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Project: #becauseracejeep

GTIdocjones said:
Very nice. I might have to go with some of those leaves for my project next spring. What spring rates/part numbers do you have?
I was planning to go spring under, but I like your set up because it leaves more room for longer shocks.
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I believe the main leaf is 250lb/in and the second leaf is 175lb/in. So somewhere around 425lb/in as it sits now in the rear.
 
Did you modify the front axle tube with the drop? Looking to drop mine 4-5".
Great looking Jeep!
Man a supercharger on mine would be great, but I would need a cowl hood...and money...
 
Jmonts said:
Did you modify the front axle tube with the drop? Looking to drop mine 4-5".
Great looking Jeep!
Man a supercharger on mine would be great, but I would need a cowl hood...and money...
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No. I am at pretty much the max drop you can go without modding the front axle.
 
Pretty sure these ECU covers are uber rare... Managed to get two at the junkyard.
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Went to Quadratec's cars & coffee today. Having two boosted Jeeps (one lowered and one lifted) definitely attracted attention. A lot of people liked them!
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All washed and ready to go


Racejeep looks so good on the road!
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Bullbar was off of my Sprintex Jeep due to late night wrenching and being too tired to put it back on.


Sick exo'd Comanche


 
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Got an idea from this thread for a lower valence.. Looks pretty good IMHO.




Racejeep hanging out at Clubloose.. Really tempting to do a AX15 swap and drift the darn thing. Hahahahaa :roflmao:
 
bpas328xii said:
Got an idea from this thread for a lower valence.. Looks pretty good IMHO.




Racejeep hanging out at Clubloose.. Really tempting to do a AX15 swap and drift the darn thing. Hahahahaa :roflmao:
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You did a very good job :thumbup:
 
s14unimog said:
Ya know this brings up a point that has never made all that much sense to me in the uni-body Jeep world. There are kits all over the market for stitching plates all over our "frame rails" but how much does that really help (rhetorical question)? To me I look at those an improvement to anchoring suspension components but very little at helping chassis flex.

So what's next - a cage right? Well it's been my experience that VERY few people ever build a cage that does much for the uni-body rigidity. Sure they run bars every which way, but never tie those bars into the chassis; why???

Coming from the drifting/road racing community, we deal with uni-bodies on almost every vehicle. This is why you see cages with dimpled plates like this...


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^THIS is how you reinforce the XJ. How is it that this gets missed so much?

*not necessarily suggesting the OP is part of this group - just expounding on your thread - sorry to hijack.*
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Nice to see that someone else shares similar thoughts to me... Lol.

And I have a ton of interest in the drifting community and rally builds and that's where I got the idea of doing that to the cage and unibody for more rigidity. I try to go to as many drifting events at Englishtown as I can (i.e. Clubloose, Freedom Moves, etc). Before I even had a car (much less racejeep) I was ALWAYS checking out driftmechaniks.com (site seems to be messed up), andysapp.com (love his BMW), and willroegge.com (amazing videographer)

This video kinda started my obsession with the drifting community... Lol
http://youtu.be/CHLKCKYNLyc

Btw, Tuerck'd is a rad show to watch.
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http://youtu.be/NbN997cR8Vc

I've always kinda questioned how much frame rail stiffeners actually help....

Anywho.. I took racejeep to an autocross in Atlantic City, New Jersey yesterday. Had an absolute blast and everyone loved racejeep. I even got a trophy thingy for having the coolest car there.
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This is what racejeep looked like the day/night before the event.... #6 784 fuel injector decided to kick the bucket. Replaced them all with new injectors and racejeep ran great all day Sunday until the #1 sparkplug decided to foul on the way home (and then later unfouled). Gunna put different plugs in probably tomorrow. #racecarproblems....


Here's a link to my times. I got a laugh out of what they put in the "car" box. Lmaoo

ERHMAGERD!!! RACEKOR!!!








Scooby spinning out into the grass
http://youtu.be/vCr5zQHZV_Y

Heat 1 run 1 with instructor. I wanted to make sure I could navigate the course without getting lost.
http://youtu.be/C3MU0fiHhVo

Heat 1 run instructor driving
http://youtu.be/_QehS0otZoM

Heat 1 run 2
http://youtu.be/I9u1rPXxU2M

Heat 1 run 3 whoops
http://youtu.be/r-Ca9cnkc-I

Heat 2 run 1 drifting, eating cones, and locking up
http://youtu.be/Xi69NrM77q4

Heat 2 run 2 cleanest and fasted run
http://youtu.be/BIMbgHZm6x0

Heat 2 run 3 instructor wanted to go for a ride
http://youtu.be/C5AX4r4cKdg

All in all, I had a great weekend. Gotta make a few tweaks to racejeep's suspension, but other than that it performed amazingly well. Seemed to handle pretty flat with minimal to zero body roll. Steering could be a little quicker.... Still gotta figure out how to do that relatively easily.
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@racejeep do you have any close up pics of the side skirts? I installed one from a blazer xtreme and mounted them the other way.
 
Alexia said:
I was giggling the whole time watching this with the linkage going, "PEEKABOO!"

I really should have taken my drift friend's advice and lowered my Comanche for racing. Looks like lots of fun out there.
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Hahahahahaaaa. It really is funny to watch it in the videos. lmaoo.

And it is so much fun. I honestly don't care about my times because I'm having too much darn fun out there!
rav said:
@racejeep do you have any close up pics of the side skirts? I installed one from a blazer xtreme and mounted them the other way.
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These are BMW e36 ///M3 side skirts (Yes. They're cheapo clones. I would NEVER cut up real ones. Lol)

Here's some pics from when I was installing the driver's side (still gotta install passenger side)






 
to the guy who posted the cage tie ins pic, every single race worthy cherokee has those plates, most who just beat their junk on the weekend don't bother but all the racers run plates like that everywhere they can.
 
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