Little jeep Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Building a Comanche with 4 link front and rear, 1 ton diffs, coil overs, full hydro steer, and 46's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little jeep Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 Going to post my build thread. If someone can tell me how to add pictures it would be appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogmorgo Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I like the sounds of this build! :popcorn: There's a couple threads pinned in the "testing" forum relevant to posting pictures. I'll edit this post with a link when I get home tonight if you haven't found them yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little jeep Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 started with a very solid Comanche. Long bed with roll bar. Truck was listed as 6cyl manual on Craigslist and when I arrived in Delaware to get it I noticed it was v6 and auto. Not what I wanted but I figured if I can get it for a good price I'll take it and strip it down to the shell. I was able to take it home for $1000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little jeep Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 And for the next couple weeks I was on Craigslist looking for deals and getting the major components I needed to build the coolest Comanche I could think of that still had a chance of driving down the road here in NJ  46x19.5x16.5r Baja claws  Cucv (military Silverado) 1 tons Dana 60 king pin, 14 bolt rear, 4.56, locker in rear  Np205 transfer case, divorced  Sm465 4 speed manual trans, 2wd. Low gear then 1-3  And finally the motor. 350sbc converting to carburated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little jeep Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 $2700 in total spent on those parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
projectMANCHI Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 looking forward to this build. ultimate goal for my comanche is 4 link and 1 tons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Nice, I've got some 44x18.5s sitting around that I have been talking about putting on my MJ just for fun, not sure I would want to drive on them though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little jeep Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 Made 4' tall saw horses to build the jeep on. Sat it on there today and sat the tires next to it for fun. That should be about where ride height is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBeast Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Wow, I thought mine was tall! This is going to be interesting. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89eliminator Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 so you are building a frame for it? Â what do you plan on doing with the rig when you are done. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Â I assume the front clip flips forward? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little jeep Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 Yes it does. I made frame rails for the front half and there will be a sub frame in the middle for the 4 link arms to mount to. The existing rear frame rails will be stiffened it will be used in mud and rock crawling  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JurassicJeep24 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Looks spiffy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little jeep Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 Some up to date pictures  [/url [url=http://postimg.org/image/622ichwzr/] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little jeep Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 Close up  Fabbed up the front truss today Before and after Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiscoXJ Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Hells ya, subscribing to this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Tell me you are going to at least shave the axles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjrev10 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Tell me you are going to at least shave the axles? Â Running 46s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little jeep Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Tell me you are going to at least shave the axles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little jeep Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Shave as in take off the spring perches and shock mounts because you can see in the pics that I did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JurassicJeep24 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 No shave as in cutting eat metal off the bottom of the diff so they don't snag on rocks and what not. There isn't really a need to do it when you are running 46s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little jeep Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 Yea that extra 3/4" of steel hanging down might get in the way when it's 23" off the ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little jeep Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 Getting the diffs under the truck was a job but we got it done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBeast Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 I bet...Good job man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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