XJ: Twin Cherokee build

[Jimmyb]

haha yeah saw that in your email addy. Great to see someone building a Jeep to race. Shame its a class 8 though, would be great to see a Jeepspeed style, but from what I understand you can't make a factory 4wd into 2wd and have it fit into any of the class's in Australia.

[Gojeep]

This should be a great build to follow.

[Moose]

Originally Posted by JimmyB

haha yeah saw that in your email addy. Great to see someone building a Jeep to race. Shame its a class 8 though, would be great to see a Jeepspeed style, but from what I understand you can't make a factory 4wd into 2wd and have it fit into any of the class's in Australia.

I have looked at a lot of Jeepspeed Challenge and cup cars and that was the plan but as all plans go it went out the window because of your rules and the fact that I have driven a 5.7 Hemi....lol.
At the same time but not as good on a Jeep Forum we are half way to having our other car ready to replace the buggy. a 126" wheel base F150 truck for class four. Its like a Trophy truck but on a much smaller budget the target at this stage is under 60k but its not done yet. the plan is to have that done by the end of 2008 but I will not be showing that here till its done (maybe in the background of the jeep). I'm sure you will see it right after Randall when I send the pic's in to Dirtcomp.

Back to the Jeeps.
rubbing rubbing sanding sanding was it for today. We cleaned it ready for the new two-tone blue and black paint (maybe tomorrow).
Anyone in WA that know their way around the inside of a Jeeps interior feel free to offer your help. We can pay in spare parts....lol. As the first one has 3 interiors stacked to the roof inside of it, that took half the day to make head or tails of. It even had a full spare dash inside. We have a pile of grey plastic about a meter high.

I will post some pic's tomorrow
Cheers

[Moose]

Ok, so there still isn't much to see but we put a little paint on so we can start putting it back together. THe rest of the body work will come later.

So here we go ....pic's
Before


Black done now and doing the blue

Now all the hard work starts

[kyro]

sweet going to look good i like the blue

[Moose]

Today saw the interior and side window go back in. Plus I had it running, Well kind of. The fuel pump has died and I took an hour to work it out. I was by myself today and found it very had to test for power for the pump when you can't do the key at the same time.....lol. I ended up using a long wire up to the dash from the harness near the tank, worked a treat.
Every thing is running along well and I only need a small list of parts. I will place a list in the wanted forums for them and see how I go
More pic's tomorrow
Thanks for looking

[Moose]

Almost ready for the pits on Monday....

I got a permit today and took it for a test drive. Will need to bleed the brakes tomorrow because the pedal feels like a half filled balloon. But apart from that its great. needs a tune like plugs and so on but it runs ok.

I'll post some pic's tonight when I get home.....