Aussie Modded Yank Tank

Hi all.

Im new to the forum and thaught i would put up a brief wright up on my 1996 XJ sport.

Im from Australia (QLD) and all the work has been done by myself and my neighbour/auto sparky Jared. I baught the truck stock about 4 years ago and since then alot of mods have been done .

(For thoes that think this may look familiar - I have started this thread once b4 and it was deleted due to to manny pics, so ill put up one of the truck and links for the rest ?.)

Engine & accesories:

4.8L stroker, port and polish on the head + engine and components blueprinted and ballanced (closer to 5.0L).
Custom made crank and cam.
Mopar headders with 2 & 1/4 straight through, dumped just behind the rear diff.
Bored out TB and spacer + K&N apollo + snorkle
Heavy duty engine mounts and transmission mount.
Bosh EV6 36p/ph upgraded injectors.
Return line fuel rail and pressure regulator.
Custom made alloy radiator (40% more capacity than stock) + 3 x 30amp thermos, 2 x 12" and 1 x 10".
All air-con removed and viscouse fan gone (shorter belt setup).


Transmission:

AW4 rebuilt with;
Heavy duty collar on torque convertor
High volume oil pumps
Kevlar pick ups
Stage 2 shif kit
2x oil coolers indipendant of the radiator (its hot as here in QLD ).


Transfer Case:

Stock NP242 with RE sye and double cardon rear drive shaft.


Suspension:

RE 4.5 superflex with rear leaf spring.
RE adjustabe short arms
RE gen 2 quick discos
RE track bar
RE stainless steel braided brake lines
ACOS fron coil spacers
RE extended rear shackles (total lift height = 5.5 front and 5.5 rear)


Rubber and Rims:

Cooper STT 32x11.5 muddies on,
King 15x8 black steel sunrasias with 4.75 backspacing


Diffs / Axels:

Front; Dana 30 high pinion with,
ARB rd100 locker, 30 spline upgrade moly axels
Yukon 4.11 gear ratio & ARB pumpkin cover

Rear; Dana 35 centre pinion with,
ARB locker, 30 spline upgrade moly axels
Yukon 4.11 gear ratio and ARB pumpkin cover


Extras:

Lighforce 240 XGT HID's up front
Scan guage 2
JVC head deck and speakers (for iphone3GS)
Carpet removed and floor painted in Altex marine grade 2 pack epoxy
Steel roof rack
Custom made rear steel bar, 1/4 thick
Uniden UHF police scanner
Boot/hatch lights - 4 x 300mmx8mm cold cathode fluros
Rear quarter pannel chop
Lots of useless stuff removed
Front end heavy duty recovery points with chassis tie-in's
ARB tow master rear hitch
Reflexxion steel cowled bonnet
Bush wacker cut out flares

Mods / Projects on the go ATM:

Dana 60 rear conversion - 6 month build
Dana 44 FSJ front conversion - 6 month build
Intake modifications - Bigger custom made air plennum and tuned runners - by the end of jan 2010
Haltech 2000 ecu + custom made wiring harness - will be starting in about 3 days, wiring harness finnished
(when the 60 and 44 go under the heap i will also be doing a claytons front long arm conversion and bigger leaf springs in the rear, aiming for about 8" of lift and 37's )
231 Transfer conversion

Thanks all for allowing me to be apart of your awesome forum !
Hope you all enjoy - ill post one pic of the truck here and some links to view more pics.

OH and PLZ dont delete this time , so much to wright

Cheers,
AussieXJ96



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I will keep y'all updated with the mods on the go ATM and post some more links to pics of what im up to,
By no means is this build finnished

:cheers: that looks great!

I'd say let's do some wheeling sometime but I am too poor to come to the land down under. I do look forward to seeing lots of pics of your build though.

very nice!! thanks for posting!

sweet xj!

What's the 2m tube that runs along the right-side roof rack?

shanesaw said:

What's the 2m tube that runs along the right-side roof rack?

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It is a rod tube often used for plane travel but sits just right on the Cherro holding my light bream rods etc. The holder on the passenger side is for my surf rods . Thanks for the feedback guys

Aussiexj96

Quick update: Build started on rear 60 and FSJ front 44



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Plan is to:
Strip em, cut em down, rebuild with yukon 4.88's (already have ratios, install kit, and arb covers) also 35 spline upgrade and disc conversion.

Thaught i would post up a quick update on how my Cherro is going

Went for a wheel on New years day, got it muddy, broke some more bits.
Crushed my right hand side sill, cracked rear left flare and a bit of rock rash.
Pics were taken at Ormeau, south-east of Brisbane, we had a big show and a few CJ boys rocked up witch was very cool.



Also the axel upgrade build is all up in the air at the moment,
I baught a XJ body, so i think im gonna have a go at a full on Comp Truck build. Probably turn the XJ shell into a single cab, run a quad link rear with the d60 and a 3 link front end with the 44. Also managed to pick up a TTB 50, another dana 60 and a 208 out of a Bronco my mate baught for parts.
Very good buy considering it cost me all of a carton of Jimmys .

Will update some more pics once i start cutting and welding, Its gonna be fun and i dare say something like this hasnt been done in Australia B4.

Cheers,
AussieXJ96

Aussiexj96 said:

it cost me all of a carton of Jimmys .

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Are you talking about cigarettes or Jimmy caps?

don't see many right hand drives around here... nice lookin rig

Hook up with Gojeep. All of his mods are RHD.(go figure)
Here's his web page:
http://www.go.jeep-xj.info/

jeeperjohn said:

Are you talking about cigarettes or Jimmy caps?

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Lol, jim beam and cola cans !

BADaXJ said:

don't see many right hand drives around here... nice lookin rig

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Thanks man, pretty much the same ne ways in reguards to steering, but better

tbburg said:

Hook up with Gojeep. All of his mods are RHD.(go figure)
Here's his web page:
http://www.go.jeep-xj.info/

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Yup , i know go-jeep, hes a good bloke and is on the same Australian jeep forum as myself (AJOR, aus jeep offroad), he inspired me to order the Reflexxion bonnet from Quadratech and ive never looked back

Cheers,
Aussiexj96

do you have a part number for the k&n filter? really like that setup!


the rod holder on the front bumper confused me for a second. i was wondering how you could see, then i realized its rhd!

Here is the link stoney, http://www.knfilters.com/universal/apollo.htm. lol some thing that i hadnt considered b4, be sure tho its just the steering and rod holders that are disimilar from its American cousins :laugh3:

37's for my Heap



Not fitted yet, need to relocate front bushwackers back, some more guard and body chopping, wind out the acos, 4 inch shackles for the rear and most likely brake upgrades, and front control arm drop boxes - have a dana 60 rear end on standby for when the d35 goes BOOM!!!

oh man.... 37's and a D35???? It wont take long, I'd start swapping it now.

Yeah... 37s on a D35 = :explosion and probably rather quickly. I would get the 60 ready to bolt in, hell, stick it in the trunk with a few jackstands, all your tools, and brake bleeding gear before going anywhere on that 35...

kastein said:

Yeah... 37s on a D35 = :explosion and probably rather quickly. I would get the 60 ready to bolt in, hell, stick it in the trunk with a few jackstands, all your tools, and brake bleeding gear before going anywhere on that 35...

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You can wheel it like that for a trip or two but it'll go real quick if you are locked!

mine broke on the street, with 34's, with a full case detroit,