3500V6 4X4 jimmy

[Mars]

Put you welder on wheels

Oh it's on wheels but the welding receptacle doesn't allow me to wheel very far... lol. I just need a extension cord.

[3400-95-Modified]

Put you welder on wheels

[Mars]

I will be using 4.88 gears unless something changes. Should be a good compromise.

Worked on the truck all day, I made some 1.5" lift shackels, 3/8 thick.



Cut all the useless perches off of the 8.8 I will be going spring over.



My perches :



U-bolts, I got them made at a local spring place. All I need for the 8.8 swap and a D30.



Front X-member, this took alot of time as I had to cut/grind off all the old crap off of it. But it's done.



Ran into a real world problem though, I was going to weld in the front X-member but my welding whip is too short, lol. I gotta get the rear done so I can move the truck back a few feet. It's just tacked on right now with my little 120V box.

[Fieroghini]

I ran 4.10's in my solid axle bravada with 35's. It'll move fine but will be 4 lo off road for sure. I ended up going 5.13's but didn't notice a big difference in power. Just higher rpms on the highway.

[Mars]

Bam, look what I found from a local off-roader guy.

Exploder 8.8 with 4.10 and a locker. rear disk.



10 bolt gone to scrap.



The parts Grand Cherokee had a nice 2.5" tube hitch. i am going to cut and mod it out to make my front X-member.



Dakota rear leafs and an Astro steering box (the pitman arm faces fwd on the Astro, vs towards the rear on the S-truck. Helps with lifts and I will be trying to stretch the wheelbas as much as I can so this will also help with that.



My winter project is going to be complete in a month... lol.



Started cutting out some IFS junk... Slowly but surely.

[pocket-rocket]

I can't comment on gearing, but if you need it, therangerstation.com has a write-up on rebuilding the limited slip, and they tell how to do a performance rebuild to tighten the slip action.

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[Mars]

OK, I picked up an 8.8 tonight, from a friend, 100$.... Looks real good and I will be ordering parts for it. I will be scrapping the Dana44 HD aluminum one.

Has 31 spline, (explorer) limited slip and 4.10's, disk...

I'm kind of split between ordering 4.56 or 4.88 gears. I want to run at minimun a 35" tire.

With the stock 3.42 gears, a 35" tires requires a 4.43 gear to return back to factory speedo, ect. Closest I can get to that is a 4.56 gearset, I just wonder if I'm better off going 4.88 then I should have tons of power and can possibly run a larger tire later on if I ever decide to.

The 3500 will be happy at a higher RPM I'm sure, so I'm thinking maybe get the 4.88...

Any input ?

[geoffinbc]

See if you can find a wrecked Rubicon. The axles will cost more but at least they are D44's and have lockers. If your doing a SAS you must be looking for off road performance so your not going to be happy with a D30. If you can use a D44 over the ford 8.8" then do it because the Ford uses C-Clips which is a major drawback if you plan on running big tires. Don't forget late model Nissans and 4X4 Isuzu Rodeos used the large version of the D44 with disc brakes so its worth checking craigslist for. The Isuzu 12 Bolt from 92 and later used nice rear disc brakes with integral parking drum and a 3 link setup. Its nice and flexy! Plus it has a dropout third member and is somewhere between a D44 and D60 for strength.

[Mars]

Little more progress..

This is the Jeep I am stealing the axles from. It's actually not the best donor for axles..



It has a low pinion Dana30 front axle, with CV axles... Not very desirable at all. The rear is a little better it's a Dana44HD aluminum case. It has rear disks which is cool. 3.73 gears all around which won't be near enough. (I am looking at 4.56 or 4.8

I cut the axles out already and and now cutting all the coil links / brakets off of them. Still unsure if i want to put all this work into these axles or just bite the bullet and spend 800-1000 on some decent / better axles, Ford 8.8 and a Dana30 high pinion from the 95-98 vintage Cherokee would be the hot setup, but I'd have to get them at a yard, can't find them locally.

This truck was free, so, I figured why not... but all this work, and I'll eventually have to re-do it all. Ahh, I'll see what happens.

I can likely grab one from the local Upull it but they will want an arm and a leg.

I'd rather a "3100" one, just for the sleeperyness... haha.

I'm pretty sure I have a large port 3100 upper. I haven't looked in the garage attic yet.

[Mars]

I can likely grab one from the local Upull it but they will want an arm and a leg.

I'd rather a "3100" one, just for the sleeperyness... haha.

I've found an '00 lower so far...

[Mars]

Replacement for the Fiero?

yep

pulled off the front bumper tonight, and started measuring for a SAS front Xmember.

Going to pick up axles in the afternoon tomorrow.

[robertisaar]

you should do it up like a cyclone/typhoon!

being a 700R4 and 4X4 Jimmy, it's already most of the way to being a Ty.

[caffeine]

Replacement for the Fiero?