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1988 Comanche BMW M57 Swap, Rear Coils
colthrax replied to colthrax's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
Finally got to test the car with the changes, it's horrible to drive on the round at 60mph ish. Need to adjust the flow to the steering assist thing -
Damn that looks good
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1988 Comanche BMW M57 Swap, Rear Coils
colthrax replied to colthrax's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
So I finally went ahead and mounted the radiator in the rear instead. Looks like the cage actually helps channel the air downwards, which is a nice bonus I also cycled the suspension to make sure nothing rubs in the rear after moving the axle forward. Next step is figuring out some kind of bed cover. I’m currently leaning towards diamond plate aluminum. Also this is before and after moving the axle, the wheel wells are bigger now to make room for the 40's and the 42's I will switch to later. -
Jeep 4.0 Automatic not changing gears.
colthrax replied to Gradinen's topic in MJ Tech: Modification and Repairs
You are correct, that line only controls the pressure. the toyota version of the AW4 had an electrical thingie instead of a wire that we have. "kickdown" comes from the TPS sensor I keep my pressure wire thing ziptied to about 70%. But I don't use the TCU for my aw4. -
1988 Comanche BMW M57 Swap, Rear Coils
colthrax replied to colthrax's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
Nooo damn you are the first person to agree with me -
1988 Comanche BMW M57 Swap, Rear Coils
colthrax replied to colthrax's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
Ahh I been told this alot haha, guess I will buy some more orange paint and paint it the same for now then. Thanks -
Mercedes OM606 TD Swap
colthrax replied to Warren99's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
Whats the diameter of those pipes to the intercooler? -
1988 Comanche BMW M57 Swap, Rear Coils
colthrax replied to colthrax's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
I think the proportions looks better like this, before it looked stretched. Steering seems to work alright, abit scary on the road. Maybe too much angle on the joints? I also need to repaint the car because of all the dents and crap. Not sure I want it orange anymore. I have alot of TGB11/13 paint but don't know what I think about it AI image: -
Mercedes OM606 TD Swap
colthrax replied to Warren99's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
Pictures!! -
1988 Comanche BMW M57 Swap, Rear Coils
colthrax replied to colthrax's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
The axle is now correctly positioned. The remaining work is to cut and relocate the wheel arch and fill in the area behind it. -
1988 Comanche BMW M57 Swap, Rear Coils
colthrax replied to colthrax's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
And here we go… I should have done this from the start instead of just cutting the rear of the bed. I’m moving the rear axle forward by 17.5 cm to match a shortbed wheelbase. When I cut the bed, it ended up with shortbed dimensions, so now I also need to move the wheel opening forward and fill in the section behind it. -
1988 Comanche BMW M57 Swap, Rear Coils
colthrax replied to colthrax's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
I hope it won't be any problem But it's a slow side project, just decided on gears instead of chain in them so it has to be redone. Printed a working model in 1:1 size with a chain and that worked. But finding a chain was hard... -
1988 Comanche BMW M57 Swap, Rear Coils
colthrax replied to colthrax's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
This weekend my project on moving the rear axle forwards abit so I get the same wheelbase as a shortbed will start. also bought a new steering hydro assist thing, found the part from a tractor. -
1988 Comanche BMW M57 Swap, Rear Coils
colthrax replied to colthrax's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
After sweden offroad tour, my dad with his 35's did not like driving with me He has started to prototype dana30 bolt on portals because of it now -
1988 Comanche BMW M57 Swap, Rear Coils
colthrax replied to colthrax's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
Had to extend my front fenders, but still got alot of trimming left to do. Will join in on sweden offroad tour 3 days late -
1988 Comanche BMW M57 Swap, Rear Coils
colthrax replied to colthrax's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
I had welded my old rims to fit the new bolt pattern, but at around 110–120 km/h, the car started to wobble a bit. Today, I went to check out some new rims and a set of 38.5" Super Swampers. When I got there, the guy had a set of 40" Cooper tires already mounted on the rims. He wasn’t planning to sell them—but I managed to convince him. So now I'm rolling on 40s! 😄 My old rims and new ones, got to weld beadlocks on them but as sweden offroad tour is starting tomorrow I do not have time. -
1988 Comanche BMW M57 Swap, Rear Coils
colthrax replied to colthrax's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
Axles are mounted, airlocker is installed in the front axle and rear one is converted to air. Just got to make some protection for the rear one -
1988 Comanche BMW M57 Swap, Rear Coils
colthrax replied to colthrax's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
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1988 Comanche BMW M57 Swap, Rear Coils
colthrax replied to colthrax's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
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1988 Comanche BMW M57 Swap, Rear Coils
colthrax replied to colthrax's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
Started putting the front axle on the car, today I tried to mount the tie rod thing, it hits the control arms with patrols dumb location of it Need to make some kind of high steer, 3d printing it before cutting this time. -
1988 Comanche BMW M57 Swap, Rear Coils
colthrax replied to colthrax's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
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1988 Comanche BMW M57 Swap, Rear Coils
colthrax replied to colthrax's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
Alright, rescanned both the y61 axle and dana30 to draw the mounting points. Price for the metal cut and deliverd is $150 -
1988 Comanche BMW M57 Swap, Rear Coils
colthrax replied to colthrax's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
I couldn’t lift the axle to scan the rest of it today, but I managed to scan some of it. The iPhone's LiDAR is working surprisingly well, allowing me to scan and draw the truss and mounting points in CAD. Once I have everything scanned and drawn, I'll be able to send it to the laser cutting place I first tested this approach with the rear axle to design the truss and rear coil mounts, and everything fit perfectly. After a bit of cleanup in Blender, I am able to open it in SolidWorks. -
1988 Comanche BMW M57 Swap, Rear Coils
colthrax replied to colthrax's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
Haha thank you :) -
1988 Comanche BMW M57 Swap, Rear Coils
colthrax replied to colthrax's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
Yeah! exactly :)
