Swampy

Yeah Telsa was even testing their EV semi the other day. It looks crazy streamlined but that's because she has to be as efficient as possible. It is definitely the way the future is heading. And the gov subsidizes coal and oil way more than electricity. Each year it gets cheaper to use and soon it'll be all there is. Electric and steam cars were actually the first cars in the US/ the world. But I may or may not consider turning to e85. I have to see how much it would be invested in it. Fuel availability probably has to be the only downside for e85/e100 but it should be coming up in availability as the industry goes in that direction. I know Brazil uses ethanol as a standard fuel for the country

I was thinking more along the lines of a flex fuel set up to be able to run a mix of e85 and like 88 octane gas

Hey guys, I was thinking if anyone has messed with different fuels in the comanches. Like e85, propane, e100, or a flexfuel set up. I have been thinking of doing an e85 or a flexfuel set up but not sure how it would work in the jeep. I know people do it to performance cars because of the cooler burning temp and better power but a jeep?

Well see what happens. Lots of options and lots of time haha

Oh okay awesome thanks Mnky yeah I am thinking about going this route or just getting an atlas. Still have a lot of thinking to do, as my manche is going to sit still december unfortunately

Dang you won't have any more?

Those cable floor shifters look good. This is definetly helping piece together my crawl box/tcase. The crawl box just has high and low right?

I may order a set at some point in time when I do the cage

Would you recomend an sye for the second 2 case? Also @mnkyboy how did you/where did you mount the shifter for the crawl box

Yeah I was planning on swapping in all the np241 guys into the np231 case and using that behind the crawl box. The ecobox does look good I am planning on running 35-37" tires

From teamcherokee.com

I will definitely look into it. I still have a while before I do something like this, just wanted to get an idea of whats available and what people are using

Looks fancier too haha. but after checking prices, it may be cheaper to go with the behemoth box

I have to re gear anyways for the bigger tires, but people have had issues with the 4:1 low range in the np231

Hey guys wanted to know how many of you have doublers, crawl boxes, underdrives or even special transfer cases like an atlas to get higher crawl ratios. I mainly want to do this so the jeep can tackle more terrain easier and so its easier offroading with a manual. Right now, how my comanche is set up: 3.55 gears, ax15, and np231 my crawl ratio is at about 37:1. When I regear to 5.13s crawl ratio is gong up to 53:1. The main goal is to get around 150:1 as a final crawl ratio but anywhere close to 100:1 is acceptable. What caught my attention was making a crawl box out of the front half of an np231. A company makes an adapter to make the front half of one np231 a crawl box and then mate a second np231 behind that. For a low-low of 7.4:1. Which when paired with the 3.83 1st gear of the ax15 and the 5.13 gears gets you a crawl ratio of 145:1. Almost exactly what I want. Do you guys think its a viable plan? Here Is the Adapter: NP231 Doubler Adapter and it would look something like this

I need some more fab skill to get my bump stops done and to just take my build up a notch like yours

Love the way it turned out and love the updates. A true inspiration

I sent a pm

Oh okay, its still going to come out awesome

Going soa or staying sua with the 8.8?

As I keep saying still have lots to do, but this is going to be it for a while, after next week it is getting parked till roughly December time . None the less I am still amazed by what I was able to do especially under a year from when I first got the jeep. I couldn't have done it without the help of this forum. These are some pictures from the first and last trip out for a while, this was right by my house because I had to take it out at least once before I left to university. What Happened on the trip: For being under geared and under powered it did well on the trails, it struggled in the softer thicker mud mud because 4banger+ 3.55 gears+ 36" tires+ open diffs= going no where. As far as carnage goes, it started smoking because I am leaking oil from the distributor gasket and this plate on the side of the block, lost my exhaust tip, and the passenger side adjustable upper control arm came apart. So those are things added to the list of things to do/fix. But this pretty much wraps up phase 1 of the build, phase 2 is going to be gears, lockers, roll cage (hopefully), power steering, fixing the oil leaks, fix gauges, interior upgrades/missing pieces, radio/speakers, front bumper, winch, battery box, snorkel etc. Thank you guys again for all the help

I waiting for more money and parts to make Wendy more reliable to be like a weekend warrior

Consider it an impulse buy, 4- 36x12.5x15 tsl swampers for $100. I couldnt pass on the deal. Yesterday I mounted them all on 15x8 american racing wheels and I couldnt be happier with the look. Yes I know, I am probably going to have to trim fenders, definitely need longer bump stops (Front and rear), and I need to save for gears and lockers.

It hung low because i hadnt fully tigthened the bolts before taking the picture. It was difficult to tigthen and hold a pipe that wants to fall on your face at the same time

looks awesome. I wanted to heat wrap my exhaust but wasnt sure about it trapping water and rusting the pipes