Hey guys, first post, starting off strong lol. I'm not a huge forum guy so I'll try to update as much as possible, but I figured this was the easiest way to ask everyone at once.
Most of you know the FlexRock 4600 build, right now I'm starting to get some money saved for winter time where it'll get parked for the final stages to get it race ready by spring 2018. Including cage, seats, harnesses, center con/dash, figure out what to do with rockers, and figure out what to do with the tcase, other odds and ends.
Jeff and I have gone back and forth on the tcase, and while I would love to just buy an Atlas and be done with it, I got a d300 for $20 sitting in my parts washer all cleaned up ready to go. That and I have read about other 4600 cars actually finish KOH with 241's and other tcases. The Atlas I want is $2700 shipped.
With that said my first question for you guys is am I going to be able to keep this 300 alive? What upgrades, if any, should I do first? I will be keeping the stock 4.0 indefinitely(2000 flavor right now, possibly a 98 if I feel like building it), stock aw4, 4.88's in my 1/2 ton axles, pushing nothing bigger than a 35. It WILL BE FLIPPED, I have a diver drop hp44 that I don't plan to change.
I know many of you run d300's now, Wingman, Dennis, Mike I know you've had quite a few. Basically just looking for any insight if it's even possible to make this thing survive racing with what the XJ has. Leave it stock, 4:1, output upgrades, or is the case itself the big weak point. I've been doing a ton of research online and it seems most people run into trouble with big tires and 4:1 kits.
Thanks guys!
-Marc