Jeep Thread

[bottlerocket]

POSYJ, did I see your rig at Baertrax a while back?

[tribaltalon]

your name isnt Timmay with a m35a2 tow rig is it?? the orange rig looks familiar.

edit:
never mind, i see its a TJ and the one i'm thinking of was a YJ.

fuckin sweet rigs man. I'd love to compete but that's some serious $$$. i'm sure you already got all the help you need, but if you need any more, let me know. i'll be glad to help if you need it.

[POSYJ]

Nope, rigs always got worked on at home (james b did some really nice dashwork on the spidertrax rig though)..miss the spidertrax rig the most....just sold the Orange one to a guy in LA and replaced it with a 03 cobra.

I am only pit support on the 4426...WAY too much $ needed to be competitive at that level....

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[tribaltalon]

LOL. i was going to say.. you must be a serious balla if you're racing in the KOH. Good deal, I'm not really going with any team at this point, just going out there with a couple other JK/jeep guys/vendors.

[bard]

What all is done to the daughter's Jeep, POSYJ?

[POSYJ]

What all is done to the daughter's Jeep, POSYJ?

budget lift really...shocks, springs and front lower arms only. Its riding on 33's.....stock axles (30/35)...just a mall crawler, but she loves it...

A few more past rigs...forgot I had a Sunray'd YJ too lol..



LJ on 36's..



The start of it all...My old CJ....rebuilt from the bottom up...ZZ4, T350, D300, locked 20, open 30...YJ springs and 33's...

[POSYJ]

And the orange rig is actually a BTF Fusion with a TJ grille and hood..better pics:

5.3/T350/4.3 Atlas, 60/14...

[tribaltalon]

Damn. You've had some sweet rigs.

Specs on the daughter?

Sorry I had to. Lol.

[POSYJ]

LOL...Senior in HS...about to turn 17..

ON TOPIC - I like how your rubi is progressing

[CJ]

LOL...Senior in HS...about to turn 17..

ON TOPIC - I like how your rubi is progressing

Yeah that's going to get you some attention I'm sure.



I've never been to KOH but I'm considering going next year. Anything I need to bring you recommend?

[Snatch Napkin]

Tribaltalon, what do you think of that programmer? Did it help this gutless wonder of a v6 any?

I've been trying to talk myself into the RIPP longtubes, y-pipe, and tuner to remedy these poorly designed manifolds and restrictive exhaust, but that's a chunk of change for headers. However, all the other LT's look like shit in my opinion of design.

[CJ]

Tribaltalon, what do you think of that programmer? Did it help this gutless wonder of a v6 any?

I've been trying to talk myself into the RIPP longtubes, y-pipe, and tuner to remedy these poorly designed manifolds and restrictive exhaust, but that's a chunk of change for headers. However, all the other LT's look like shit in my opinion of design.

Another JK owner complaining their V6 is gutless? How well do these things do in 4L? When I've driven/wheeled JK's it just seemed like it had nothing in the low/mid range.

[Snatch Napkin]

Another JK owner complaining their V6 is gutless? How well do these things do in 4L? When I've driven/wheeled JK's it just seemed like it had nothing in the low/mid range.

We had an 06 Rubicon before, so I was used to low end torque from the 4.0L.

This motor makes a surprising amount of torque for what it is. With the headers and whatnot I posted before the torque curve moves lower in the RPM's quite a bit and picks up 40-ish horsepower.

It will wheel okay with stock tires with what it has, but would be a burden on the drivetrain with larger than stock tires.

The combination of drive by wire, no guts, and this auto transmission really leave a lot to be desired for me. However, we got this thing CHEAP, so a few well thought out mods will have us (me) wheeling happily.

[CJ]

We had an 06 Rubicon before, so I was used to low end torque from the 4.0L.

This motor makes a surprising amount of torque for what it is. With the headers and whatnot I posted before the torque curve moves lower in the RPM's quite a bit and picks up 40-ish horsepower.

It will wheel okay with stock tires with what it has, but would be a burden on the drivetrain with larger than stock tires.

The combination of drive by wire, no guts, and this auto transmission really leave a lot to be desired for me. However, we got this thing CHEAP, so a few well thought out mods will have us (me) wheeling happily.

That's good. Yeah I felt the 4.0L had a lot more balls, but some JK guys seem to think otherwise. 40hp? That seems almost insane. Have you considering just making your own longtubes?

[Snatch Napkin]

That's good. Yeah I felt the 4.0L had a lot more balls, but some JK guys seem to think otherwise. 40hp? That seems almost insane. Have you considering just making your own longtubes?

I will say that the 4.0 would feel like it fell off past 3,700 rpms as compared to the v6 feels like it has more once you overcome the shitty exhaust. If you get a chance, pop the hood on one prior to 2012. I believe that's when the new motor came out. I haven't looked at one of those yet.

Look at the driver's side manifold in particular. I can't fathom how an engineer could have thought that would flow good.

I have thought long and hard about making my own, but I just don't have the time to do it right now. Even a set of shorties would be better than the stockers by leaps and bounds.

You can literally hear the exhaust pulses colliding in the manifold. I thought our brand new Jeep had detonation issues and exhaust leaks when we first got it.

My ultimate plan is to run the flowmaster hushpower muffler with the RIPP LT's, y-pipe, and resonator for the exhaust, accompanied by a custom tune to get the throttle response, shifting, and all the other tiny kinks out of the system.