my jimmy build ... sold

[xj97sport]

its a 1994 gmc jimmy 4 door 4.3l auto edelbrock headders yellow top battery full 3 inch exhaust through a flowmaster no cat. came with a welded rear and this is why im starting this thread as i put a d35 under it i have pics but they will come later with explination on how and why i did things. change of plans pics will be linked via photo bucket as im poor and have dial up lol http://s253.photobucket.com/albums/hh69/jthorrocks/ thers a few pics of it

[Shaker]

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh69/jthorrocks/100_0522.jpg

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh69/jthorrocks/100_0456.jpg


You can't go wrong with a Jimmy.:thumb:

edit-That is jt's jimmy I posted

[xj97sport]

the first pic is after the bbbs run and the second one was my first trip with it to a local freinds back yard to see what she was made of as you can see there a huge buldge in the second pic on the roof line that has now been takin care of via port a power compliments of my good freinds at perkins mechanical who are also letting me do my axel swap at there shop ... the reasoning for the buldge is it side swiped a telephone pole and well ... ya it showes bad on the floor board i kinda fixed it but its hard to bang out a giant pole imprint and that is the reason it became a wheeler

[xj97sport]

heres a link to some more pics ... the top 4 http://s253.photobucket.com/albums/hh69/jthorrocks/

[Nate4d]

putting a dana 35 under it???? why?

[xj97sport]

uhhhhh ....... http://www.michiganwheelers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5179

[xj97sport]

surprised no one said any thing about me workin on it with a crane holdin it up lol

[joe_jeep]

the d35 rear can live. is it flanged or c clip. the flanged version is a perfect candidate for a super 35 kit. i had one in my jeep and put a super 35 kit in it. i had great luck with 35's and 36's. if ya get in a bind i got a ford 9 inch for 75 bucks. 3.50 gear complete drum to drum, 65 wms. i had a 88 s10 blazer for a long time, was a great truck except the ifs.

good luck

[xj97sport]

ya the ifs is the next thing to go this winter and as for this super 35 kit ima check into it ... like ive said i only wanna max out at 33 inch tires so i think my axel should be alright .

also while im on the thread i just drove it home played around in the dirt at the shop for a minute did ok so i decided to bring her home ... drove like a champ the track lock thing is flippin awsome when i turned i was expcting the wheel hop and none .... WOOT and the locker works case i floor boarded it in the dirt and both lit up so im a happy camper

[xj97sport]

ok so no one has any thing to say like ... i dunno woot jt got it done lol

[CheapThrillB2]

okay i'll play....quit changing the title of the thread lol....everytime i get on the forum your title changes.

[xj97sport]

lol i like to keep ya on ur feet lol

[xj97sport]

well i just got done cleaning it out and im thinking im gunna do away with the carpet ... its kinda nasty i hosed it down and scrubbed it but ... dang mud dont go away. i know if i take it out itll be loud as heck in the cab (specially cause i got headders and 3 inch with nothin but a flowmaster... what do you guys think?

[BroncoBuddha]

take it out! all it does is hold moisture and make your floors rust out, if its too loud turn up the radio :thumb:

[xj97sport]

lol ... sound like a plan then ima wait till i get some cash lined up for some rubberized coating to put on the flooor then

[Shaker]

:woot:

[xj97sport]

ok update ... locker works like a champ taking corners no wheel hop (kinda hard to used to lol) and as for acceleration .. well ill let the pic speak for its self (this was just a quick throttle jab in my driveway)

http://s253.photobucket.com/albums/hh69/jthorrocks/?action=view&current=100_0538.jpg

[Beefy]

Here ya go :thumb:
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh69/jthorrocks/100_0538.jpg

is this how u pick up teh ladies? By lifting your rear?:hehe:

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh69/jthorrocks/000_0119.jpg

[xj97sport]

one day it WILL sit that high lol (and not just in the rear)

