onebigmj

God I love this truck. Do you have any complaints about the caltracs? I have an ls truck on stock suspension and it doesn’t wheel hop but I have to think those would help me get it off the line better.

What size tires are you running on that bad boy?

I guess I haven’t updated in a while. Got the front end put back together and managed to keep the patina. Even found a nice faded out original grill and bumper.

Just made the 1600mi round trip to pick up this death trap. I’d been going back and forth with the owner trying to find time to make the trip down. Then he slammed it through a fence and the deal changed a bit. The original builder did(in my opinion) a nice job building the truck. It has(according to the original builder) a gen4 5.3 taken out to a 383. Texas speed heads, and lots of other goodies and made 480hp and 480tq at the wheels. Backed by a 4L80 and an 8.8. Plans right now are just to straighten it out from the wreck then do some much needed maintenance the previous owner neglected. I got to drive it in GA and it is absolutely wild how powerful it is. Sadly we just got over a foot of snow so she’s grounded till spring. IMG_1842.MOV

Yeah I’d like to pick up a complete 2wd axlel the my lowered Comanche if the price was right

Any plans for the 2wd front axle??

It’s perfection. Paint nothing!

The wheels looks sextacular! What size tires are you running?

Glad to hear it. I’ve seen allot of good reviews on them. Fine looking LJ btw!

Thanks for the advice! So far I love them. I bought them mounted and balanced and all the weights fell off before I put them on the Jeep 🙄. But they’re so smooth and so quiet I can’t believe it.

Damn that’s awesome you still have your first ride. Looks like it’s in great shape. Would be cool to see a breakdown of the current setup at least.

Yeah that’s for sure. You should start a build thread for it.

That Cherokee is pretty snazzy looking!

Did an alignment and got all the arms adjusted on the Jeep. Finally got to take it up the road for the first time in over 2yrs. Very happy with the way everything felt. Might finally get to put a few miles on it and start working the bugs out.

I was inspired by another member and finally did the one piece glass swap this weekend. PIA but well worth it. Got the old girl inspected to and it passed with no issue.

I just got glass, seals regulators for mine at the JY. Might try to tackle it this weekend if weather allows. Did you do the bleepingjeep method or another way?

Nice! Did you do manual or power windows? My window seals are junk and I’m leaning toward going one piece glass.

Interior looks awesome! I love the sem paint. It’s held up fantastic in mine and matched almost perfect

That’s awesome. I’ve really been tossing the idea of an ls swap around but I’d hate to sacrifice my trucks mileage. Sounds like it’s capable of better economy than a 4.0 if you stay off the throttle 😂

I knows it’s a dumb question but what kind of fuel mileage are you seeing so far? I had a couple early 2000s 5.3 silverados and they got 18-20mpg fairly consistently I’d driven right.

Can’t complain about the originals. They lasted 32yrs and 161k miles. Threw some new spicers in and it’ll be good for as long as I own it.

Finally got the old girl out of storage. Forgot how much fun it was to drive. Then I immediately remembered how much work it takes to keep a 32yr old truck going as I was replacing ujoints.

I have about $25k in a 2004 wrangler that is honestly not that special. I feel your pain.

No but I’ve run out of interesting stuff to do to wranglers. Might as well ruin my Comanche 🤷‍♂️😂.

This thing is so awesome. You really make me want to tackle a 5.3 swap.