Wednesday, July 28, 2010

July ROTM Winner - "SaturnICL"




The White Whale ("Mobey Dick")
-1999 Grand Cherokee Limited (WJ)
- 4.7l v8
- Swaped in 231 t-case/w SYE.
- Ford super 60 HP front axle /w 5.38's (welded) a ORU High steer knuckle
- Rear Ford Sterling 10.5/w 5.38's and Detroit Tru-Track
- 17x10 Raceline Black Monsters in 8-170 blot pattern (custom)
- Pitbull Radial Rockers in 37-12.5-17
- Custom 3 link front suspention
- 4 link triangulated rear with 2" x .250 sleeved with 1.5" x .250 LCAs heims /w high missalignments at axle and Ballistic joints (JJ style) 1.5" x .250 UCAs same ends
- Cut rockers and fabricated boat sides
- Custom rear bumper (modified plans for the LSR Incline bumper)
- Cut and rolled fenders and applied Plastikote bedliner to lower half of body
- Taurus electric fan conversion.

Notable mentions:
Lisa at T-fab for going the extra mile to get me fab parts on time and pulling strings to get my wheels.
Sam at Samco for helping me get my suspention geometry dialed.

Vendor Thanks:
T-fab, Deluxe, ORI, ORE, SamCo
















June ROTM Winner - "floor ya"



- 1967 jeepster commando
- 231 buick motor with fuel injection, sanderson headers, power steering, high flow water pump
- jeepster bell housing modified to fit the chevy tranny, jeepster balanced 50 lb. flywheel and hydro clutch with a yj master cyl.
- chevy sm 420 4 speed
- cj7 dana 20 tc with tera low 3:15 gears, 32 spline advanced adapters output, twin sticks
- narrowed dodge dana 44 front, with detroit true trac and high steer
- .250 wall dom steering links with heavy dudy hiems
- ford semi float dana 60, 5 on 5.5 with a detroit, and caddy eldo discs.
- 35 bfg's black steel wheels
- cj5 tilt coloum
- 23 gl. fuel tank and custom skid plate built by trent fab.
- warn 8274
- rocker protection
- tire carrier
- 6 point 1.75 dom cage
- duel batterys
- welder in the dash
- rock lights














May's ROTM Winner - "jeepndel"




Del Albright’s Land Use War Machine
"Fully lifted, locked, winched and racked"







- 1997 TJ Wrangler, “Seein’ Red” (C UN RD)
- 4L engine
- Advance Adapters Atlas 5:1 T-case and 5sp tranny
- ARB’s front and rear with 4.88:1 gears
- Currie Ford 9 rear
- Currie 44 front with CTM’s and Chrome-molly axles
- Currie Anti-Rock, front and rear
- Warn Hub Conversion Kit
- BFGoodrich Tires, 35 x 12.50 KM2 Mud Terrains
- Raceline Wheels Monster Diamond Beadlocks
- Olympic4x4 Products Roof Rack (Dave’s Rack)
- Hanson Front and Rear Bumpers and Cargo System
- Rubicon Express 5.5inch Long Arm Kit and Dual Remote Reservoir Shocks
- Motorsports Fabrication Services (MFS) Cross-over Custom Steering
- PSC Hydraulic Assist Steering
- WARN PowerPlant up front
- PowerTank
- Tuffy Rear Cargo Drawer
- PRP Seats
- Bushwacker Flat Fender Flairs
- Tom Wood’s Custom Drive Shaft
- Poison Spyder Access Army Rocker Knocker/Sliders
- Poison Spyder Crusher Corners
- GenRight Louvers and Krawler Gas Tank
- Arabia’s Overkill Custom Roll Cage
- PIAA lights, front and rear
- 12 Volt Guy Dash Switch Panel
- Premier Power Welder
- CTM U-Joints
- JW Jeep Wreckers various body parts
- Treks Rear Spring Re-Locater Kit
- RAM-Mount system for GPS
- Garmin Nuvi 500 GPS

Del's favorite trails-

Rubicon Trail
Moab
Tierra del Sol TDS Desert Safari
Jeep Beach, Florida
Southwest Crawlfest, UT
Western NV Ghost Town trails
Death Valley
Dusy-Ershim
Pardoe Trail, N. CA




April's ROTM Winner - "Hardline Metal Works"

Jimmy

March's ROTM WInner - "dirtbikejohn"

- 1998 jeep wrangler TJ
- 4.0, auto transmission
- 231 transfer case with sye
- dana 44 rear axle with arb, superior cromo 33 spline shafts and 4.88 gears
- dana 30 front, 4.88 gears and open diff
- 37x12.5 BFG km2 tires on robby gordon beadlocks
- 2" tummy tuck up into the chassis with flat belly skids
- 4.5 Rubicon Express short arm lift
- Genright full body armor
- Tfab hi-line fenders
- Tfab lexan smoked hood
- custom rear bumper with tire carrier
- Tfab "old school" front bumper
- 8k winch
- pro comp 130 lights up front
- on board air W/viair 1 gallon tank onder the hood
- optima red top
- currie anti rock sway system
- Genright oil pan and gas tank skids
- custom cage
- cb radio, gps, and a rockin stereo system!

"This jeep has been alot of fun to build on and wheel.
The only thing I would change is the front axle to a locked 44."

February's ROTM Winner - Darin Dunn "dtrekk"

January's ROTM Winner - "trupster415"

-1967 toyota landcruiser FJ40 picked up as a body and frame only.
-Rear of the tub has ben stretched 18" to make the wheel base 115"
-Engine is a full roller tune port injected GM 350 with afr aluminum heads.
-Transmission is a built th400.
-The FJ has an offroad designs 203/205 doubler with 32 spline front output and is twin sticked.
-The front axle is a GM Dana 60 with that is 3 linked with swayaway coilovers, 4.88 gears, an arb locker, cromolly shafts, yukon super joints and Dynatrac Dyna Lock hubs.
-The rear axle is a shaved Gm 14 bolt that 4 linked, also with swayaway coil overs, disc brakes, 4.88 gears, and a Detroit Locker.
-All the lower links are 1.5", .500 wall spring steel.
-It rolls on 42" TSLs mounted to 15x12 Eaton wheels with custom rock rings.