jonb8 Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Hi I'm Jon and I've alway's loved the Mj's and this is my third one. My problem is when I get them up and running, my buddy"s deal me out of them. This is the one I just got it's a 89 with a 4.0 and puke goat..LOL I'm gonna finish up the 5in lift and cut it big like I did on the black one in a pic below. Do a 97+ HO swap (no dash and interior) put in a 410 8.8 and D30 and 35/12.50's This is a pic of both of my old MJ's on are last trail ride, I hated watching them all day so I went out and got another one. :D This is my trail xj now Here's a pic of my wife's 2 dr I built her to mud race and sand drag. I got a video of her smoking me last year in a side by side drag...LOL She's fast. This is a 88 that I did a 97+ swap on, I love the look of the late models so the MJ is getting it to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87c0manch3 Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 nice man! Quick question. Any ideas where that front bumper came from or is it a custom made one?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonb8 Posted October 14, 2011 Author Share Posted October 14, 2011 The one on the MJ is a ARB, the one on the xj is home built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonb8 Posted November 18, 2011 Author Share Posted November 18, 2011 [*]I'm kinda on the fence on this build, I wanna build a v-8 xj for the OH mud races. They run tire size only across the river so I was gonna swap the 2dr over to a roller vortec 350,350T and 241 this winter. I've been playing with the idea of building the mj as a OH racer and leaving the 2dr for WV. I like the wheelbase of the mj for staying straight in the pit but not sure how it will transfer weight. Is the Mj unibody/rear frame stronger? Anyone here ever race offroad race one? Here's a couple video's to show what we use the little 2dr for. The last video is facebook and I couldn't get it to work on here so I linked it. The booms are the fair fireworks going off.... 3qN2YsONk2s Ff312hJMg2E fiFlSW0E9eg C2AIR0-AURU http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1803357697705&set=t.100000623931113&type=3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonb8 Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 I've decided to use a MJ to build my new project but not this one. I found a shell cheap and since I'm gutting it anyway, I'll save some time. I did get the cowl hood built to cover the SBC motor. Some other parts I've come up with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW86 Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 love that hood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJCARENA Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 That hood looks great. Thinking of trying that on my XJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonb8 Posted December 14, 2011 Author Share Posted December 14, 2011 It wasn't hard but I'll be painting mine matt black. Now if your gonna paint it to match your xj then It'll take alittle longer to keep the metal from warping, and alot of blocking. :cheers: I got the other MJ off the ground and on wheels yesterday, now I just gotta wait till they move 5 yrs of crap in front of it and I'll be ready to start the fun stuff. The pistons, rods and block are on there way to the machine shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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