and manual valve body setup. Trans. temp guage
Stak 3 speed t-case with 1.1, 3.0, 5.44. Parking brake, speed sensor and oil sight guage.

Suspension:

Swayaway racerunner coilovers front 16" travel, 4 link with track bar for good street manners. Ballistic fab rebuildable joints. Military wrap bastard pack leaf sprung rear with amazingly
good travel.

Steering:

PSC pump, reservoir and filter. Redneck ram hydro assist ram and steering box. Stainless steel braided lines. Oil cooler. Flaming rivers steering shaft.

High steer kit with tierod assy. and ram behind front axle.

Rolling mass:

39.5 pitbull rockers on recentered hummer 8 bolt rims and rock rings

Dash is custom wired from a fella on pirate 4x4 with all kinds of switches and buttons. Matching Autometer guages for tach, speedo, volt, oil pressure, fuel, trans. temp.

Aluminum fuel cell with BTF skid plate. Rock lights, led turn signals back up and brake lights. Aeromotive fuel system with fuel pressure guage.

High angle driveline driveshafts with 1410 u-joints.

220 amp monster alternator for a welding setup that used to be on jeep.

Corvette old style master cylinder with stainless steel lines and braided hoses.

Currently building a lockable aluminum center console for gear, cb and stereo system. Also pondering coilover setup on rear axle.

Pushing the skinny pedal down makes me smile but will be hard on parts! Currently fixing both valve cover leaks and took pics of the anodized blue roller rockers and took note on how clean the top of the valvetrain looked! Theres some big parts in there! 1st chevy and big block I have owned so I am new to these. Driving it to work on sunny days so far as the air filter is exposed for now.

Looking for ideas on the welded front. May go ox locker.

Pics coming so be patient please :o

[tjjeepjeep]

Originally Posted by 94Dodge Truggy

Pics coming so be patient please :o

Riiiiighht.....

[Hope Springs Hauler]

you'll probably have to promise to not work on the jeep for 2 nights to get her to post them

[gothodgie]

sounds really sweet, can't wait to get a look at it,

[94Dodge Truggy]

Originally Posted by gothodgie

sounds really sweet, can't wait to get a look at it,

My 2 year old daughter calls it a beater and a piece of crap since it is not shinny like the one traded for it. Aske her and she will tell ya!

[94Dodge Truggy]

I have pics on my computer but resizing them scares me.

[gothodgie]

Originally Posted by 94Dodge Truggy

My 2 year old daughter calls it a beater and a piece of crap since it is not shinny like the one traded for it. Aske her and she will tell ya!

if that makes your rig a beater then my past trail rigs were just big
hunks of metal with tires... lol

[94Dodge Truggy]

Originally Posted by Hope Springs Hauler

you'll probably have to promise to not work on the jeep for 2 nights to get her to post them

That is what I have been thinking the price will be. Ever work on your jeep while they were out and make sure you are done and gone before they come home?

[JeepHD]

Originally Posted by 94Dodge Truggy

Looking for ideas on the welded front. May go ox locker.

Took me a while to get my OX adjusted just right and working well. I also caught the line on something once and beat it up pretty bad. I just went with a lockrite when I upgraded to the D60. Personally, I would go with something simple and reliable, no cables, lines, or wiring.

[mckeddie]

what's the wheelbase?

[94Dodge Truggy]

Originally Posted by mckeddie

what's the wheelbase?

Wheelbase is 104. Gotta keep the wheels inside the fenders to keep it legal.

[carwash]

legal for what? soccer practice?

[94Dodge Truggy]

Originally Posted by carwash

legal for what? soccer practice?

I am amazed at how lax Ohio laws are compared to Kentuckys.

[Hope Springs Hauler]

you're joking, right

Kentucky has no lift law, no fender law that I have seen, etc

[blazerbrad]

Originally Posted by 94Dodge Truggy

Wheelbase is 104. Gotta keep the wheels inside the fenders to keep it legal.

What part of the Ohio Revised Code states the wheels have to be inside the fenders?

[94Dodge Truggy]

Originally Posted by blazerbrad

What part of the Ohio Revised Code states the wheels have to be inside the fenders?

None that I saw but the state highway speaks of bumper height and fender clearance laws. I do not have the time nor want to exhaust the money to battle this. I do as they say and have been able to drive the jeep thus far with no problems and have passed many officers and even had one stop me and ask about it. Drove the black yj also with no problems and its previous owner drove it daily.

[blazerbrad]

Originally Posted by 94Dodge Truggy

None that I saw but the state highway speaks of bumper height and fender clearance laws. I do not have the time nor want to exhaust the money to battle this. I do as they say and have been able to drive the jeep thus far with no problems and have passed many officers and even had one stop me and ask about it. Drove the black yj also with no problems and its previous owner drove it daily.

Okay, just checking. We've had quite a few of these discussions within our club and it basically comes down to Ohio having pretty minimal vehicle modification laws. The only thing set in stone are:
1. maximum bumper height
2. all of the lights (turn signals, brakes, etc...)
3. one rearview mirror

Now with that said there is writing in the Revised Code that an officer could write a vehicle up for. Can't remember the exact working but believe it's something along the lines of "perceived hazardous condition" or something...kinda' the catch all.

The bumper height law is by no means strictly enforced because there are a lot of lifted vehicles on the road that exceed it. Back in the days my fullsize Blazer with a 4" lift and 35" tires and stock bumpers (i.e. lower hanging) was right at the limit.

But anyway, enough of going off topic.

I really like the Jeep, and the 8.1L is pimp.