Daily Tire Slayer

[Dirteatr717]

The title says it all. This truck will be my lowered daily driver that will kill tires, I'm shooting for decent miles per gallon and even more smiles per gallon. I'm currently collecting parts for this build while I still "finish" my other truck. Here's the specs of it currently and what it will hopefully get!

Currently:

-87 MJ 250k+ on the 99% RUST FREE body and mildly dented bed

-150k+ on the swapped oil covered sluggish 2.5

-Unknown mileage on the ax4 and dana35... It's 2WD and staying that way

-Tan interior... Bleh I dislike tan interiors but ill deal until I get a grey or blue interior for cheap or free.. Currently have my other trucks blue bench and Cherokee_chiefs old blue door panels in the truck

-Blown brake booster from getting cut off and screeching all fours so I didn't die.. I have a replacement 99+ booster

-pretty sure the kid who had it before me swapped in a wrong era 6 cyl gauge cluster because it came with 3 clusters ???? So none of the gauges work and since the new motor and computer will take a electrical wizard to make work with the jeep cluster ill just make my own in the stock spot :)

-Needs a straight tailgate because I can't stand looking at the banana shaped, dented one on there now.

THE PLAN... Hopefully all of what it's getting! Some things may change but this is my dream list of stuff I'd like it to have

-Got a free Chevy 5.3 LM7 from a running 01 Tahoe from intake to pan for free

-All of my cars/ trucks have been Manual and I'm not switching to auto now so this will get either a T-5 (prone to blowing up with this kind of power) or a t-56 if I can find one worth giving a arm or leg for..

-Byebye D35... A welded 8.25 or LSD 8.8 will find its place under the truck eventually

-Plate the unibody in the weak areas beforehand

-ZJ v8 sway bar up front, possibly a Cherokee swaybar in the back?

-since it will be getting a v8 I'd like to put v8 ZJ coils up front and cut them to my desired height... Most likely pretty low :D

-traction bar to save the leafs

That's all I can think of off the top of my head and all I could want out of a tolerable Daily driver that would be a lot of fun to drive. This is probably going to take quite a long time as I have a crapload of tickets to pay off and spend too much money on my other truck as it is. I'd like to dabble in auto-cross as a few of my friends do it and its a fun weekend activity!

 

 

Here's the story of how I acquired this truck for those that don't know!

I was wheeling at one of the only decent size places on this island mothers day night (may 12th 2013) and stumbled across a hillclimb I've never seen and none of my wheeling buddies have done it in the daytime/ let alone at night. So of course I was the test dummy and made it about 3/4 the way up and had to maneuver around a fallen tree and was only paying attention to my driver side and started flexing a little and felt unstable so I stopped and then started slipping to the passenger side and next thing I know I'm rolling down the right side of the hillclimb and landed on my tires with the truck still running... Crushed but running and missing a few things. I messed up my shoulder pretty bad and lost my job at a Welding and Fab shop because i was unable to do anything physically.. So after a few of my friends found out they all got together and put some money together to get me another vehicle... They knew how attached I was to my beloved truck so of course they set out to get another Comanche! Another friend of mine was willing to sell me a running blue 2dr Cherokee to me for scrap price if I just got it out of his yard but I had no way of getting there so I wanted to check it out and was waiting for my buddy to come pick me up but he said he was running late and then one by one all of my friends started showing up to "come hangout" until one of them showed up with a Comanche on a dolly... It wasn't in my street for 2 minutes before I broke out the tools so I could drive it around.. Opening a hood with one arm is really hard by the way, had my friends do that part for me haha

Basically I have some great friends all willing to lend to a friend in need.

 

Here's some pics because I know you guys are bored of reading.

The day I got it

From left to right: My 89, Cherokee-chiefs 89 and my little 87

Most recent pic I have of it

Jeep tough with Chevy stuff :D

 

 

Thanks for reading!

[ComancheHungry]

Man your trucks are awsome! On your build for the other truck (the one you "killed" twice and ressurected it) i read every post. It was like a novel i couldnt stop reading i loved it and i love that truck! I can't wait to see what you do with this one and once i get my truck and do some nice stuff to it i gotta come out there and see how it compares to yours!