THe NAC Lots-O-BFG KO2 Thread

[mini=man]

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Ross come up here and help me with my Jeep so I can wheel at Johnny's and FC and stop playing with stupid cars. You can punchasize my face when the Jeep is done as payment.

 

[themangeraaad]

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I will be trying to make it, though I may not be there until 6 or 6:30 if people are still around.

 

[mini=man]

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UPS dropped mah RIIIMZ off!

 

[kastein]

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I'll be there, why does it seem like every Thursday is raining/overcast.

same reason that tuesday and thursday were both forecast as very low chance of rain and BOTH times it poured buckets... because I was outside working on vehicles. Nothing like spending two evenings in the dark, outside, being drenched while replacing a gas tank.

(all you guys who take forever to get something done even though you have a garage can suck it! I have all 4 vehicles in driveable condition with no garage and no real workspace :spin1

UPS dropped mah RIIIMZ off!

badass, what'd you get?

 

[redneckboarder]

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i think ive decided to run behind the axle steering on my 60. thoughts?

its gonna be full hydro so linkages arent a problem, axle is a 79 d60 goin in a wrangler on airshocks

 

[MoparManiac]

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i think ive decided to run behind the axle steering on my 60. thoughts?

its gonna be full hydro so linkages arent a problem, axle is a 79 d60 goin in a wrangler on airshocks

How are you going to mount the ram to clear the pinion and not smash the crap out of the oil pan without 10+" of lift?

 

[mini=man]

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(all you guys who take forever to get something done even though you have a garage can suck it! I have all 4 vehicles in driveable condition with no garage and no real workspace :spin1

It's part of having a garage, when you have one thing that makes it easier, EVERYTHING has to go wrong and go harder that it does for someone else. Atleast that's the case for me.

badass, what'd you get?

15x8 Crager V5 with 3.75" BS

 

[themangeraaad]

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It's part of having a garage, when you have one thing that makes it easier, EVERYTHING has to go wrong and go harder that it does for someone else. Atleast that's the case for me.

Sounds pretty accurate. I have been running into more small/tedious/time consuming issues recently than I ever had back when I had to do all my work on the driveway. That plus the fact that the Jeep isn't needed as a DD leads to slow progress... I get fed up with little PITA details and say fawk it and put it off for a day or 2 (with the reasoning of "why drive 20 min to the store for bolts now when i will be driving by it tomorrow anyway?").

Plus the Jeep is driveable, I just don't trust it to get me to/from somewhere that I HAVE to be, i.e. wont take it to work when I have a critical morning meeting to prep for, like today. :gee:

 

[asp]

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Ken, I can use the stick welder if I run out of gas. I was just stating a fact, I wasn't too concerned... How much time would it add for you to run home and get it?

 

[redneckboarder]

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How are you going to mount the ram to clear the pinion and not smash the crap out of the oil pan without 10+" of lift?

thats kinda where i was looking for input. im only planning on about 3" of uptravel and i can probly get a low profile oil pan for a chevy 350 somewhere. i guess ill hafta get the motor and axle in then start lookin at stuff

 

[kastein]

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Ken, I can use the stick welder if I run out of gas. I was just stating a fact, I wasn't too concerned... How much time would it add for you to run home and get it?

Not much, adds about 8.5 miles to the trip (290+146+95+195 vs 495+24+195) so figure 20 minutes or so including grabbing the bottle out of the back of the 96 and hopping back in the cab.

I'm thinking I may bring all my welding stuff so we can get a sort of assembly line going - one person aligning parts and tacking, the other following up with the welder or something like that. I'm probably going to paint these and make them look nice, so expect OCD/perfectionism on my part :gee:

EDIT: wow, google maps is dumb. It thinks 195 eastbound does not exist from exit 2 to exit 6. westbound exists, though.

 

[cmelo]

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If anyone needs a tranny jack after tonight I'll have one available for borrowing.
http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/tls/1899408527.html

 

[MoparManiac]

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That looks like a bitchin jack Slam-O

 

[asp]

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Carmelo, I'll need to borrow that eventually... Might be a while though.

Ken, I think one welder will be enough. Just grab your bottle... Besides, I have 2 welders

 

[kastein]

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but one of em is a farmer welder :farmer::moon:

(I only have one welder, but it's a "xxxxstick fab" / "retard with a fluxcore" welder)

 

[MoparManiac]

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Does anyone else feel like this brake kit is a waste of money.

WJ setup gives you enough braking power to lockup 35s (at least it did for me going 45mph), crossover steering, and flatter draglink/track bar angles (or forces you to have them).

All you're getting with that kit is "supposedly" stronger bearings and better brakes than the WJ that really aren't needed. I'd bet you could do the WJ setup for just as much if not less.

 

[asp]

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I think the WJ setup is a little cheaper, but not a lot cheaper than what he's selling. I don't doubt that those brakes are better than WJ brakes... But having driven my XJ with WJ brakes... I can't see a need for better. There was just always so much braking power and never any fade. It's not like we road race these things...

 

[kastein]

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Saw that thread earlier today... it looks like a neat conversion (and is very well engineered and constructed from the appearance), don't get me wrong, but I tend to agree. 1200 bucks for a brake/steering knuckle conversion setup that goes on a 30 is not something I would spring for.

EDIT: WJ steering can be pretty cheap if you don't mind a little ghetto...
* knuckles, calipers, caliper brackets, TREs for the tie rod and drag link - I estimate I spent 50 on these since I got those plus a whole pile of other stuff for 100 on all you can carry day.
* caliper spacers from JKS, $42
* drag link, tie rod from JKS, with jam nuts (2 sets), $210
* new pads and rotors from RockAuto, $120 (chose raybestos Akebono pads and Centric rotors)
* 16" rims required for Akebono calipers, but I already have those... even so, $250 for V5s
* new WJ lowers and WJ/TJ/XJ uppers for both sides on alljeep.com, $90 shipped

Comes out to $762 and that's assuming you don't already have rims to clear Akebono calipers.

EDIT: this is assuming you already have a set of 99.5-up XJ / ??-up TJ unit bearings.

 

[xjbump]

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Life is wasted on people!

 

[MoparManiac]

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I think the WJ setup is a little cheaper, but not a lot cheaper than what he's selling. I don't doubt that those brakes are better than WJ brakes... But having driven my XJ with WJ brakes... I can't see a need for better. There was just always so much braking power and never any fade. It's not like we road race these things...

Yes but the whole point is you get better STEERING as well with a WJ setup.

His setup only gives you better brakes (and supposedly better bearings).

Saw that thread earlier today... it looks like a neat conversion (and is very well engineered and constructed from the appearance), don't get me wrong, but I tend to agree. 1200 bucks for a brake/steering knuckle conversion setup that goes on a 30 is not something I would spring for.

EDIT: WJ steering can be pretty cheap if you don't mind a little ghetto...
* knuckles, calipers, caliper brackets, TREs for the tie rod and drag link - I estimate I spent 50 on these since I got those plus a whole pile of other stuff for 100 on all you can carry day.
* caliper spacers from JKS, $42
* drag link, tie rod from JKS, with jam nuts (2 sets), $210
* new pads and rotors from RockAuto, $120 (chose raybestos Akebono pads and Centric rotors)
* 16" rims required for Akebono calipers, but I already have those... even so, $250 for V5s
* new WJ lowers and WJ/TJ/XJ uppers for both sides on alljeep.com, $90 shipped

Comes out to $762 and that's assuming you don't already have rims to clear Akebono calipers.

EDIT: this is assuming you already have a set of 99.5-up XJ / ??-up TJ unit bearings.

See my above point.

Life is wasted on people!

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