FrankenJeep version 2.0

[admar2]

started this project on june 8.

the YJ is getting a makeover.

passenger drop 60, 14b in the rear. 4.10's and welded at both ends. 5.7TBI motor out of a 95 suburban. SM465, and a Teralowed Dana 300.

ended up getting a 3link front with a panhard and a 4link rear. mostly PolyPerformance bracetry, with some handbuilt stuff thrown in for good measure. 14inch travel bilstein coilovers front and rear.





buncha new pics in the gallery. its finally sitting on its new suspension

http://www.itsajeep.org/vBulletin/gallery/browseimages.php?c=16195



FINALLY sitting on coilovers. at ride height. still gotta have the coilovers charged. 110inch WB. suspension built for 4inches of uptravel and the rest in downtravel.


front driveshaft is installed.

rear is built, but not installed yet, waiting on yoke for 300.

fuel cell relocated and bolted down.

front brake lines are run on the axle, up to the frame.

new brake booster mounting bracket installed. one ton master cylinder and booster soon to come.

YJ grill hollowed out and 4 core radiator installed on new mount. mount built for Black Magic Extreme fan.







still need a bunch of small random stuff, fittings and adapters. fluids.


wiring wiring wiring.


gotta re-bend the transmssion shifter and bolt up the twinsticks to the 300.

install the steering cooler and run the hydro lines.

build and install rear bump stops.


gotta pickup plugs, radiator hoses, oil, tranny fluid, TC fluid, top off the diffs.

new dash panel and wire up gauges.

gonna add a couple hip bars to the rollcage too.

hood pins for the hood.


all the heavy stuff is done. now its just all the details.


oh yeah, ordered my 42's and wheels and beadlocks this week. ;)

oh yeah.


http://www.itsajeep.org/vBulletin/gallery/files/6/2/2/coiloversin3.jpg




FrankenJeep version 2.0 is getting closer.


http://www.itsajeep.org/vBulletin/gallery/files/6/2/2/coiloversin1.jpg

[Bluegill]

Tony, that beast will be a grin & drool -o-matic. :wink: You'll be grinning from ear to ear wheeling it, and spectators will be drooling over it. :lol:

;-) :smokin:

[Gordon]

Sweet!

[Hokie_YJ]

I've been watching your build on IAJ. It's absolutely sick! :smokin: You are gonna bring it to Harlan in Oct. aren't you?

I'm slowly but surely gathering the parts for a similar build, but who knows when mine will start. I may have a lot of questions for you when I do though. :lol:

[admar2]

its DEFINITELY coming back to harlan in Oct.



I'll be more than happy to answer any question I can.

[BillM]

You gonna be able to park it in the garage with those tires...LOL Looks like it may be close.

[Hadfield4WD]

You gonna be able to park it in the garage with those tires...LOL Looks like it may be close.

Air down.

[admar2]

You gonna be able to park it in the garage with those tires...LOL Looks like it may be close.


won't be a problem. it actually sits a little bit lower at ride height than it did before.

80inches to the top of the rollcage.

[BillM]

I just put my TJ in the garage downstairs and I actually barely rubbed the center bow on the door. I can't wait to get a look at this.

[Dino1967]

very nice :!:

[admar2]

finally got all the right fittings for the fuel lines, radiator hoses and wiring stuff. new plugs, oil and a filter, radiator fluid, adapters for the clutch hose.

ITS ALIVE!!!!


wired up the ignition and fired her up briefly tonight.

no guages or fan wired up yet, so I didn't want to run it for more than a few seconds.


I ended up ripping out basically ALL of the existing Jeep wiring under the dash.

just got tired of looking at that rats nest.

ignition is the only thing wired up right now. This weekend I'll work on wiring up the fan, lights, guages and stuff.


still gotta build the rear bumpstops, re-bend the transmission shifter, and install my twinsticks.

went to install my rear driveshaft and its too long. had to drop it off to get shortened.

getting it fired was a big relief though.


basically I need the following and its complete.

1. mount cooler for steering and bleed lines.
2. mount brake booster and master cylinder and plumb 2 short brake lines.
3. mount coilover reservoirs.
4. wire gauges. and switches on dash.
5. rebend transmission shifter, and install twinsticks.
6. drop it off to have the exhaust run.

It won't make the Tellico run this next weekend though. work is gonna kick my butt this next week and not allow me any evening time to finish the little things.

