neohic Posted June 6, 2015 Author Posted June 6, 2015 Nice cross-member, does it bolt up to the factory holes/studs? Yup. Tied into one more hole that was already in the frame too.
Wiggilez Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 the base is just two pieces of angle iron and some box tubing correct?
neohic Posted June 7, 2015 Author Posted June 7, 2015 Correct. Couple pieces of 1/4"x2"x3" angle and one piece of 1/4"x2"x3" tubing for the bulk of it along with more weight than I probably needed. Others have used just a piece of 2"x4" tubing and doing away with complexity, but once again I was just using whatever scraps I had. Some assembly required. Easy, peasy.
neohic Posted June 7, 2015 Author Posted June 7, 2015 Control arm mini skid done today along making up a new mount for the stabilizer. No idea what it's supposed to be for, but an XJ it is not. Would it make more sense to get one that's actually designed to fit? Probably. On the other hand, like the new crossmember it makes for potential future changes easier when the time comes.
neohic Posted June 17, 2015 Author Posted June 17, 2015 Started on something new today. Does it add anything performance wise?... probably not. Will make a racket in the interior?... maybe. Am I making it just for the simple fact that I wanted to?... yup.
HOrnbrod Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 It sure is. Much too nice for that scurvy engine bay. :rotfl2: You should send it to me.
COFFMAN Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 Will be interesting to hear how it preforms .... lets see the interior mods. You've done some great mods with this rig, nice work :thumbsup:
Pete M Posted June 18, 2015 Posted June 18, 2015 oh great. now after I make one from PVC I get to look at it every day going, damn... that coulda been cool... but... :( very sweet man :thumbsup:
neohic Posted June 20, 2015 Author Posted June 20, 2015 I thought I had all my ducks in a row with this one, and then I went out to the shop yesterday to try and put together all the pieces. Nope... of course not. In my haste of looking around online at what others have done I made the mistake of not actually MEASURING what would fit in the cowl and what wouldn't. I very happily stopped at the local parts place and picked up your average "this is going to make my car go so fast" style cone filter, went home to cut some very large holes, only to find out that my newly purchased "this is going to make my car go so fast" style cone filter is way too big to fit into the cowl. Bummer. Okay... had some running around to do in town yesterday so I stopped again. They were just unpacking a new batch of other style "this is going to make my car go so fast" style cone filters and I though that I had a winner. THOUGHT is the key word there. Everything looked like it would fit, but it was going to be tight. Looks promising? Nope... double fail. After expelling all options of fairly cheap local parts store "this is going to make my car go so fast" style cone filters, I did what I should've done in the first place and did some looking around online at dimensions I ordered up a K&N RU-5111. It's has a 3" flange and the dimensions are 4.5" at the fat end, 3.5" at the skinny end, and 5.75" tall minus the flange which is .75". It's really the 4.5" measurement that's the real magic of it. The cowl can be cut so it'll just barely fit between some nice stamped sheet metal lines, but I've got about 5.5" of depth to work with. Then there's the middle of the cowl that cuts in to make room for the valve cover which necks down to just over 3.5". It'll be tight, but I also wanted to go with something that won't choke anything down. Fingers crossed on this one. I've got some very large holes cut into the cowl that should really be filled with something to make it worthwhile. :doh:
HOrnbrod Posted June 20, 2015 Posted June 20, 2015 Amsoil make this same size filter, but it's dry - doesn't need periodic douching and oiling that the K&N filters do. This might be a viable option because of the PITA-to- get to location in the cowl.
neohic Posted June 20, 2015 Author Posted June 20, 2015 Not a pain to get to at all. Thus... ... some very large holes... Tried to plan ahead on that one instead of the "that'll do" approach of all the other projects on this thing.
HOrnbrod Posted June 20, 2015 Posted June 20, 2015 Well, you gotta pull the wipers, the cowl vent, and the washer lines. Maybe I'm just lazy. :dunno:
neohic Posted June 21, 2015 Author Posted June 21, 2015 ... says the guy who has to pull a wiper off to open his hood completely? :idea:
HOrnbrod Posted June 21, 2015 Posted June 21, 2015 Har - I fixed that, sort of. I installed 1" shorter struts. Now it opens about as far as it did previously with the old prop rod and I can leave the wiper arms on all the time.
sang_route Posted June 26, 2015 Posted June 26, 2015 nice welds man, i was thinking of doing a Humvee intake like this
neohic Posted June 27, 2015 Author Posted June 27, 2015 Thanks! Spent a little bit of time looking at this today. Got a package from Amazon with a fancy new air cleaner. Measured it up and it should fit... probably. Also this happened...
HOrnbrod Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 Nice tank skid. :bowdown: Looks kinda like the Rocky Road one, only betta!
neohic Posted June 27, 2015 Author Posted June 27, 2015 Nice tank skid. :bowdown: Looks kinda like the Rocky Road one, only betta! Yeah... there really isn't all that much one can do to change it up with an XJ tank skid. I've never seen one with drainage holes though. I wanted those so I can rinse things out from time to time with little fuss. You know... rust control and all... :fs2:
HOrnbrod Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 That's why yours is betta. :cheers: I also punched holes in my tank skid before installing because of the deep water crossings I have to do occasionally at the mall. The little louvers in the factory skid get clogged sometimes.
neohic Posted June 27, 2015 Author Posted June 27, 2015 ... I also punched holes in my tank skid before installing because of the deep water crossings I have to do occasionally at the mall. :rotf:
Pete M Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 :thumbsup: yeah, I'm gonna have to copy/paste that one onto my uncle's XJ :yes: (assuming I ever get to start that project).
neohic Posted July 9, 2015 Author Posted July 9, 2015 Drove this thing to work today and I went out around mid afternoon to find a new spot of fluid on the pavement in an odd place. Crawled under it to find a few moist lines. "Hu... well, that's either a fuel line, or a brake line. Neither of which I'd like to deal with in a parking lot." Hoped in it, pushed the brake pedal and things felt okay. Pumped it up and gave it another go... and then it went straight to the floor. Crap. Had a nice walk to the closest parts store, got a 5' stick of bulk line, few fittings, and then tried to rent a flaring tool. Well, they didn't have any flaring tools left to rent out, and I contemplated throwing a compression fitting on there just to get it home... for about two seconds. Wifey picked me up after she got done with work and we headed for home to get my flaring tool. Got back... cut... flare... assemble... she worked the pedal... now it's better than ever. Honestly, I wonder how long it's been leaking! Scary thought! :eek: As for the rest of the day, it started off awesome! Why? Because it now sounds like it's got a turbo breathing through the dash! It's a little loud at start up, and then also when you stab the gas. Pictures to follow at some point of the new intake. :D
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