Yachty1s build....

[cantab27]

well at the moment dan still cant get on here much so ill shall do a build thread for him....bear with me as i don't have the best of pics,,,

quick run down on xj


brought a stocker ,,ripped out xj running gear ,kept the 4.0, now going to be running Nissan diffs, trans outta a Yoda v6 surf....coils all round,running 37" rubber.will run 42s one day,, exo cage coming,,will put up more info as i get it ,,ask questions will do my best to answer...the quake has really put a go slow on this build , but all good things come to those who wait...;)

pics in no order just the ones i got today,rick who is building jeep shop got smashed in quake, pics of that in quake thread...
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sitting next to my pos,,3" on 33s,,looks kinda sad :comfort:

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[OverEasy]

In for more! Already looks very capable!

[rguignard]

wayne take some more of the rear end like all the links and what rear springs are them ? btw how come the frt diff is on the pass side ?

[cantab27]

will do when its in shop again,,,thats the side right hand drives should be ,,thats what gets me on ruts being as ours is other side

[bluedragon436]

Very nice looking XJ... Can't wait to see more of it!!

[modestmar00xj]

nice build man! i like the rear coils and the tire holder!

[4.3LXJ]

Nice XJ. Wayne, yours looks small next to it. You will need to feed it more:D

What kind of tires are those?

[yachty1]

Hi everyone had five mins to say hi
of the top of head the springs are from tj rangler 6" lift kit front and rear
the rear are going to be resting on the top of axel with a holder welded
with the top siting with a bracket on the chasie rail where the bump stop is
as for the front same for the base on axel and the top still the same bump stop
setup just bigger springs as for the hight is bit bigger than first thinking but
looks realy good in person pics don't give the true efect i think
i will have to let Wayne put up more pics my phone won't let me up load for some reson

Thanks for looking at my Rig its name is to be JEEPZILLA

I think worthy name

Cheers Danny

[cantab27]

nice to see ya on here Dan,,,,,ya gonna teach this one to swim.....will get more pics ,,will use a camera this time ...maybe ,,,

[4.3LXJ]

Quick question. What kind of tires are those?

[cantab27]

will make a call today steve and find out ,,,sorry mate u have asked twice ,,,,my bad

[4.3LXJ]

No prob. It is one I don't recognize. Looks like it might be a really cool tire.

[yachty1]

They would be 37" creapy crawly

Cheers

[cantab27]

but can it swim dan.....or can i take it out......lol

[yachty1]

arrr swim it will do mate will teach it good without water wings

[cantab27]

Hi Guys my name is Rick and I'll be putting up my own posts as soon as I get approved, until then I've borrowed Cantab27's computer.
I'm the sucker building the Cherokee, when Dan first came into work he was thinking about using a V8 WJ, the problem with them is they have far to much complicated wiring for the amount of water driving that we do here, so after a bit of talking we decided that a XJ was the best option.
So we started with a stocker, striped it out the running gear as it is to week for what we want to do (and parts are scarce over here).
In went 6" Full Traction springs and shocks out of a TJ as the weight is about the same, they are sitting on Nissan Safari axles (these are 9" diffs and incredibly strong, with parts easily available, and the diff head is on the right hand side where all the ruts are) which are turning 37x12.5R16 Maxis Creepy Crawler tires.
The arms are made in-house using the Safari rubber bushes as they allow so much articulation it is not funny, the transmission has been dumped and replaced with the V6 Toyota Surf box and transfer case as it has better gear options and the transfer case exits on the right hand side lining up with the front diff. No adaptors used as the A343 is a AW4, just swap over the parts needed to make it work in a jeep.

Cheers Rick

[rick402]

Yea i'm finally on the forum

[Mudderoy]

Yea i'm finally on the forum

Was it the username you were trying to use? Glad you made it! :welcome:

[4x4Dalton]

Welcome Rick. Sounds like you have a awesome set up there.

[rick402]

Cheers for that, time will tell.
For all our builds reliably is the first priority, the truck is useless if it don't go in the bush, then ability followed by cost.

[cj4a nz]

Hi Rick
another kiwi yeppiee
feel a take over comming up :ass:
need pic's

[rguignard]

well if your one of waynes mates youll do great on here :D i what some pics of the rear end. im thinking about doing something like that here in the usa btw im the one with the black xj with green bumpers

[cantab27]

dan just sent me a pic of it sitting on 39s.....shit i will be able to drive mine under it ..
http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr52/cantab27/jeepin%20and%20bits/imagejpeg_2-1.jpg

[4.3LXJ]

Love it. If I had the cash right now and it was winter, I would be doing the same.

