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Beef up the xj


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lol, I called you on the CB as you passed then realized you didn't have one; and I don't have a club radio.

Hardest part of the swing arm is to make it pass the hatch when it lifts/drops, make sure to test with the hi-lift cause it catches a lot of hatches on the way up or down.

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I do have a cb I had to take my antenna off when I changed the bumper and I'm building the pivot behind the tail light so it wont get in the way of the hatch and the high lift is going to lay down flat under the tire so it's not in the way, already had it fitted before I welded the carrier frame just want to get the gears and rear end done befor I mess with the bumper anymore

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Well had the day off so did a good cleaning in the garage and got the 8.8 stuck under made sure spring perches where ok for pinion angle and made/installed some shock mounts also found out the rear driveshaft will be fine and I don't think ill have much exhaust interference becaus of the offset axle so I tacked to mounts on took it back out for finish welding and paint! Hope to have it under the jeep for good next weekend!

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Well got the rear end bolted under the jeep Friday night didn't bother taking any pics because its all the same as above then Tom and scott came over Saturday and we pulled his tranny and found Scott's steering issue and today we pushed the Libby out of the garage waiting on parts and start some work on mine again so I cut the exhaust off because its in the way of the drive shaft so I'm gonna put a magnaflow under it,blead the rear breaks and did a little bumper work;)

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Picked these up today! Gonna sound sweet! brought it all the way to the tail pipe with 2.5" instead of 2.25 factory ended up cutting and hacking pieces of my parts jeep for bends ect to make it clear the driveshaft/rearend hope to get it done tomorrow !

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so more recently, has been operation new motor !
Building a stroker.

Picked up an old YJ 258 motor to strip down, after saving the parts jeeps motor and striping that down.

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258 crank and rods makes a 4.5l rated about 245 factory is rated 180 have to do some head work porting ect and ill be doing a mild cam I think ordered my bottom end bearings today should be here Friday and then ill pick up some new pistons and rings and get the pressed onto the 258 rods and the bottom end can go together

These are the pics I took of my 4.0 tear down and my high mount alternator mod

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