[admar2]

brakes are done. sorta. pedal is still way too soft for my liking. either got air in the lines still, or I got a bad booster.

coilover reservoirs are mounted.

rear driveshaft is in.

new twinsticks are in.

hoodpins installed and grill finished.

wiring harness built.

tires and 35spline stubs and hubs are at EOR waiting to be picked up.

Andy dropped off my finished beadlocks at Tellico. THEY LOOK AWESOME BTW! ANDY ROCKS AS USUAL!!!!

6 relay bank arrived from Painless. it'll be mounted behind the new dash.

got 4 new autometer gauges. and six new switches.

new dash is laid out. gotta get some diamondplate or somepthing to build it out of.

list of things to finish.


1. still needs exhaust.
2. sheetmetal work on the interior.
3. gauges, relays, stereo, lights, rocklights to wire up.
4. mount tires to beadlocks.
5. install outers and hubs.
6. rear bumpstops.



front coilover springs are either too soft or the lower spring needs to be taller. front sits low with the bumper and winch on.



gonna skip ANOTHER ride this weekend to get everything finished up hopefully.
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[Pitch]

Nice Rig!

[Bluegill]

Can't wait to see that beast on the trail Tony, if you wheel it harder than the April Harlan ride - I volunteer to shoot video! :twisted: :smokin:

[BillM]

Sounds good Tony. October should be interesting.

[admar2]

I know its been a while.

finished it up a couple weeks ago, took it out for the maiden voyage and the transmission crapped itself. a week, and $700 worth of parts and labor and its back in.

clutch is finished. at least I hope so. swapped in a smaller slave cylinder, clutch seems to be working fine now. drove it around the neighborhood a bit, seems to be shifting perfectly.

washed it up this past weekend and snapped a couple pics.


dana 300 is STILL leaking a bit. stupid bottom cover. I'll drop the skid tommorrow night, drain the 300 fluid, pull the bottom cover and reseal it. other 2 places it WAS leaking are fine now.

no leaks to report from the rebuilt transmission, which is a good thing.


realized there was no MAP sensor installed, so I ran down to autozone and picked one up, along with a new radiator cap (other one was a little leaky)


doing some "andy" work with the spraypaint and cleaning things up a bit.


only thing left to finish is my stereo system and install my CB. waiting on some new speakers for the stereo system, and still exploring where exactly to put the speakers.


I've got a problem with the engine backfiring right now though. still trying to trace that down.




should be 100% ready for grayrock after I get back from visiting family for a week.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/finishedfrankenjeepversion2.jpg


http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/finishedfrankenjeepversion22.jpg


http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/finishedfrankenjeepversion23.jpg


http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/finishedfrankenjeepversion24.jpg

[TiredIronGRB]

That think is awesome :shock:

[Want2Wheel]

8)

[BillM]

I am likin the round headlights....sorta.....

Looking sweet Tony.

[admar2]

I am likin the round headlights....sorta.....

Looking sweet Tony.


well, they ain't REALLY headlights. :wink:

[BroncoMike]

Looking sweet man!!!

[Hokie_YJ]

You guys make me sick....... nah, just a little jealous actually. :mrgreen: I'll never be able to keep up with you guys in Harlan. :lol:

It's looking great. :smokin: One thing you might consider is lowering that bottom windshield bar on the cage down to the top of the cowl. I'd think it would give you a lot better visibility. That is if you're gonna run with no windshield.

You could have an exhaust leak somewhere causing the backfire. I had a really bad leak at the manifold once and when I let off going down hill it would suck in cold air and then backfire.

[Bluegill]

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j226/shepherdskeep/Miscellaneous/smle/pimp.gif :headbang:

[admar2]

installing the knock sensor fixed the backfiring.


now its throwing a code 35, which says bad IAC.


I'll have to replace that after I get back in town.

she's ready to rock now!!!


only thing left is to install my stereo.

LOL.

[BillM]

Wish you could have been with us at Wooly's Sunday. It was rather fun.

[admar2]

Wish you could have been with us at Wooly's Sunday. It was rather fun.


me too.


gonna get to test it out this weekend though.



grayrock is up in the air. may check out mayhem offroad instead.

[BillM]

Looking forward to hearing how it flexes out and performs. As we all know FLEX isn't everything.

[admar2]

mayhem offroad it is.


looks like I"m just about the only one going. oh well, I gotta get my wheel on, I've been dying lately.