[cantab27]

Love it. If I had the cash right now and it was winter, I would be doing the same.

oh great steve,,that's right encourage them ,,,now i gotta make mine bigger:bang:....

[4.3LXJ]

Absolutely, more is better, too much is just right.

[yachty1]

oh great steve,,that's right encourage them ,,,now i gotta make mine bigger:bang:....

Thats great this positive ENCOURAGEMENT, thats what i'm after this truck is going to be real mean,
JEEPZILLA will live up to its name just taking bit longer than first plan, I keep adding things for Rick to build

Cheers everyone Danny

[LizardRunner]

Looking good, I'm going to follow this build and take some of the ideas to apply to da lizard as I can.

[cj4a nz]

no water till it has a SNORKLE !
looks good
Warren

[cantab27]

its getting a steel on made ,,yep dan and rivers shoud be good eh mate..lol

[yachty1]

no water till it has a SNORKLE !
looks good
Warren

we thinking twin snorkles for looks and will work good with the lights between them across the top of the screen...


Cheers Danny

[bluedragon436]

we thinking twin snorkles for looks and will work good with the lights between them across the top of the screen...

I think that will look good... can't wait to see pics of it once you get it together!!

[Leonmac]

I do love OTT builds, The Nissan diffs are practicaly indestructable and the 4.0l motor will never break them, What ratio are you running ?? with the 37s. I ran 37" Boggers on my winch truck, It had SBC 390 cubes TH400 and with the Nissan T/case and 4.1 diffs it was too high for the real slow stuff and dare I say it a bit slugish off the mark. The guy who ownes it now swapped in 4.8s and he says it just transformed it. Wayne has put me onto this build and we might be able to help each other, look forward to seeing more. Cheers Leon (From the Naki)

[yachty1]

Hi Leon
with the diffs don't know yet but will get changed i think as for the tyers don't like the
37" any more i like the 39" TSL super swampers, tried to put up pic but got as far as the albums and couldnt' get any further, just look for new almbum called jeepzilla build has new pics there cheers Danny.

[cantab27]

will sort pics for ya dan....whens it going into new shop

[cantab27]

here ya go mate.....

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[cantab27]

thats a big jeep,,, the twins in pic are adults........

[BlueXJ]

Super build, those girls will need a ladder to get in it.

[Leonmac]

As I said, Love OTT but mine has to stay road Legal so 36s are the most I will go. You were saying about the Toyota T/case and Tranny being the same as the Jeep Tranny so you put the T/case onto the Jeep auto or did you put the whole Toyota Auto on to the 4.0L motor?? and the T/case you have, is it the Gear drive or Chain drive type. I have a couple of Nissan T/cases but they only have a 2:1 reduction where the NP242 has 2.72:1, As I said the one thing I was never happy with my Nissan was the gearing not low enough with an Auto tranny. Cheers Leon.

[4.3LXJ]

As I said, Love OTT but mine has to stay road Legal so 36s are the most I will go. You were saying about the Toyota T/case and Tranny being the same as the Jeep Tranny so you put the T/case onto the Jeep auto or did you put the whole Toyota Auto on to the 4.0L motor?? and the T/case you have, is it the Gear drive or Chain drive type. I have a couple of Nissan T/cases but they only have a 2:1 reduction where the NP242 has 2.72:1, As I said the one thing I was never happy with my Nissan was the gearing not low enough with an Auto tranny. Cheers Leon.

Leon, we have gear doublers that fit the Toy stuff here in the States from at least two different vendors I can think of. If you substitute the Toy auto, you might have some electronic shifting problems, maybe. Not sure on that.

[cantab27]

wee sneak up date.....
http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr52/cantab27/jeepin%20and%20bits/fish013.jpg

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr52/cantab27/jeepin%20and%20bits/fish014.jpg


should be moving under own power before xmas.....

[4.3LXJ]

Looking like lots of fun there. Mine will look like that someday, only the pumpkin will be on the true drivers side. :D

[cj4a nz]

wayne needs 39's ,no really he needs them,he wont get his truck as wet inside

[4.3LXJ]

He would just find deeper water :D

[bluedragon436]

Who wants to keep their interior dry anyways?? LOL..

