I've been wheeling since about 1995 and have built a lot of rigs along the way enjoying this multifacited sport...
I grew up in Michigan, lived in Iniana for 10 years. Moved to UT in 2011. Currently own a Toyota truck and tube buggy.
Owners Name & City-
Ryan, Kearns UT
Make, Model & Year of Vehicle-
Originally a 76 CJ-7, now... custom 4 seater tube frame
Wheel Base: 120” converts to 10'
Outside of tire 87” converts to 7.25'
Widest width: 58” converts to 4.83'
Tip to tip: 165” converts to 13.75'
Top of cage: 83.5” converts to 6.96'
Belly height: 28.5”
Weight ~5,200 lbs
Weight split Frt to Rear: 53/47
Engine-
2000 I-6 from Cherokee with 30K miles
Mopar Fuel Injection kit by Hesco (OBD1)
Borla header & exhaust
Turbo City Cold Air intake w/ K&N filter
MORE Bomb Proof Block Brackets
Mean Green Alternator and Optima Yellow top
Auto Meter Arctic White 5” gauges
(Oil Press, Water Temp, Amp, Fuel, Speedo & Tack)
Transmission-
Novak supplied NV4500 manual w/ advance adapter to I6 motor
1st 6.34
2nd 3.44
3rd 1.71
4th 1
5th 0.73
R 6.34
T-Case-
Atlas 4speed (1:1, 2.0:1, 2.72:1, 5.44:1)
Triple Sticked with Cable Shifters, Rear support ring, 4 bolt CV Flanges, Parking Brake on rear pinion.
Axles-
Mercedes Portals with Stock selectable Locker
Front Axle: Unimog 404 front axle with Air actuated rams for lockers, 1350 yoke, 8 lug hub/disc brake conversion and WEPS High steer arms.
Rear Axle: Unimog 404 front axle with Air actuated rams for lockers, 1410 yoke. 8 lug hub/disc brake conversion and WEPS High steer arms.
Spares: 2 portal boxes, 2 inners, 2 outers, 2 CV joints.
R&P 3.54:1
Portal box reduction 2.13:1
Final axle drive ratio 7.56:1
----Final Crawl Ratio----
HiHi 48:1
Hi 96:1
Lo 130:1
LoLo 260:1
----2nd Gear Crawl Ratio---
HiHi 26:1
Hi 52:1
Lo 70:1
LoLo 144:1
Driveshafts-
Front: long spline heavy duty 1350 CV with spare.
Rear: High Angle long spline heavy duty 1410 CV shaft.
Frint & Rear spare: 1350 CV heavy duty spare shafts.
Suspension-
18" bilstein triple rate coilovers, Almuminum Lower Links, Rock Equipment air bumps all around & rear sway bar.
Front: Triagulated 4-link with 1.25” QA1 Heim Joints. 18” 2.5 Bilstein Coilovers with Remote Res.
Rear: Triagulated 4-link with 2.5” Alum lowers with 1.25” QA1 Heim Joints. 18” 2.5 Bilstein Coilovers with Remote Res.
Wheels and Tires-
H1 with wheels/ballistic fab rings, (qty 5) 42x15x16.5 Pitbull Rockers
17" 06 Dodge Chrome with (qty 5) 39.5x13.50x17 BFG Red Labels Krawlers
Winch-
Front Warn HS9500 winch, Rear Warn M8000 both with 3/8” “synthetic fire line” and mounted so they can be used to suck the suspension down
Favorite Trails-
Hanging Tree
Snakes
Chain Reaction Sand Hollow
Area BFE Moab
Other-
Skid Plates for xfer case all the way to the front of the motor
Brakes: 9” dual diaphram power Brakes with discs at all four corners.
Steering: Full hydro with PSC 8” double ended rams front and rear.
Fuel: 20 gall custom fuel cell with internal baffles
CD/MP3/IPOD/USB stereo with 4 wakeboard speakers from Liquid Audio with custom aluminum housings. (perfect for pissin Eddie off with jungle music)
Front Corbeau suspension seats with sliders and dual control seat heaters
Rear Corbeau suspension Bench seat with Crow Padded 2” harness for each seat.
Mohave external 3sp remote mounted heater
Functional turn signals, running lights, headlights, Hella 500 lights,
Tuffy center console, Master kill switch, Cobra Ultra CB, complete floor board, engine compartment rollcage.
Medical Safety Kit and Fire Extinguisher
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Owners Name & City-
Ryan Kearns UT
Make, Model & Year of Vehicle-
84 Toyota Pickup
Engine-
22R on Propane
Transmission-
W56
T-Case-
Toyota with 4.7's
Axles-
Yota 8"
5.29's longfields, ARB front, Spool Rear
Suspension-
Alcan 5" witih orbital eyes, w/ bilstein shocks
Wheels and Tires-
Allied Rockathon Beadlocks with 36 swampers
Winch-
Warn 8K
Favorite Trails-
Hanging Tree
Snakes
All of Sand Hollow
All of Moab
I grew up in Michigan, lived in Iniana for 10 years. Moved to UT in 2011. Currently own a Toyota truck and tube buggy.
