Speed-J Build Thread

[Speed]

And... here goes:

Speed-J 1.0:



34.17" Failcomps
clayton kit
Cold air intake/free-flow cat/Cherrybomb muffler
blah blah blah, you've all seen it.
shitty grenade style axles.

Build time.

Speed-J 2.0:

Dana60 Front
ARB locker
4:10 R&P
Sterling 10.25 Rear
ARB locker
4:10 R&P
Disc brakes
Won Ton Steering.
Borla headers
Onboard Air
37"s


Speed 3.0
[Final stage]
End of Summer 08' (hopefully)

H1 double beadlock rims
Hydro Assist
Hi-flow throttle body
Jet Performance chip
Custom Bumpers/sliders/tubefenders/beefier cage
Body armor
LED Taillights
CB Radio
Winch
Seats/harnesses
Dana300/NP231 doubler
5:-- R&P gears
Diff Covers
Better Clutch


anyways, heres the start of 2.0:

Axle swap, thus far. will update with more pics as progress continues.

Looking to install these:


So I jacked the jeep up, and pulled this:




Fucker...


Then I pulled the only two survivors:

gotta love wednesday shafts.

started cutting so i could reuse the coil perches/axle truss/shock mounts:


Getting a truss off is alot harder than putting one on, turns out.






Taking off the drum backing plates to get at the coil perches with the help of Hawk:


continue cutting these off:


And Im left with this for my sacrifice to the Jeep Gods:

not much haha

finish cutting:


and thats as far as I got that night.
Ill post more progress as I continue the build...

Its getting there.

[HeavyMetal]

Apr 7, 2008 14:50:59 GMT -5 Speed said:

34.17" Failcomps

shitty grenade style axles.

holy

[Speed]

can you tell i dont like my current setup?

[Buffalo Phil]

Not at all. I was under the impression you where gonna run those axles in yor grave.

[Rico]

[XJLI]

progress is wintastic.

is speed-J v2 gonna wheel RC?

[Speed]

Thats the plan.

Lets hope. I get the feeling that the driveshafts are gonna give me major shit tho. and also, im gonna have to get a drag link made between now and then. we'll have to see how that goes too.

And it just occured to me that im gonna be wheeling on my stock steering box until I get the cash to upgrade.
will it hold? I guess we'll find out!

[Jeep Creep]

Apr 7, 2008 14:50:59 GMT -5 Speed said:

looks........ safe

[Speed]

it is! i had a bunch of children frolick under it to test it.

[JustTorchIT]

thats good to hear... at least you thought about them first...

lololol....
and im glad to see that you left an air barrier between the blue jack stands and the gass tank,
does it cushion the fall??

[Speed]

In all seriousness, I didnt put myself in harms way. thanks for the concern tho

[rckrdyxj]

Looks sick dude, i am glad that someone on here was able to buy those axles i posted for someone on the other forum. I would reinforce the frame at the steering box and you should be okay for now.

MORE PICS PICS PICS.

NICE orange frame.

[Speed]

^ yeah, thank you SOOO much for posting those axles. i havent even wheeled them yet and they are worth every penny. as for reinforcement... im gonna wait till I get hydro assist.

And thanks on the orange

[Speed]

Alright, havent had alot of time to work on this lately, but its all coming along.

Heres where I sit now:

Shaved off some of the housing because it was in the way.


yesterday i spent all fucking day looking for a 90* elbow of some sort so my locker air line wouldnt hit the truss. Finally grabbed something that would work:


Cleaned up the spring buckets, then drilled them a bit for more surface to weld to:


Other than that, Hawk lent a hand by finishing stripping the new rear down and welded the tubes for shits and giggles.

At this point im almost done getting all the brackets re-cut to fit the bigger tubes and prepped for welding. basically, here:


Im hoping to have it in by this weekend so that I can start on the front.

[grundlepunch]

your steering box will hold as long as you dont rally the thing.

why 4:10 gears in the axle? is that what was in it?

are you still stretching it?