5.2 Magnum Swap Part 3: The Last of the Stock Components
Over the years we have been slowing replacing, and in some cases, flat out removing stock parts that we didn't need. While some parts have been upgraded like the driver seats and axles, we have removed little things we don’t find necessary...
Continue Reading5.2 Magnum Swap Part 2: Out With the Old
This week we started out with a simple goal, remove the old 4.0, transmission and transfer case. On a typical WJ this is easy enough and the motor and transmission can be lifted out together after removing the headlights, grill, radiator and anything else in the way. The TTB WJ is a little more difficult.
Continue Reading5.2 Magnum Swap Part 1: It’s Finally Happening
It has been a long time coming and we are finally ditching the trusty i6. We have been wanting to do a v8 swap for years but it's hard to throw away a perfectly good 4.0 i6 with less than 70K. These motors are reliable and with proper maintenance can last 300,000. Our i6 has never let us down, but it is time for more power under the hood.
Continue ReadingTierra Del Sol 2015
The Tierra Del Sol Desert Safari, TDS for short, is always one of our favorite weekends. Not only is it one of our last trips before the heat of summer but this weekend bring thousands of people and rigs from all over the Southwest and packs them all into a few square miles of what […]
Continue ReadingA New Year And New Broken Parts
“One last time.” The words we never say, or even think, before going out for a final attempt at anything. It may just be a superstition we brought over from our days of racing mountain bikes, but everything seems to head downhill just after someone announces that this is their last try at something. Not […]
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