Crazy Kevs 3rd and Hopefully Final XJ build.

Owners Name & City- Kevin Hurricane Ut.


Make, Model & Year of Vehicle- 1996 Jeep Cherokee


Engine- 4.0 straight 6 with cheap warm air intake


Transmission- Automatic


T-Case- 4 speed Atlas with 5:1


Axles-
Rear: Ford 10.5 Sterling 4.88 gears ARB
Front: Ford dana 60. Artec steering and truss with arb 4.88 gears.

Suspension-
Hybrid: Rear IRO 5.5 leafs with 1.5 inch boomerang shackles.
Front is Rock Kralwer 3 link Long arm kit with with 7.5 inch Rubicon coils.



Wheels and Tires-37 Maxxis trepadors stickies with inner air bead locks.


Winch- Warn 8000


Favorite Trails-Hanging tree trail, The Squeeze, Sand Hollow area and Moab area. Any trail with Friends and family having a good time. The harder the better within my rigs ability.


Other- Custom front bumper with below radiator winch mount, custom rear bumper, Armor ect...

My 1994 is on the right and the New build 1996 is on the Left. I took a couple before shots and comparison shots before I started.

 

[Gravy]

Looking good Kevin. I like that TMR truss. I love that Sterling 10.5, such a better choice than a14 bolt. Especially with discs and factory e brakes.

Is there a 35 spline Dana 50 arb so you can you 35 spline inner shafts instead of the stock 30 spline inners?

Question: are you going to swap to a super duty master cylinder?

 

[kmboren]

There was not an optional 35 spline ARB for the dana 50 that we could find. I can upgrade the outer hubs and shafts to 35 splines though. Not sure yet on the Master cylinder. Will probably have to but will will see how the brakes are. Do you know if it is a direct swap?

 

[Gravy]

I know Carl jantz has a Dana 56 kit he calls it to stick 60 gears and carrier in a 50 housing.

The master should work. I can measure spacing for you.if you like on my super duty though.

Stock master will lock the rears first badly. Because it's disc drum not disc disc and your volume will be off too. Seems like there is master list on pirate but I used a later Dodge 2500 master on an old build that worked well for disc disc. But that had Chev 1/2 ton front disc on back. The super duty master balanced for those axles though as long as you get the pushrod distance right.

 

[kmboren]

Replaced my Master with a Durango Master and it brakes a lot better now. Rear still lock up first so probably need to round up a zj proportional valve. Also got the right length shocks and installed limit straps so I don't have my shocks as my limit straps.

 

[N-Smooth]

Replaced my Master with a Durango Master and it brakes a lot better now. Rear still lock up first so probably need to round up a zj proportional valve. Also got the right length shocks and installed limit straps so I don't have my shocks as my limit straps.

You can also just get a universal adjustable proportioning valve for what it’s worth. Turn a little knob to adjust front/back braking.

 

[kmboren]

Like from wilwood or are there some different ones out there?

 

[N-Smooth]

Like from wilwood or are there some different ones out there?

Summit, jegs and raceway should all have generic ones for a lot cheaper

 

[kmboren]

Got around to finishing my frame reinforcement. So now all of unibody had an additional layer of support. Also installed my speed bumps on the front of my XJ. Cut the old jounce tubes out. Drilled a hole and welded the new jounce tubes in. Then added the bump stops. Excited to get my jeep back out and see how it does with the speed bumps on all 4 corners now. Combined with the fox shocks it should be good to go for a little speed.

 

[N-Smooth]

Very fancy!

 

[Gravy]

CRok steering box brace? Holy Crap! That's older than some kids on this forum.

 

[kmboren]

CRok steering box brace? Holy Crap! That's older than some kids on this forum.

You better believe it. That's been on 2 of my 3 Xjs. I have parts on this one that I had On my first one.

 

[kmboren]

So With the bigger axles I guess 37s were in order. Got the tires from our fearless leader Greg and wheels on KSL. Going to make it a little harder to dodge cones but other than Delta and Ca I'll probably run my Short course tires.

 

[Bart]

Wow, that's looking great, and very capable.

 

[N-Smooth]

CONE!!!!

 

[kmboren]

CONE!!!!

Yea. It is wider and going to be more difficult to dodge cones. Only will have them on for Delta and Donner. Want the 37s for the Rubicon trail and don't want to take 2 sets of tires/wheels with me.

 

[N-Smooth]

Yea. It is wider and going to be more difficult to dodge cones. Only will have them on for Delta and Donner. Want the 37s for the Rubicon trail and don't want to take 2 sets of tires/wheels with me.

Delta is a good place to not have the stickies since it’s so grippy anyways. Donner is a place where stickies are nice cause the traction isn’t amazing and there’s a lot of dirt. You’ll be fine though

 

[kmboren]

The start to the new simple bumper with my comp mount winch. Soooooo much better approach angle.

 

[kmboren]

So this thing continues to be built and added to. My latest is a 4 speed 5.44 atlas. I chose this gearing ratio because one of the 4 speeds is a 2-1. 2.72 in the sand is to low and 1-1 is to high. I have wheeled with it twice now and absolutely love the lower gears but the front dig really is a life changing experience and am so excited to have it. The 2-1 in the sand really is a good option of not too high or too low. My cheap summit reclining seats bent and so we also installed a new non reclining seat. The tunnel and seat mounts all had to he reworked also to fit the atlas and still maintain a mostly flat belly but I am excited on how it came out.

 

[Jinx]

There is something pretty cool about choosing which low range to play in.

 

[Herzog]

That's awesome... that t-case is goals for my taco project. Keep us posted on how you like it!