Owners Name & City-
Ryan, Kearns UT
Make, Model & Year of Vehicle-
Originally a 76 CJ-7, now... custom 4 seater tube frame
Wheel Base: 120” converts to 10'
Outside of tire 87” converts to 7.25'
Widest width: 58” converts to 4.83'
Tip to tip: 165” converts to 13.75'
Top of cage: 83.5” converts to 6.96'
Belly height: 28.5”
Weight ~5,200 lbs
Weight split Frt to Rear: 53/47
Engine-
2000 I-6 from Cherokee with 30K miles
Mopar Fuel Injection kit by Hesco (OBD1)
Borla header & exhaust
Turbo City Cold Air intake w/ K&N filter
MORE Bomb Proof Block Brackets
Mean Green Alternator and Optima Yellow top
Auto Meter Arctic White 5” gauges
(Oil Press, Water Temp, Amp, Fuel, Speedo & Tack)
Transmission-
Novak supplied NV4500 manual w/ advance adapter to I6 motor
1st 6.34
2nd 3.44
3rd 1.71
4th 1
5th 0.73
R 6.34
T-Case-
Atlas 4speed (1:1, 2.0:1, 2.72:1, 5.44:1)
Triple Sticked with Cable Shifters, Rear support ring, 4 bolt CV Flanges, Parking Brake on rear pinion.
Axles-
Mercedes Portals with Stock selectable Locker
Front Axle: Unimog 404 front axle with Air actuated rams for lockers, 1350 yoke, 8 lug hub/disc brake conversion and WEPS High steer arms.
Rear Axle: Unimog 404 front axle with Air actuated rams for lockers, 1410 yoke. 8 lug hub/disc brake conversion and WEPS High steer arms.
Spares: 2 portal boxes, 2 inners, 2 outers, 2 CV joints.
R&P 3.54:1
Portal box reduction 2.13:1
Final axle drive ratio 7.56:1
----Final Crawl Ratio----
HiHi 48:1
Hi 96:1
Lo 130:1
LoLo 260:1
----2nd Gear Crawl Ratio---
HiHi 26:1
Hi 52:1
Lo 70:1
LoLo 144:1
Driveshafts-
Front: long spline heavy duty 1350 CV with spare.
Rear: High Angle long spline heavy duty 1410 CV shaft.
Frint & Rear spare: 1350 CV heavy duty spare shafts.
Suspension-
18" bilstein triple rate coilovers, Almuminum Lower Links, Rock Equipment air bumps all around & rear sway bar.
Front: Triagulated 4-link with 1.25” QA1 Heim Joints. 18” 2.5 Bilstein Coilovers with Remote Res.
Rear: Triagulated 4-link with 2.5” Alum lowers with 1.25” QA1 Heim Joints. 18” 2.5 Bilstein Coilovers with Remote Res.
Wheels and Tires-
H1 with wheels/ballistic fab rings, (qty 5) 42x15x16.5 Pitbull Rockers
17" 06 Dodge Chrome with (qty 5) 39.5x13.50x17 BFG Red Labels Krawlers
Winch-
Front Warn HS9500 winch, Rear Warn M8000 both with 3/8” “synthetic fire line” and mounted so they can be used to suck the suspension down
Favorite Trails-
Hanging Tree
Snakes
Chain Reaction Sand Hollow
Area BFE Moab
Other-
Skid Plates for xfer case all the way to the front of the motor
Brakes: 9” dual diaphram power Brakes with discs at all four corners.
Steering: Full hydro with PSC 8” double ended rams front and rear.
Fuel: 20 gall custom fuel cell with internal baffles
CD/MP3/IPOD/USB stereo with 4 wakeboard speakers from Liquid Audio with custom aluminum housings. (perfect for pissin Eddie off with jungle music)
Front Corbeau suspension seats with sliders and dual control seat heaters
Rear Corbeau suspension Bench seat with Crow Padded 2” harness for each seat.
Mohave external 3sp remote mounted heater
Functional turn signals, running lights, headlights, Hella 500 lights,
Tuffy center console, Master kill switch, Cobra Ultra CB, complete floor board, engine compartment rollcage.
Medical Safety Kit and Fire Extinguisher
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Owners Name & City-
Ryan Kearns UT
Make, Model & Year of Vehicle-
84 Toyota Pickup
Engine-
22R on Propane
Transmission-
W56
T-Case-
Toyota with 4.7's
Axles-
Yota 8"
5.29's longfields, ARB front, Spool Rear
Suspension-
Alcan 5" witih orbital eyes, w/ bilstein shocks
Wheels and Tires-
Allied Rockathon Beadlocks with 36 swampers
Winch-
Warn 8K
Favorite Trails-
Hanging Tree
Snakes
All of Sand Hollow
All of Moab
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