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  1. Comanche SS
    The start of the custom wheel adapter, from an 8” round stock of 6061 AL
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    Yeah…Hopefully its a little quieter than mine, a single 3.5’’ system lets it breathe but it sure isn’t daily driver friendly, but then again nothing about my build is lol
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    Nice, should be pretty good. Plan to run both 2.5” pipes on the passenger side of the transfer case?
  4. Comanche SS
    Looking good, what’s the plan/intention with the exhaust?
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    My dad helped me bleed the brakes yesterday, have the typical issue bleeding the bypass line, but I read about the trick to bleed it, so once I get more fluid, will be doing that soon. In other news, with the large fabrication project coming up soon (4x4 TTB conversion) I finally got some scraps together and built my first ever real workbench/Fab table. Will be really nice to clamp things down to this and know it’s sturdier than whatever I am needing to weld on. 3/16’’ Top, 1’’ plate under the vice, 6’’ C-Channel framing…Still need to find some cheap square tube for the legs.
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    The way I see it, new welders are made everyday….MJ’s on the other hand are less by the day.
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    This trucks a beauty, keep it up!
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    My MJ bed trailer is arguably one of my prized possessions, the usefulness of it is way more than I anticipated. You won't regret having one around, I use mine weekly around my property.
  9. Comanche SS
    Those are sweet little cars! Sounds good.
  10. Comanche SS
    10-4, appreciate the honesty lol….I sold my 4 pane slider, and I have the solid in my truck still, Wanting to go with the 3 pane slider in my truck.
  11. Comanche SS
    Pending your installs, might be interested in the second sliding glass setup.
  12. Comanche SS
    Getting back into autocross with the new (to me) GTO…It’s build thread can be seen in my sig. Took it to the first event this weekend and had a blast. Anyone else do this? Show us your setups!
  13. Comanche SS
    Got the brakes installed and lines finalized (leak test coming soon) Now just waiting on the custom parts, wheel machining, and diff sealant/fluid. Hopefully this coming week it’ll be back on its own weight and driving with a much improved rear axle.
  14. Comanche SS
    Nice! I run just a stock Silverado clutch in mine with around 550 crank HP and it does well
  15. Comanche SS
    Just a stock clutch? Looking good BTW!
  16. Comanche SS
    Playing with the gear ratio tools, the old gear ratios topped out at almost 300MPH in 5th, made me chuckle for a good minute. On a serious note, the 4.88 gears will be a much more usable 1-5th, 80MPH is around 2950RPM which is a bit up there. But this isnt a highway cruiser. 1st gear may be a bit low on road, but off road itll be nice and easy to use the torque..especially being a stage 3 cam thats a bug sluggish until 3k.
  17. Comanche SS
    Truck won't have HVAC or a head unit...
  18. Comanche SS
    While I'm twiddling my thumbs since the Machine shop has my parts, figured id look at a project ive been putting off. I had originally planned for some aftermarket gauges, but havent found a deal or set that I truly cared much for. So for now, I am going to use my Ipad as my gauges, and music, and trip computer....like a super advanced carplay basically. The gauges will go thru a regular OBD2 system reader to bluetooth, music will go thru bluetooth to a sony DSP amp (which I need to get at a later time) and cell connection for GPS and speed, as well as tracking some milage. Going to need to play with a few apps to find which I like the best. But I got a (very) rough 3D scan of the trim bezel, and a 3D model of my ipad, and got it placed. Now just need to connect the dots for some sort of mount. Want it to be sturdy and not shaky, but still easily install/uninstall the ipad as it will only live there when driving.
  19. Comanche SS
    Loaded up and ready to go to the machine shop...Couldnt get the front two tires off in time. Its a pain to dismount beadlocks in a way that doesnt hurt the tire in the process.
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    Ah, might help us help you if you post what apps you tend to use? I gathered from the quote "I need is something for basic office functions (Microsoft suite, excel, web browsing) all my programs are web based so I don't need anything downloaded to the actual machine." That any machine running a web surf would do the job.
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    For that price, the new macbook airs blow those out of the water. And are just about as premium and thin as it gets. If you are willing to adapt to the apple ecosystem, the hardware apple provides for the price is a no-brainer. https://www.apple.com/macbook-air/
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    The new lug studs arrived...beefy stuff. Need to dismount a tire off one of the beadlocks, and go meet with my buddy to get a spacer and wheel machined and proof of concept done before dismounting all the tires and having another spacer made.
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    I previously mentioned there was going to be some fun with the wheel bolt pattern and hub changes. So the (insanely expensive and sentimentally attached) method beadlocks I have are 5x4.5 with a small hub bore. The new TTB front end has 5x5.5'' and 3.43'' wheel/hub setup. The rear axle has a 5x5'' and 2.186'' hub. Obviously the three different hubs and patterns don't mix at all.... I have a great friend who owns a handful of 5-axis mills, lathes, and material to spare...needless to say its a whole machining operations plant lol. So the plan is to machine the wheels to 5x5.5'' with a 3.44'' hub bore. At this time the front axle will be handled. The rear axle is actually narrower than the front end will be by 5''...so wheel spacers at a minimum are required. I have designed a custom wheel adapter thats both hub centric and lug centric. The trick part is the hub centric is going to be for the axle hub and the new wheel hub. Inside hub will be the 2.187'' and the outside hub (where the wheel sits) will be 3.43'' All hubs will have 1-thou clearance, and the lugs will be next size up in the 1/16th scale. Both wheel hubs and bolt patterns will be the same front/rear. Both axles will be lug and hub centric. This should be a very stout wheel adapter, as the hubs will hold all shear, and the lugs will only be transferring TQ. And both axles are full float shafts...so in theory this is as strong as it can be given the parts used. Will have extended 1/2-20 studs all 4 corners.
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    They worked on a racecar, theyll work on a Jeep lol
  25. Comanche SS
    Yeah, I understand that. You are doing the opposite of what I did lol...I went from a superchard iron 5.3 to an aluminum 6.2
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