[cantab27]

i have more pics..... play nice and i may post em

[bluedragon436]

The hell with playing nice!! You know you want to show more Jeep porn!!

[cantab27]

The hell with playing nice!! You know you want to show more Jeep porn!!

well ok then ..yall go blind looking at all this jeep porn


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and thats it untill i get the ok to take some cool shots.....:p

[bluedragon436]

It is def. looking good... Can't wait to see more!!

[4.3LXJ]

Oh yeah, I like the rear link.

[yachty1]

Hi everyone we been busy and we now have the truck at the stage we can go little bit off road sorry don't have any pics though, one problem we have now is, i have got a new motor for it a 5.7L hemi from 05 Dodge ram, has any one got any pics of wireing etc would be helpfull i think it will sound real nice now.

Cheers Danny

[cantab27]

ha ha ...v8 baby ....yeah man................going into ricks Thursday ....seen it outside today as i went past...looks the bizz dan...

[4.3LXJ]

Hi everyone we been busy and we now have the truck at the stage we can go little bit off road sorry don't have any pics though, one problem we have now is, i have got a new motor for it a 5.7L hemi from 05 Dodge ram, has any one got any pics of wireing etc would be helpfull i think it will sound real nice now.

Cheers Danny

Can't help you on that one. Best thing to do is pull the harness from the truck. It will have stuff for the dash also in it which you will have to separate out. Do you have the computer for it? Something you might consider is using a Megasquirt, or if you swim like Wayne, a Microsquirt which is waterproof. They can be configured to run anything.

[yachty1]

when we removed the motor we have taken out the harness and computer etc.we just need to blend the dodge haness into the jeep dash etc.

Cheers Danny

[4.3LXJ]

when we removed the motor we have taken out the harness and computer etc.we just need to blend the dodge haness into the jeep dash etc.

Cheers Danny

Danny, the way to do that involves a little creativity. Hook up all the harness that has to do with the engine. An 05 Dodge will have gauges that are run by the computer. Your Jeep has analogue gauges. So you have to run two different systems of sensors. You need the stock Dodge sensors for the computer. Then you will need the analogue sensors for the gauges. So having that same problem, this is what I did.

I used a little T fitting available at the hardware store to plumb in two oil pressure sensors.

In this pic you can see them. Just to the left of the dizzy is a brass pipe nipple about 3" long with a T at the top and two sensors. The one on the left is for the oil pressure gauge and the one on the right is for the computer.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/warriorsuspension/IMG_0137.jpg

In this pic, you can see that I have used two temp sensors. The one on the left is the one for the computer. The one on the right is for the temp gauge. There is a third one you can't see on the other side for the fan switch.

[cj4a nz]

will it be ready by sheffeild ???????????? I may need a tow wagon for WHEN I get stuck

[yachty1]

won't be in the comp but will take it along to show off i think.
Cheers Danny

[cantab27]

whens the motor change over happening Dan........

[yachty1]

that won't be happening till feb some were getting every thing going first learning to drive it and seeing whats going to break.
this week now putting in cromolly cvs and hub as they went on sat up the ashly did walk over most things though running 5lb in rubber was good. then when the superwinch gets here in 4 weeks we mite get the front bar made and maybe the rear the next week.
Cheers Danny

[cantab27]

been for a run...coolies...whens cert..... still trying to get into ricks but been layed up with that shit as flu going around......

[cj4a nz]

pics of yours and mine at sheffeild then, waynes to if his is there

[yachty1]

Sheffield Mud Plug 2012 - YouTube
Hi There well we all had great time at the mud plug hope the link works there is three
jeeps in the clip i think i was in it on three stages big red XJ hope you like Cheers Danny.

[cantab27]

posted some pics to danny.....was a great day...keen to go for a run soon..

[cantab27]

http://www.xjtalk.com/showthread.php?t=11611

[yachty1]

cheers mate also did i say we got 10th not to bad for first event a beat some good trucks to with lots exp, i just need some new rubber and some more horses and next year should be alot better .

Danny

[cantab27]

seen ya do a couple..was busy hooking up the zuki..:D not wrong about the rubber .......thats what stopped the wee zuki.....and yeah the 5.7 to spin the new rubber...tis gonna be coolies dan...:driving::driving:

will have barbie out there next year...:o

[cj4a nz]

looks like a good day had by all,me there next year as well

[4.3LXJ]

Good to hear from you Danny. Glad to see you got it going after all those mods.