My 1950 Willys Trail Rig

[OWEN]

damn dude i love this thing. cant wait to see this thing roll

haha yea probably try to get in on the roof day 1 or 2

[#DEZERTDAD]

Your junk is bad ass! Excellent job man!

[Chaos]

Awesome work man

[Riot]

This is a crazy build.
When do we get to see it in action!?

[OWEN]

This is a crazy build.
When do we get to see it in action!?

July, I hope. I might even be driving it by Monday.

I built both shafts today. Another major dialemma for me. I want to have some strong stuff in the jeep, but I also want it done.

The rear shaft is a 1310 Double Cardan at the Case and 1350 at the axle. My transfer case is 10 spline output. You can get a 1350 CV Yoke for about 100 bucks and that will probably make the output the weak link. I want to probably upgrade to a 32 spline, however that is about 400 and I think the yoke is like 50. Right now I am just trying to get it done, so Ill probably just carry an extra shaft for now and start saving for the 32 spline kit if/when I put my 203 range box in.

The front shaft is 1310 double cardan at the case and 1330 at the axle. For this I just worked with what I had. Again 10 spline. I will probably leave this unless I find it breaking a lot

Pictures soon

[OWEN]

Rear driveshaft went in today, Never seized and tightened all of the fasteners and aligned it, then decided it was time to go for a little ride.... And it was AWESOME. It rides really nice, handles really nice, and I seem to have gotten the squat dialed in pretty well... It is pretty neutral, does not lift at all.

I flexed it out on some tires and everything seems to work as I designed it, and It does not rear steer too bad. Here's some pics





I ordered a hot rod builder exhuast from jegs... should be in tomorrow

[Even]

I'm interested in your shock setup, it doesn't seem like that setup would give a lot of control over the body? I would imagine you get a ton of droop though.

Oh and this is why you weren't included in the poll, you actually get shit done

[Riot]

At one point does this build go from or did go from jeep to buggy?

[OWEN]

I'm interested in your shock setup, it doesn't seem like that setup would give a lot of control over the body? I would imagine you get a ton of droop though.

Oh and this is why you weren't included in the poll, you actually get shit done

Admittly not the best setup but it fits. Theres not very much weight getting tossed around back there either. I may change it eventually along with 2378930475 other things

[OWEN]

Came home from work today, 2 boxes from Jegs (exhaust pipe) and 1 box from BTF (Limit strap) I got some work to do this weekend

This is what I ordered in 2.25, the box is pretty big

[Jeepbonehead]

you have my attention with all that pipe

[Jeepbonehead]

the headers drop right outside the frame rails right? i'm pretty sure thats the way all old jeeps/willy's were

[OWEN]

the headers drop right outside the frame rails right? i'm pretty sure thats the way all old jeeps/willy's were

Nope, the headers are squeezed inside the framerails. The fenderwell headers are aftermarket and cool, for street use. Offroad I think exhuast run under the rockers would get destroyed. Plus if you look back you might notice my cage tie ins on the outside of the frame rails where that style exhuast would go... So it is out of the question for me. My headers are Edelbrock TES, the application was for my old '89 s10. I had to modify them a little to fit in my jeep. Mainly to clear the clutch slave

Fitting an exhuast is going to be a trick, there is not much room, that is were the wider framed YJs and TJs have an advantage. I just need to add some back pressure and quiet it down, and keep it from getting smashed.

I might end up running these if there is no room for a muffler... http://www.jegs.com/p/Car-Chemistry/...44688/10002/-1

[Jeepbonehead]

those seem pretty cool i'd like to see how well they work

[OWEN]

or you can get glasspack look-alike mufflers with the inserts in them

http://www.carchemistry.com/shop/ind...ct_detail&p=94

pretty pricey, they probably sound better than glasspacks and maybe quieter, which I like. Versus a 12 inch long summit glasspack is 20 bucks...