[xj97sport]

surprized marv hasent chimed in about my burnout lol

[xj97sport]

hum he still hasent noticed

[BroncoBuddha]

I did, you must like replacing rear axles there lead foot :poke::rolleyes:

[xj97sport]

:ha: :woot:

[abester69]

Ok jt, Im gonna bite. A limited-slip (trac-loc) is a clutch plate style or cone or worm gear design or centrifigal weights(gov-loc) only intended to equalize torque to each axle under load, as long as the surface remains reasonably stable on each wheel. Now put one tire on pavement and one on dirt, starting out both tires will spin but the tire on the dirt will break loose and the pavement tire will slow because of the power going to the dirt.A good limited slip will minimize this but wont stop it. A locker is a spring loaded clamshell type mechanism or electric or mechanical engagement; that will lock both rear axles reguard less of surface composition.The bad part witha locker if you spin out with on tire in dirt the other one on pavement; the pavement axle will develope an exponential torque load because there is no resistance on the dirt side. This eventually will fatigue the axle beyond its limits and it will fail. Its just a matter of time.:blabla::wtf::argue:

[xj97sport]

Ok jt, Im gonna bite. A limited-slip (trac-loc) is a clutch plate style or cone or worm gear design or centrifigal weights(gov-loc) only intended to equalize torque to each axle under load, as long as the surface remains reasonably stable on each wheel. Now put one tire on pavement and one on dirt, starting out both tires will spin but the tire on the dirt will break loose and the pavement tire will slow because of the power going to the dirt.A good limited slip will minimize this but wont stop it. A locker is a spring loaded clamshell type mechanism or electric or mechanical engagement; that will lock both rear axles reguard less of surface composition.The bad part witha locker if you spin out with on tire in dirt the other one on pavement; the pavement axle will develope an exponential torque load because there is no resistance on the dirt side. This eventually will fatigue the axle beyond its limits and it will fail. Its just a matter of time.:blabla::wtf::argue:

so i have a locker then correct?

[abester69]

Dont know havent seen it. Have you?

[CheapThrillB2]

you have a lunch box locker
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh69/jthorrocks/000_0116.jpg

[xj97sport]

what do you mean lunch box locker?

[BroncoBuddha]

aussie locker, lock rite detroit ez locker etc are all called lunchbox lockers because they will fit in a lunch box, because of they way they are designed/installed they are small

[xj97sport]

ahhhh 10-4

[xj97sport]

well got the back brakes hooked up today ... ya i need a different master cylender, they work but barely. any one know what i can use to replace mine that is a direct bolt up? i thought about using one out of a trans am with disk all around.

any ideas?

[blizazer]

what are your new rear brakes?

[xj97sport]

stock disk dana 35

[MJ]

surprised no one said any thing about me workin on it with a crane holdin it up lol

Around here I just don't look anymore, it could be anything from our tractor and the neighbors to a skidster holding up parts with my husband under them. A crane just looked normal.

[xj97sport]

:lol:

[LuckyCharm4x4]

P.O.S. he he

~Bry

[xj97sport]

keep it up buster and ur jeep will be pink when im done with it lol

[MJ]

speaking of pink, years ago one of our neighbors as a joke painted Duramax's sawhorses all hot pink (he had them blocking several areas coming into 2 driveways to try to dry up muddy spots in the spring. Neighbor didn't realize he's color blind. He never did realize they were painted and never changed them after someone finally told him. they just kind of faded back to gray over the years.

