The HeavyMetal Project

[HeavyMetal]

I'll have time to do it once i'm my school schedule, so january over winter break we can get it done. You just have to survive the frigid, heatless working environment of the claytonian winters.

If you can wait, january is still very much the "off-season". I need to transfer what i have so far from CAD to bendtech.

if my jeep is going to KOH, Jan might be a little tight. we will talk

[Zullock Holmes]

it'll be early january, first couple weeks. If i can get everything into bendtech correctly and my measurements/math are right, it will go suprisingly fast.

[clean4drxj]

THE OFFSEASON HATH BEGUN.

That means its time for some mindless and unnecessary reworking of my Jeep as per the addiction/sickness' rules.

Just picked up Warn as a client ( ) and I will be getting a Warn winch in the process...FINALLY.
Been following JCR's product line reworking over the last couple of weeks, and their new bumper line has impressed the fawk out of me (similar to rigidco)...I think it is time my existing one saw some updates in preparation for winch duty.

not changing my pushbar/stinger, but the angled faces on the bottom of the bumper will be a nice addition, and better side protection pieces than I have







I would like to have the winch mounted behind the bumper out of sight, probably trimming out the crossmember on the jeep to accomplish it..and then maybe a skid just to protect it/that area..maybe.



Still looking to do the engine cage. Paging Tim Diekmann? ( i KNOW you love XJ cages)

I LOVE my JCR stage 4 front, it's got a build-in receiver box so I could run a winch, and pull it off so there's no theft accurances from people with sticky fingers.

[lilnapsak]

Love my winch behind the crossmember. I could post pics when I get home if you like

[HeavyMetal]

plz do, id appreciate it

ive never paid enough attention as i should have to peoples setups like that in the past...always figured id be too cheap for a winch

you oughta make a buildthread

[lilnapsak]

plz do, id appreciate it

ive never paid enough attention as i should have to peoples setups like that in the past...always figured id be too cheap for a winch

you oughta make a buildthread

i was thinking about making a build thread the other day the other day actually


i was to cheap for one when i was ordering my bumper too. but i got sick of situations where you need to tie up 3 trucks and yank one guy out like this



these are all cellphone pics i havent been able to get to my compter

the crossmember is still in, just cut out for the line to feed through 12 bolts holding it in not incuding the framrail brackets


notched my jcr bumper and got a hawse cause rollers are GHEY


removed my AC condenser since my AC didnt work anyways.. and put my solenoid box in the grill


edit: clocked the winch so it was easier to engage the clutch.


end result in this


i ran into a few problems though. ive got a durango steering box that made me push the winch over more (3/4"-1.25" i forget) causing the mech fan blade to hit the winch, so i removed it and replaced it with another stock efan out of a 99. alot of people say that isnt enough to keep it cool but theres a thread on NAXJA(dirtbound offroad) about the CFM numbers with 2 stock e-fans and its enough to keep cool IMO, plus not having the condensor air gets to the rad faster/easier. i also have hood vents. i also broke my hand when my drill caught drilling this

that said my temp is around 200 on the road with no fans running and while moving on trails. about 210 with both fans on stuck in a washout in 103 degree weather

if i had to do it again i would have cut the whole crosmember out and had the winch sit closer to the bumper saving me the hassle of this cooling/fan bologna. hope any of this helps

[netrachamp1853]

I believe its the warn XD 9000 winch is one of the few that will fit behind the crossmember in the factory location. Like so, http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthrea...ch+crossmember

Or if your poor like me and cant afford a Warn winch but want to keep it from being in front of the radiator you can mount it in front of the crossmember.

[DizzDizz]

i like both those setups. i would just strengthen the cross member a bunch first

[netrachamp1853]

Yea i cut out a little of the factory crossmemeber and graphed in a piece of 6x2 angle iron.

[lilnapsak]

saw one of these stubbys over the weekend.

http://naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1071333

[HeavyMetal]

i was talkin to someone about those a couple weeks ago oddly...i wanna copy that winch setup..totally forgot it had that

just not totally sure i want bolt faces on my bumper

[ne14dbn]

just not totally sure i want bolt faces on my bumper

that is the proper way to mount a winch.

[HeavyMetal]

that is the proper way to mount a winch.

thanks boss for 4x4 101 , but cherokees (and everything) have been mounting winches base-down also for millennia with no issues.

if i go base forward, crosby mentioned the possibility of flat face allen head bolts last night (wish i thought of that), i just need to find shit strong enough, which i havent looked for yet

[ninetysix-ex-jay]

At least this will compensate for your traction issue....well lack of traction issue

Until Maxis realizes their job is to make tires

[Zullock Holmes]

thanks boss for 4x4 101 , but cherokees (and everything) have been mounting winches base-down also for millennia with no issues.

if i go base forward, crosby mentioned the possibility of flat face allen head bolts last night (wish i thought of that), i just need to find shit strong enough, which i havent looked for yet

get the countersunk ones, that way you have a flat finished surface