I'm not worried about being the flexiest rig in the world. I want it to flex well, but the main thing is I want it to put power to the ground well. no rockhumping and stuff like that. I've got a good bit of adjustabilitly in my suspension setup, so I can make changes if needed.

[admar2]

couple of recent action shots.

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/woolys%209%2016/frankenjeep6.jpg


http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/woolys%209%2016/frankenjeep4.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/woolys%209%2016/frankenjeep1.jpg


http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/woolys%209%2023/willhemakeit2.jpg


http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/woolys%209%2023/willhemakeit1.jpg


http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/woolys%209%2023/I65woolys1.jpg


http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/woolys%209%2023/sitting1.jpg

[Gordon]

Lookin' good!

[TiredIronGRB]

Looking good, I really like that cage.

[BillM]

I am liking it Tony. Wanna help me build a twin....LOL

[BroncoMike]

SAAAAWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTAAAAHH!!!!

I love coil overs!!!

[admar2]

I am liking it Tony. Wanna help me build a twin....LOL



sure. just bring it down, along with a checkbook. :grin:



much thanks goes to Morgan and Andy for giving me tons of help building it. several others lended a hand too, but those 2 guys worked on it like it was their own rig.

[admar2]

pics from this weekend.

WITC 9 29 pictures by admar2 - Photobucket



gonna add a short center limiting strap in the rear. also gonna figure out a way to use my winch as a suck down winch on steep stuff.


http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/WITC%209%2029/tony17.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/WITC%209%2029/tony13.jpg

could have easily driven off the end of the ramp.

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/WITC%209%2029/frankenflex2.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/WITC%209%2029/frankenflex3.jpg


http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/WITC%209%2029/frankenflex1.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/WITC%209%2029/frankenflex4.jpg

[BillM]

Tony are you running any kind of bumpstop in the back?

[Andy's01]

Bill, he is running Air Bumps in the back and solid bumps up front.

[admar2]

yep, airbumps in back.

[Jeep07]

what degree is that ramp?

[BillM]

Looks like a 20*.

[admar2]

I have no idea. its the one at wheelin in the country.

[Andy's01]

Does this spot look familiar to anyone??????

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/WITC%209%2029/tony13.jpg


It is the exact ledge that I rolled mine over on. The only difference is that in this picture it is bone dry.

[admar2]

yeah, that ledge aint' bad at all dry. wet is another story completely.


now the far LEFT line is hard as heck even dry. I couldn't get up it. pretty good undercut ledge at the bottom and its straight up. its a newly dug-out line.

[Andy's01]

Yeah, where your front tires are is where I made it to when my jeep decided to make a hard right and boy...I mean a hard right!!!! LOL

[admar2]

couple of shots from sunday, before my alternator crapped out on me.

LOL.

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/woolys%2010%2007/woolys10071.jpg


http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/woolys%2010%2007/woolys10074.jpg

[Want2Wheel]

Good pictures

[BillM]

Looking good as always Tony.

[Bluegill]

:smokin:

[admar2]

oooh, I can't wait for harlan in 2 weeks!!!

I'm like a kid waiting for Christmas morning!!


LOL

[BillM]

I am right there with you Tony.

[admar2]

bill, you got some kinda plan for what trails we are gonna hit on which days?

[Adurbin]

couple of shots from sunday, before my alternator crapped out on me.

LOL.

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/woolys%2010%2007/woolys10071.jpg


http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/woolys%2010%2007/woolys10074.jpg

Now surely you know better than to have that hand on the cage!!!! :shock:

[Bluegill]

He doesn't have grab handles installed yet. :lol:

[BillM]

Plus he is tilted the other way...;)

Actually I don't Tony. I need to get to George's house and get the map downloaded and go over it. I will work on that this weekend.

If you have a preference for what you want to run on the last day let me know.

[admar2]

couple of shots from sunday, before my alternator crapped out on me.

LOL.

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/woolys%2010%2007/woolys10071.jpg


http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/admar2/woolys%2010%2007/woolys10074.jpg

Now surely you know better than to have that hand on the cage!!!! :shock:


considering the direction I was tilted, its not an issue. :wink:

[TiredIronGRB]

I would say the trail plan will unfold once we pull on the park, I think it will depend on traffic. We'll take you to everything there.

[admar2]

sounds like a good plan george. just kinda roll with the punches.

[Dino1967]

makes me want a jeep:icon_thumright: