my 71 so far

Figured I would start my own little build thread so here goes:

I stripped her down to the frame last sept, and so far we have as follows:

- POR 15'ed Frame
- rhinolined inside and under of entire tub
- EZ wire harness
- DUI dist
- Live Wires 8mm wires
- 220 amp alt
- AA Headers
- 34x10.5 LTB's
- 2.5" BDS Lift
- Shocks will be either MX-6's or RS9000x's not sure which yet
- 3/4" over stock MORE greasable shackles
- Autometer antique 5 gage cluster
- custom aluminum dash with a "swirled" design into the metal
- Painless toggle switch setup with push button start
- D30 sitting on the garage floor, still not sure how I am going to do that yet.

Alot of this is still sitting in boxes, as the JEEP is still being put back together

still need to get the 11" brakes all around from R&P, and not sure what i am going to do about lights front and rear yet. I have a ton of pics before and up to date that I need to upload. Found a guy in town that is going to do the custom cage. Now that I actually started a build thread I will satrt posting progress and pics to follow

 

I guess you don't know yet, since it is not assembled, but I am curious if you will have any vibration issues with the rear driveshaft. I'm planning on the BDS 2.5" lift with 34x10.50 LTB's as well. Most people claim to have no major issues, but i think most of them are running a T90, instead of a T18 like yourself, which is definatley longer. I'm running a T98 behind a F134 (stock configuration), this should be similar to your setup except for the V6 part. I believe that the rear driveshaft is slightly shorter, and will have worse driveline angles. Hopefully you don't encounter any issues with this.

 

my rear at this point is 12.25" runing length. Just installed it last night. 4" lift springs. I haven't run mine yet either. we shall see if the T-case will need to be lowered.

Todd

 

we will see, lift and tires are going on after the jeep rally this weekend