johnnybebad

this is the type of racing we do. this is one of the smaller tracks with no jumps.

thanks ! lol the funny thing is it`s all built out of junk, scrap metal. the only thing I bought was the tubing for the interior cage, everything else was free, just had to fab it up. the 4 link rear is holding on good, want to go with King shocks on the front and rear next season if funds allow

last race of the season in a week...time to add cage lol... Grinder locked up solid with a zip cut wheel on it . owwie lol a lil paint and shes good as new !

hehe no problem man

haha cool, the girl taking the video, her boyfriend is my navigator lol. broke the front sway bar on landing but other than that she`s good to go for the next race !

thanks !! email is j_bebad@hotmail.com, i`d like to see a few pics !! got the truck done the night before the race, never even tried it out, just threw it on the trailer and hoped for the best !! she performed pretty well for a stock 4 litre, didn`t have time to get the stroker built, and the ride is amazing. those edelbrock shocks made a world of difference !! think i finished 4th in my class , not bad for it`s first run !!! check out the air on the second vid lol

haha thanks !! hey get some pics of that bad @$$ camo MJ on here !!

missed the first race, lost my brakes after having them bled for over a month with no problems !! first the diaphram in the booster let go, then the caliper started leaking past the piston !! got the aw4 all wired up in place of the ax-15 , hoping to try it out thursday night, next race is this coming sunday !!! stay tuned for details lol

still at it ! pics to come !

i built the 4 link all from scrap. the axle end is fitted with 3/4 heims and the frame end is a pair of stock XJ front control arms cut in half to use the bushing. it flexes like crazy, as far as your shocks will let it. the ones I am running this year have 10 inches of travel, which is plenty for what I do, but next year I think I may run coilovers.

in a spot where it won`t get covered in mud !! lol

yep they are the ones I removed from the front. I have 4.5 Skyjackers in the front. got the heep all painted, brakes are bled, now just need to get the motor back in and fab up some front shock mounts,then stick the 31`s on. first race is June 5 & 6 in Truro, can`t wait !!

it is a Power Fist. cheap brand, I got it on sale for $130. does the trick pretty good, you just need to make your 90`s with two bends instead of one

it`s a cheap 12 ton bender, has dies for up to 2 inch pipe. the pipe i used was .100 wall thickness , bent it alright but it would kink if you tried to get anything close to a 90 out of it. the thicker the pipe the better with these benders.

lol thanks. although i`m not into this thing for a lot of money, its shaping up quite well. I paid $300 for the truck, sold the factory rims, interior,and the AX-15 and paid for the truck. rollcage tubing was just under $200, and the rest is pretty much scrap metal. the floor is made from the doors on an old refridgerator, the rear control arms are made up of pipes from an old industrial condenser , the bracing I did under the box was made from an old weight lifting bench and two steel bed rails :rotf: and the rest is from a pile of scraps thrown out of the local shipyard. no plasma, no chopsaw,no joint-jigger, just a Lincoln 100, a grinder ....oh and about 500 zipcuts lol

My father had an old ford cube van that he kept the box from for a wood storage shed, and these fibreglass pieces were taken off of it, which got me to thinking............... also had enough left over to make a rollpan, but the bondo is still drying on that lol

got the box on today for the last time ( i hope ;) ) . Had to fab up some new mounts so i could bolt the box down in the front, also did some reinforcing underneath. still need to weld some tabs on the headboard and bolt it back in, then it`s time for bodywork......

still need to weld in a dash bar and door bars going to the back of the cab but you get the idea. I tied the cage into the arm mounts to give them a little more strength, still need to plate them on the back sides, and there will be a 1/4 inch plate from the second crossmember to the first which will double as my battery box location. I am removing the headboard from the box and cutting out a portion of the bed so I will have access to the control arms and shocks from the top of the box . the fuel cell is going to be mounted on the remaining portion of the bed, and the headboard is going to be bolted back in with brackets and should fit between the cab and the cage perfect. welding in brackets for the racing seats and harnesses tomorrow !!

haven`t had much time to work on the truck lately, but i did manage to get the cage bent and welded in, floors are all repaired, and the Dana 44 is now fozzy locked, pics tomorrow !

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thought we were talking about the aw4, my bad

incorrect. please read before you post. which part ??

if your MJ is a 90 or earlier it should have the 21 spline NP231 , if it is 91-92 it should have the 23 spline . the input shaft can be changed on them if you needed to , it involves tearing the transfer case down but it can be done, I had to do it on my 89 xj which I swapped a 93 zj transfer case into

i have used two sets, one for racing, and have had no problems. I put an extra pair of spring isolators on with them just because I have seen the springs wear into the spacers on a couple of jeeps.

need to mount my edelbrok IAS shocks tomorrow , then the rear should be finished up. rollcage tubing is on its way, should start bending it up this week !!! these are my halfbreed control arms. going to try them for a season and if they twist , i`ll make them from square tube next time. still need to finish them off with a middle brace but you get the idea. lowers measure 38 inches eye to eye, and the uppers ( not shown ) are at 26.5 .