Recent content by Skruffy

I used a lunchbox locker (power trax) in the front of my XJ for almost 10 years. I thought it was great. Pretty easy to instal and is only engaged when you are in four wheel drive and are applying throttle. The other thing it does is slow down all your wheels to the speed of the one with the...

Thank you!

I am another SoCal chapter member that is real interested in attending Sierra fest. Is there a sign in process?

Has a meeting time/location for tomorrow’s runs been announced? I am not seeing it. Thanks

I’ll be up Friday evening as well.

LS swap it. You will at least triple your horsepower, double your torque and nearly double your fuel economy.

Stocker went up north near big bear Sunday. I couldn’t make it. I’ll be out of town till mid april but will be looking to wheel after that.

Looking to see if anyone wants to run some trails this weekend with me. Wheeling alone is never the best idea. Looking for Saturday in the San Diego area, maybe head out to the desert before it gets too hot.

Pretty much got this wrapped up. Wouldn’t hurt to do some more sanding and shaping and painting but I really don’t care to make it perfect. If I fret over the little things I won’t enjoy the Jeep. It feels good to have this project complete. I thank you all for the interest...

The first bit of fiberglass mat is on The next photo shows the bottom. Eventually the foam will be filled formed and glassed as well. It’s coming along. Can see the light at the end of the tunnel now.

Thanks man, I am too. It has been over a year without a hood! Glad I went this route. Getting a hood and an education in this type of fabrication. Today we should have the wood and bondo prepped for the first layer of fiberglass. It takes a while because of so much time waiting on glue to...

Hood coming along… Almost done with the wood portion Takes a while cause of all the waiting for glue to dry.

More pics of the hood project. Here you can see the final shape and dimension This gave us a really good template for the internal dimensions.

Finally getting around to the problem of the hood. I don't have any experience with body work so I enlisted the help of my uncle who is good at everything. We settled on a design that works withing the constraints. Its going to be primarily fiberglass construction and I think it will be pretty...

Any LS will fit and will be more or less the same process to instal. For the hood to close without modifications you will want an engine from a car rather than a truck, so a camero, transam, or corvette. Or just get an intake from a car and use a truck motor. That is the great thing about...