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154 1010 New Jeep Trail Warpath - 1966 Jeep Cj5 Passenger Side - Photo 29074499

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  • Jeff Wood attempted this huge waterfall without winch-assistance, but the Warpath trumped Wood's 117-inch wheelbase and he hooked up the winch. Wood's '66 CJ-5 runs a Cummins 4BT diesel with propane injection for plenty of torque and great fuel efficiency. A TH400 is backed by an NP203/NP205 setup mated with an adapter from Jed's Machining. Rockwells deal with the 47-inch tires and allow rear-steer via a single-ended hydraulic ram. The front is hooked to a conventional steering box and pump from a Freightliner semi.
Jeff Wood attempted this huge waterfall without winch-assistance, but the Warpath trumped Wood's 117-inch wheelbase and he hooked up the winch. Wood's '66 CJ-5 runs a Cummins 4BT diesel with propane injection for plenty of torque and great fuel efficiency. A TH400 is backed by an NP203/NP205 setup mated with an adapter from Jed's Machining. Rockwells deal with the 47-inch tires and allow rear-steer via a single-ended hydraulic ram. The front is hooked to a conventional steering box and pump from a Freightliner semi.
154 1010 01 o+154 1010 new jeep trail warpath+jeeps on warpath trail A broken knuckle ended the day early for Torres, but he was able to weld up the crack in the arm enough to nurse his flatfender off of the trail under its own power. We are sure that this won't keep Ray off the trail for very long. Jeff Wood attempted this huge waterfall without winch-assistance, but the Warpath trumped Wood's 117-inch wheelbase and he hooked up the winch. Wood's '66 CJ-5 runs a Cummins 4BT diesel with propane injection for plenty of torque and great fuel efficiency. A TH400 is backed by an NP203/NP205 setup mated with an adapter from Jed's Machining. Rockwells deal with the 47-inch tires and allow rear-steer via a single-ended hydraulic ram. The front is hooked to a conventional steering box and pump from a Freightliner semi. Those 39.5-inch IROKs are a lot of tire for a pair of Dana 44s, so Ray Torres beefed up his axles with ARB Air Lockers, 5.38 gears, CTM U-joints, and chromoly shafts. Fuel injection is a must on trails like Warpath, so Torres runs an MPI-injected 4.3L V-6 in his '42 Willys. The engine is mated to a TH350 and then the torque is multiplied by a Klune-V underdrive and Dana 20 T-case. The 305-cube Chevy V-8 under the hood of Jon Rice's '82 CJ-7 might not make huge power, but it's enough to creep along this trail with ease. The engine is connected to a TH700R4 in front of the stock Dana 300 T-case. The rear four-link provides ample flex with TJ coils and allowed him to stretch the wheelbase to 105 inches. A fuel cell was mounted behind the back seat to provide clearance for the Ford 9-inch axle. Rice had just finished painting his CJ-7 and he wasn't about to let Warpath ruin all of his hard work. He got grief from the rest of the group for taking longer, but he made it through the trail without a scratch. While many of the trails in Las Cruces are just sandy washes interrupted by the occasional gigantic dry waterfall, Warpath is full of obstacles and refrigerator-sized boulders from one end to the other. The canyon is close to an old mine trail, which makes it easy to get back to safety if anything breaks or inclement weather moves in. Unfortunately, it is still another ten miles through a maze of old mining roads to get back to anything resembling civilization. John Griffin stretched the wheelbase on his '79 CJ-5 to 105 inches for more stability on steep climbs. The front suspension uses a springover with YJ leaves while the rear triangulated four-link runs TJ coils. The stock axles would puke as soon as they got close to a set of 42-inch Swampers, so Griffin employed a pair of Sunray Engineering Ford 9-inch axles with 35-spline Moser shafts, Detroit Lockers, and 5.38 gears. Roger Mason likes to use the propane-powered 350 Chevy under the hood of his CJ-7. That's how he got the nickname Gasser! The '81 Jeep uses propane injection, an NP241 T-case, and a welded differential in the Dana 60 front axle. The Crawlfab weld-on beadlocks managed to keep the 39.5-inch TSLs on the rims even when Mason had one tire in the air and all of the weight on the opposite corner.
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