my "wannabe jeepspeed" grand cherokee build

[silverslk]

87 should be vacuum disco. The vacuum part can be removed and bypassed but it is better to get non-disco in the first place. :thumbup:

Not if it had a 242.

My buddy had a non-disco HP30 in his 1987 Wagoneer with a D44 out back. :cheers:

 

[Mike L]

Not if it had a 242.

My buddy had a non-disco HP30 in his 1987 Wagoneer with a D44 out back. :cheers:

LOL, but he didn't say it had a 242 in it. Better :callme: the guy to find out and report back.

BTW, I just noticed it came out of an 87 YJ, did any of those have a 242 or were all 231? :dunce: I know they don't have coil buckets or LCA/UCA mounts. :laugh3:

 

[silverslk]

LOL, but he didn't say it had a 242 in it. Better :callme: the guy to find out and report back.

BTW, I just noticed it came out of an 87 YJ, did any of those have a 242 or were all 231? :dunce: I know they don't have coil buckets or LCA/UCA mounts. :laugh3:

haha YJ. Didn't even notice/think about that. hahaha

 

[tbburg]

All the YJs are disco. All except the last year had 260 U-joints.

 

[grandrunner]

yeah dont forget non disco. haha also the stock axle shafts and cv's from the grand cherokee will work in the hp30 so keep them for spares!

 

[justin_502]

wanna see vid on the whoops

 

[grandrunner]

ill have to get some vid when i go to glamis, hopefully next weekend or ill go hit up some local ones.

 

[tone]

Wanna go test mon. tues. or wed? I need to get out of the house!

 

[grandrunner]

im good probably monday. i just forgot about my axle being broken haha hope the weld doesnt break.. can u stealth bombb through the desert? hahaha cuz they patrol it but cant catch me. well shoot some video too. ill let u know tomorrow.

 

[CherBear]

im good probably monday. i just forgot about my axle being broken haha hope the weld doesnt break.. can u stealth bombb through the desert? hahaha cuz they patrol it but cant catch me. well shoot some video too. ill let u know tomorrow.

This sounds dangerous and illegal. I like it.

 

[tone]

Oh I can stealth bomb through anything gonna try to change my water pump in the am.

 

[scottmcneal]

This sounds dangerous and illegal. I like it.

It isn't..As long as they stay on the roads..Now if he was on a OHV!:explosion

 

[Cache96]

BLM was out hard this weekend.. if you are off the trails they dont like it..hahaha.. i got stopped twice, i blew my rear shocks while going about 40 on the whoops ... oh well they were only cheap pro comps anyways... now to start on my bed cage.. so when you guys coming?

 

[grandrunner]

if i get my axle in hopefully this weekend or next??? dont know haha definately before the end of the month tho. still have to figure out how to rig my steering untill i get the otk kit. probably gunna weld some tabs to put the stabilizer for now.

 

[Cache96]

did you make the 5* bend on the tie rod? or is there something else wrong with it?

 

[grandrunner]

no i didnt have to bend mine it all works fine, its just the truss uses a different mounting bracket for the trac bar. so i had to cut out the stock steering and stabilizer bracket. hopefully ill be gettin my otk steering ordered on friday.

 

[Cache96]

have you checked the ballastic fab heim steering? it looks pretty good.

 

[grandrunner]

link??? it has to be otk though. thats how my truss is set up.

 

[Cache96]

oh ok.. nevermind.. its not OTK

 

[crazyjim]

It can be OTK, it's just a matter of how you want to set it up. If you wanted to make it OTK, and run it like an inverted T setup, all you'd have to do is weld some tabs (reinforced of course) to the tie rod and connect the drag link to it. I know there's some pictures floating around in this section somewhere...