TFT The not white unibody

[Harrison]

Nice!

[Callelle]

I'm sorta thinking that after adding the weight of the cage, and the coming weight of the one tons this winter, an LS swap is gonna be in the future, especially if I want to keep this thing on the road.

[Wingman]

BleepinJeep is doing a series on an LS swap into a Commanche. Not an easy undertaking...

[M4wdFab]

couldnt watch past the second video it took to push something into a garage sideways....


 

[Wingman]

"Matt" does not work at sMike speed for sure...

[mr.mindless]

Turbo instead. Air to water intercooler instead of a frontmount. Cowl hood to help heat evacuation?

My bad idea


Just gear the tons right and it’ll be fine. You won’t likely want to do 70 for long stretches anyway.


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[Callelle]

It's going to have to be evaluated after the onetons get in. I just hate that I was barely making it up a hill at 35mph at wide open throttle.

[mr.mindless]

that doesn't sound right at all. what's your current gearing and tire size?
I think Harry might be able to weigh in on expectations...

[Harrison]

Foot to floor 35mph is what I was doing with 8psi 39s 5.38s uphill in the dunes at Sand Hollow.

I agree with Mike. It will not be fast (never was) but that sounds like you may need to do some poking around.

I also vote for getting tons and big tires on the thing and wheeling it. Wheel it!!! Lots of trail seat time in a rig like this is what 1) makes you understand much more clearly the future mods you want/need to make and 2) is the only ROI you get for the dumb amount of time and money we dump into these things. Use it and use it as often as you can.

[Callelle]

that doesn't sound right at all. what's your current gearing and tire size?
I think Harry might be able to weigh in on expectations...

35x12.5 with 4.56 gears.

I entirely agree with Harry, It was just an impulse reaction to how it's handling with the extra 700 lbs of steel on it. I'm not gonna rule it out in the future though. I don't really want to turbo the 4.0 because, well I really just don't have any interest in it. I have a friend that swapped an L33 into his XJ last year, so at least if I do decide to go that route, I'll have someone to help that's done it before.

[TrailTamer]

How steep the hill are we talking about?

[Callelle]

How steep the hill are we talking about?

Fairly steep, but I didn't have my protractor with me, so I can't say for sure.

It's not that I want it to be fast, I just don't want it to struggle. Time will tell after this winter as to what I'm gonna do in the future.

[Callelle]

Soon.


Things are already progressing to making sure this is done for a full season of wheeling next year, not just one trip and done. Got a truss for the 60 from TnT which will make it essentially bolt into my long arms that I have. Going with 5.38s and TORQ lockers front and rear. Gonna run a tapped steering box and factory assist. Stock shafts and hubs are staying for now, eventually I'll be running hardcore hubs. Tires are going to be what ever I can find used/cheap, hoping to find 37s or 38s. Brake master will also be getting an upgrade to a Ram 2500 van as per Harrison's recommendation.

Side note, I definitely jumped the gun on the LS swap idea. Brake was a lot more seized up than I thought it was. Kinda how my brain works in just jumping to the worst possible conclusion there is.

[M4wdFab]

if you plan to out source the gear work i recommend do not disassemble the diff / gears / pinion.  leave at least the housing as is for who ever you have do the install (if your not going to tackle it your self)

[Wingman]

Stock shafts will likely live a long time with the auto and 4.0L. Stock or even Warn hubs are a pretty good fuse. Put good joints in though, not just white box specials. Spicers are cheap-ish and strong.