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Postby TheOgre88 » Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:03 am

Here's my ride 88 Suzuki Samurai with FJ62 axles locked up
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Postby stomperxj » Tue Feb 15, 2011 4:52 pm

TheOgre88 wrote:Here's my ride 88 Suzuki Samurai with FJ62 axles locked up


More pics please. Sammys are cool :)
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Postby TheOgre88 » Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:16 am

As it is now
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5 Years ago this photo was in Four Wheeler magazine
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When I bought it
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Postby stomperxj » Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:32 am

Cool Zuk Ogre... I always thought a Samurai with a 1.9 TDI conversion would be really cool to have. Not sure I would love the smell of diesel fumes all the time though...
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Postby Curtis in Texas » Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:17 am

stomperxj wrote:Cool Zuk Ogre... I always thought a Samurai with a 1.9 TDI conversion would be really cool to have. Not sure I would love the smell of diesel fumes all the time though...


Just pour in a little peanut oil in with the diesel and it will smell like peanut butter and that will be much better.
Or, put some filtered cooking oil from a Chinese restaurant and the exhaust will smell like egg rolls
Filtered used French Fry oil will make it smell like you've got a McDonalds in the backs.

The only downside is it will wreck your diet!! :lol:

Nice Suzuki. I've had two so far. Sadly I've never been able to get them running. Seems someone allways comes by and buy them off me before I can do anything to them.
What can I say? I like Money!
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Postby TheOgre88 » Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:54 am

thanks Stomper and Curtis its been a great ride gutless but fun.
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Postby gc3 » Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:03 pm

no trailer yet, but plan is to pull with this

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Postby 86 slo-vo » Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:21 pm

a few newer pictures of mine.

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Postby Yuri4x4 » Sun Apr 03, 2011 10:18 pm

slo-vo: Did you do a solid-axle conversion on your Ranger? I've got a buddy of mine converting his Ranger now. He went with full-width, D44 front, 14-bolt rear, all on leafs. It's got dual T-cases, and a shortened wheelbase/bobbed bed. It's a major project, but he's getting closer to being finished.
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Postby 86 slo-vo » Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:13 pm

Yuri4x4 wrote:slo-vo: Did you do a solid-axle conversion on your Ranger? I've got a buddy of mine converting his Ranger now. He went with full-width, D44 front, 14-bolt rear, all on leafs. It's got dual T-cases, and a shortened wheelbase/bobbed bed. It's a major project, but he's getting closer to being finished.


not yet still on the d35/8.8 combo but getting parts togather for a d60/sterling 10.5 combo to go in this winter hopefully on 40's
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Postby Steve F » Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:54 pm

Finally got a pic of mine in action, always hard to get decent pics when you're driving. This was really a shakedown before I head off on a trip at Easter with the TD. The TD will have a RTT on it as well by then :)

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Postby Yuri4x4 » Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:00 am

This is the most 'action' mine has seen in a while... I was testing for clearance issues after my front suspension/axle build. Unfortunately, I found more issues that will need attention before I can go wheelin' again (and before I can start building my TD). So the Swampers came off, and the street tires went back on after taking many pix of the problem areas for reference. I also had to snap a shot like this tho :) If the wood pile could have supported it, it would go a little higher with all 4 wheels still touching the surface.

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btw: It's a 2001 Jeep Wrangler: D44 rear, Disconnect HP30 front; Home-built stretched wheelbase, long-arms: triangulated 3 1/2 link rear (A-frame upper), 3-link+track bar up front; I run 33x12.50x15 Bias Swampers off-road and 265-70R17 Yokohama all-terrains on the road. It's got a 9k Superwinch, on-board air, AW4 tranny (with manual-shift option)... and many more mods.
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Postby Apexbasher » Fri May 20, 2011 1:54 pm

After my build I'll be traveling the U.S. from great offroad site to great offroad site with my wife in my '08 FJC with numerous mods.
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Postby iSpy » Sat May 21, 2011 12:55 pm

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Postby 86 slo-vo » Sat May 21, 2011 7:08 pm

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