Re: ROTM Chapter Shootout - NWC Qualifier
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•1989 Jeep Cherokee “Laredo”, 4.0 L, AW4, 231J
Drive train
Engine
•205K miles
•Custom LCA bushing engine mounts
•Custom Intake with Extra Large K&N cone filter
•Larger capacity oil filter (Mobile 1)
•HO stock tubular exhaust manifold (gasket matched) with custom down pipe, high flow cat and muffler and all 2.25 diameter pipe
•Closed to Open cooling conversion with 3 row GDI radiator
•185 amp +small pulley high output alternator in stock housing
•Optima Yellow Top deep cycle battery
•Custom “1/0” ground and power cables and “4/0” alternator cable
Transmission
•21 spline AW4, new CPS and cleaned NSS
Transfer Case
•6 gear planetaries, Wide chain, and gears out of a NP231C
•JB conversions HD Short SYE
Drive shafts
•Stock front drive shafts in both front and rear
Front Axle
•D30 factory disconnect housing with cast UCA mounts.
•4.88 Randy’s Ring and Pinion Gears and Lock Rite locker
•Non-disconnect front shafts with 760 u-joints.
•“Solid” Nodular Iron Front diff cover, JKS LCA skids
•Yoke with “U” bolts instead of straps
•Custom 1.5” ¼” wall DOM draglink and tie rod over the knuckle “Inverted Y steering” with QA1 Heim joints
Rear Axle
•Shaved D44 from 1987 Jeep Cherokee
•4.88 Randy’s Ring and Pinion Gears and full spool
•Raised lower shock mounts
•Shaved “Solid” Nodular Iron diff cover
•Yoke with “U” bolts instead of straps
Wheels/Tires
•15 x 8” USA 6x6 “H1 style” double bead lock wheels, 4” BS, 3” rock rings, double valve stems
•33 x 12.5 R15 Super Swamper 8ply Bias TSL’s, custom grooved and siped
Suspension
Front Suspension
•BDS 4.5” lift coils
•Custom adjustable super flex upper and lower Control Arm’s
•12” travel Bilstein 5125 shocks with top eye conversion and BPE
•Custom TB mount on top of axle with 1.5” ¼”wall DOM TB with QA1 Heim joints
Rear Suspension
•Bastard pack RK/RE 4.5” spring pack
•Rusty’s shocks with flush lower shock mounts
Protection
•Stock front skid with added lower lip reinforcement
•Stock gas tank skid
•DPG Belly Pan
•Rusty’s Engine/Trans Skid Plate
•Custom 1/8” steel lower “Belt Line” panels
Front Bumper
•3”x6” rectangular tube with quick release Tow bar mounts
•Inside, outside and bottom steering box reinforcement
•2” receiver and two 10K “D” rings
•5 gal of compressed air at 120psi with quick connect for air hose
•Custom 1.5” DOM stinger and light guards
Rear Bumper
•3”x6” rectangular tube wrapped under lower quarter panels
•2” receiver and two 10K “D” rings
•7 gal of compressed air at 120psi with quick connect for air hose
Rock Sliders
•Custom rock sliders with tube extensions with 4 arms and 5 bolts per side to attach to the pinch seam
•tube front and rear flares
Cage
•NWHBC designed and built Custom Cage with gutter sliders and flat top rack
•Exterior “A” pillars under front fenders and interior “B, C, and D” pillars with shoulder bars and lower “V” supports at “B” pillar
Accessories
•Ramsey 8,000lb worm drive Industrial winch mounted on custom portable mount with 25ft cables able to be mounted on front or rear bumpers
•OBA with stock AC pump, 12gal of compressed air at 120psi and 25ft of air hose
•Hella “E” code crystal headlights with 55w-100w bubs, on custom wire loom
•4 Hella 6” driving lights on custom folding light mount on roof rack and 4 Rock Lights
•Large Diaphragm Brake Booster swap from ZJ and extended SS braided brake lines
•Cobra hand held CB with Wilson 3000 antenna
•Magellan GPS with multiple mounts for driver or navigator control
•2 water bottle cages on center consul
•MP3, CD player with newer speakers in front doors
Other
•2000 Jeep Platinum color paint with custom hand painted two tone flames on hood
•Color matched grill, bezels, emblems, and key cylinder, shaved all other emblems
•Switched to black mirrors and door handles
•Custom removable rear mud flaps
•Rear shoulder belts added from newer XJ
•Flow fit front seats with ACI 5 point harness in each
•Front and rear fenders trimmed inside and out past pinch seam
•Lower rear quarter panel removed and folded up
•60” Cast High Lift, full length shovel and composite sand track on roof