[xj97sport]

:lol:

[xj97sport]

well i took the jimmy out today and it did pretty good. of course the minute the trail got muddy i didnt floor board it (my lil girl was with me) so i got stuck . after 5 minutes of my bro in law kitty footing around trying to "tug" me out i told him if he didnt get a running start and jerk me out ima pull it out with his jeep myself, so he matted it and got me out. so i decided to go around the sink hole and played around on hills and lil bit of mud tryin out the axel. all in all it went pretty good, oh ya i got high centerd as well. also on the way back out i dipped in the pit i got stuck in and i went through it (even tho it was the shallowest part and only like 12 feet in) so it gave me a sense of fullfillment

[LuckyCharm4x4]

I bet I would have made it through. how about you start going on Sundays, not Saturday when I'm at work

~Bry

[xj97sport]

well normally it is sundays. but today i needed to get outta the house for the womans bridal shower and my bro in law brought his xj so i said screw it lets just go 5 miles from my house out to my buddies in zulu land and do some swamp stompin and my bro in law mikey made it through (with a 50 yard head start he basically hydroplaned more than half of it)

[xj97sport]

i think my sas is messed up tho ... only one tire (passanger) fires when im stuck in reverse or drive turnin the wheel and every thing every time it never fails ... or its just the whole no locker in the front either way i cant wait for a sas!!!!!

[xj97sport]

well my brakes work fine now. for some reason going off roadin that one day made my brake light go out and now i have full brakes ... so dunno

[LuckyCharm4x4]

or its just the whole no locker in the front either way i cant wait for a sas!!!!!

or maybe it's just that you and your Jimmy are Sallys! :cry:

~Bry

[xj97sport]

um ... ur the one that didnt show up sunday ya nancy ass

[LuckyCharm4x4]

haha, I already explained this. and I broke my rear shock mount so now I have to put some money into that now. it's pushing back my paint expense, THAT SUCKS! but hopefully I get some good bday money, and my stimulus check.

~Bry

[xj97sport]

ya i got stimulus (reperations) check yesterday. im puttin it twards my teneessee trip in 2 weeks tho

[LuckyCharm4x4]

did you get the full $600 cause I have heard alot of people are getting weird amounts, my dad got $35, which sucks. Where you going in Tennessee, and for what?

~Bry

[xj97sport]

ya i got the full $600. were going to sherievillie (sp.?) for our honeymoon

[LuckyCharm4x4]

what's in Sheriville?

~Bry

[xj97sport]

a good deal on a hotel lol ... that and where gunna rent quads to ride in the mountains

[KennyOffroad]

Nice looking build. :thumb:

[xj97sport]

thanks ... and i see ur from the haven i got some trails out there if ur interested seeing how bry is a nancy ass and is afraid to wheel his precious lol

[KennyOffroad]

thanks ... and i see ur from the haven i got some trails out there if ur interested seeing how bry is a nancy ass and is afraid to wheel his precious lol

Bring it on ! :ptt: , Thats Cool ! :woot:, just to let you know I have some trails to test any rig out. :poke:

[Beefy]

When ya doin the SAS?

[LuckyCharm4x4]

Bring it on ! :ptt: , Thats Cool ! :woot:, just to let you know I have some trails to test any rig out. :poke:

I'm game! :dance2:

~Bry

[xj97sport]

sas is this winter as for trails lets do this crap kenny, bry you cant go ur jeep has to many different colors on it lol

[BroncoBuddha]

Bring it on ! :ptt: , Thats Cool ! :woot:, just to let you know I have some trails to test any rig out. :poke:

and hes not just whistleing dixie there :thumb:

[xj97sport]

well lets do this man .... how about 3 ish

[LuckyCharm4x4]

aussie locker, lock rite detroit ez locker etc are all called lunchbox lockers because they will fit in a lunch box, because of they way they are designed/installed they are small

kinda, but to add. A lunchbox locker fits inside the carrier, replacing the spider gears. A full case locker replaces the whole carrier.

~Bry

[KennyOffroad]

Any pics of your rig ? :popcorn:

[xj97sport]

ya on tha photobucket link at the start of the thread

[KennyOffroad]

ya on tha photobucket link at the start of the thread

I See. :thumb:

[xj97sport]

well im sellin it so $700 and its youres

[Beefy]

Make a for sale thread.... :poke:

[xj97sport]

i will