here is waht i've been up to. It is a CJ-7 with 4 wheel independent suspension (what all jeep owners hate) that is set up like a competition rockcrawler. it will have various sponsor decals. It features a Nissan v6 from a 300ZX TT but with out the turbos. The kits engine had what looks like an 8port intake manifold, but only six exhaust ports. to make it worse it was a V configuation as opposed to the traditional "straight 6." i'm not a big fan of the madd mudder tires, but they are the only ones wide enough to cover my undetailed steering knuckles

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the sneak peak from my pathfinder thread

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coilover at every corner

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crazy armor/tube-frame that was build over the engine/trans so everything fit well. the wheels cover the spindles, so no need to waste a CV boot on what can't be seen. My original plan was to have drivline brakes, but there wasn't enough clearence, so there are actually no brakes...

comments/ suggestions welcome

Great work, but 4 wheel independent suspension, Mitsubishi wheels and a Nissan motor *cringe* you title is right man :lol:

Lil'budman

are you looking for a straight 6? I do have one that went in the 1953 corvette

Thats awesome!! love the look of that thing!

awesome work!

Wow! Beautiful! I love the scratched frame. Just a fantastic bit of work! You should try to sort the driveline brake problem, that would look so awesome. Color me impressed, just remarkable!

Hey,

Wow!! Thats a hell of a scratchbuilt roll...chassis/cage. Awsome. Did you use any jigs of suports while putting all that together? Keep up the awsome work!

Frank X.

Great work, but 4 wheel independent suspension, Mitsubishi wheels and a Nissan motor *cringe* you title is right man :lol:

Lil'budman
good eye with the mitsu wheels. i had to look at the emblems to remeber where they came from.
@coolTC tempting offer,but the engine is perminently installed and i feel the need to dish out the hate with a v6 instead of a straight 6

there was no jig to support the cage under constuction. i started with a central point and built up, then added diagonals. I did start the over twice due to poor design. i used a plastic welder to keep flexible joints for the times things needed to be jimmied; if i worked fast enough.

I am a jeep hater in the strongest sense of the word

Hey,

What is a plastic welder?

Frank X.

Ooo thats nice...

plastic welder melts plastic together. I use Tenax 7R because that's all my LHS carries.

progress is slow because i've been busy mooving furnature (new carpet) and planning my 1:1's soundsystem additions.

Awesome Project!

JeFF

Hey,

Lol. Ok. You should have said Tenax cus I know what that is. Lol. Too much metal welding for me these days. I thought I missed something that acctually welded like a metal one.
Thanks,
Frank X.