"Wacko" (wacko--)
02/13/2018 at 15:51 • Filed to: None
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"Wacko" (wacko--)
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That didn’t take long
https://www.bruiserconversions.com/jeep-jl-conversion/
OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars
> Wacko
02/13/2018 at 15:56 |
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David Tracy dd all that heat engineering for nothing. Oh well. POWER.
HammerheadFistpunch
> Wacko
02/13/2018 at 15:57 |
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Fred and crew already tore one up completely and turned it into a long wheelbase 2 door
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The Jeep community motto: Get a wrangler...replace most of it.
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Wacko
> HammerheadFistpunch
02/13/2018 at 16:00 |
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well that how you make a jeep better, get rid of all the FCA parts
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Wacko
> OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars
02/13/2018 at 16:04 |
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OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars
> Wacko
02/13/2018 at 16:08 |
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I need this on the ISF
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> HammerheadFistpunch
02/13/2018 at 16:11 |
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All things aside, that thing is bad ass.
BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo
> Wacko
02/13/2018 at 16:11 |
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On a short enough timeline...
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HammerheadFistpunch
> Censored
02/13/2018 at 16:13 |
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it really is, but its hardly a JL anymore from the chassis down.
FSI
> HammerheadFistpunch
02/13/2018 at 16:14 |
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That’s embarrassing. Embarrassing for FCA that it takes the aftermarket to build versions of the Wrangler that people have been demanding for years (decades?).
cmill189 - sans Volvo
> HammerheadFistpunch
02/13/2018 at 16:15 |
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I’ve thought for a while that Jeep should offer an option to buy a bare body and frame with the option of getting it with an engine. I was accidentally in Moab last year during Eastern Jeep Safari and the number of JK’s with V8s and Dana 60s is downright crazy. Many of them started as Rubicons!
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HammerheadFistpunch
> cmill189 - sans Volvo
02/13/2018 at 16:19 |
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It must be so nice to be a wrangler repair shop since you must have an abundance of “used” brand new parts to choose from on the cheap.
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> HammerheadFistpunch
02/13/2018 at 16:22 |
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Agreed. At least Fred usually uses his jeeps and requires most of the mods applied. I honestly don’t know for sure what the axles are under the JL but I think I saw that they were a variation of 44's that they were calling a “dana 45". With all that said, no factory axle is going to support 42's for anything other than show.
Secondly, it has the proportions of the LJ (TJU), where it looks great with large tires and the top on, but the looks falters quickly with the top off. I shall now call this jeep the LLJ (Larger Long Jeep)
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> HammerheadFistpunch
02/13/2018 at 16:23 |
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I love the idea of that, but in reality those extra doors are pretty useful. Especially since they didn’t make the front doors longer
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HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> cmill189 - sans Volvo
02/13/2018 at 16:26 |
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This is a really good idea. I think this is how a lot of cool old cars could be brought back. Like the FD RX-7, or AE86 even old school muscle cars that have sky rocketed in price. Just sell the shell as a “kit car” and offer different interior, suspension, and powertrain options. Several OEM companies sell their engines by them selves why not do the same with Chassis.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> Censored
02/13/2018 at 16:27 |
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I think people would love another LJ, but its aint happening with a 2 door 4 door and soon to be truck in the family. The Jeep axles are indeed either D30's or a Jeep specific D44. a D44 sounds like a tough axle, but they really aren’t. semi-float, pressed tube, and gear and pinions that aren’t THAT big (my Land cruiser front axle stock is beefier than the rear axle on a rubicon). Fred did a good walkthrough with dynatrac about their axles and answers the question we all ask - why not just put on stronger axles from the start.
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> HammerheadFistpunch
02/13/2018 at 16:44 |
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$$$$. As is the answer for 99% of automotive decisions.
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OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars
> HammerheadFistpunch
02/13/2018 at 16:51 |
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I swear they are only buying VINs half the time.
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Wacko
> OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars
02/13/2018 at 16:59 |
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BigBlock440
> FSI
02/13/2018 at 17:45 |
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FCA has to deal with things like CAFE, safety standards, and reliability. The aftermarket does not. It’s not embarrassing that people actually
want
their vehicles, you don’t see people doing this stuff to a CX-5.
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FSI
> BigBlock440
02/14/2018 at 00:22 |
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Well, dropping a supercharged 707hp V8 into everything doesn’t seem to be a problem. But you’re right. Still, a Wrangler pick up is long overdue as long as gas is cheap.