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  • Justin Partin walloped his ’93 YJ until it spit a front driveshaft U-joint. A quick trail repair had the 4.0L back to spinning the TorqueFlite 904, and doubled NV231 T-case. A custom rear four-link suspension and a front spring-over locate front and rear Dana 60 axles with 4.88 gears. The Jeep rolls on 14/42-16 Super Swamper Irok tires wrapped over 16-inch beadlocks.
Justin Partin walloped his ’93 YJ until it spit a front driveshaft U-joint. A quick trail repair had the 4.0L back to spinning the TorqueFlite 904, and doubled NV231 T-case. A custom rear four-link suspension and a front spring-over locate front and rear Dana 60 axles with 4.88 gears. The Jeep rolls on 14/42-16 Super Swamper Irok tires wrapped over 16-inch beadlocks.
Gary Hurt is a great driver, but don’t worry, you won’t miss it. He’ll be the first to tell you all about it. His ’95 Wrangler spins 18.5/44-15 Super Swamper TSL tires thanks to an ’06 Chevy 6.0L V-8 mated to a TH350 tranny and an NP205 T-case. Power is then routed to a pair of Chevy 1-ton axles. The Dana 60 front and a 14-bolt rear are stuffed with 6.17 gears. It all rides on custom four-link suspensions (front and rear) with Fox 2.5-inch air shocks. If you consider a very large shocker hood sticker a modification, Clay Sherrill has got you covered. If not, you’ll find his ’95 Wrangler has a swapped-in GM 5.7L Vortec engine, a TH350 auto tranny, and an NP205. The Dana 60 front and GM 14-bolt rear axles sport 5.13 gears. It rolls on Hummer beadlocks and 42-inch Super Swamper tires thanks to the clearance supplied by 2-inch Fox air shocks and custom link-suspensions. Justin Partin walloped his ’93 YJ until it spit a front driveshaft U-joint. A quick trail repair had the 4.0L back to spinning the TorqueFlite 904, and doubled NV231 T-case. A custom rear four-link suspension and a front spring-over locate front and rear Dana 60 axles with 4.88 gears. The Jeep rolls on 14/42-16 Super Swamper Irok tires wrapped over 16-inch beadlocks. The ’08 JK of Jason Garner seemed out of place amongst the monster meats, but we have to give him credit for being the only guy wheeling his daily driver. His Wrangler Rubicon rolls on 37/12.50R17 BFG KM2 Mud Terrain tires slipped over 17x9 Pro Comp Xtreme wheels thanks to an Old Man Emu lift and Poison Spyder tube fenders. The engine, auto tranny, NV241OR T-case, and Rubicon Dana 44 axles are all stock, even down to the 4.10 gears, although we suspect he’ll be looking for a front shaft upgrade. A passenger-side front shaft failure took Jason off the trail early on day two. James Kimbril, better known as Taco, cruises the rocks in a ’99 TJ. The Jeep still rolls with the stock six-cylinder and AX15 manual tranny. An Advance Adapters Atlas transfer case shoots power to a Dana 60 front axle and a Dana 70 rear, both with 4.10 gears. The whole enchilada sits on 42-inch Super Swampers with 15-inch beadlocks. It’s suspended on custom link suspensions and Fox coilovers front and rear. Ryleigh Boyd stole her dad’s YJ-grilled ’82 Scrambler for part of the day. The Jeep sports an incredibly rappy, Edelbrock Pro-Flow fuel-injected ’77 GM 350 engine. Power is sent into a TH400 tranny, an Advance Adapters 3:1 low range Atlas T-case, and shaved Rockwell 2½-ton steering axles front and rear with 6.72 gears and Detroit Lockers. The Jeep is supported by triangulated four-links front and rear along with 14-inch ORI ST struts and it rolls on 18.5/44-15 Super Swamper TSL tires mounted to 15x10 MRW wheels with custom aluminum beadlock rings. This CJ-8 has a lot of cool home-built items; keep an eye out for a full feature in an upcoming issue. With a mountain of trails in his very own backyard Erik Cole has to have a capable Jeep. His ’94 Wrangler clears 44-inch Swamper TSLs on 15x10 Allied beadlocks thanks to a custom four-link suspension and 2.5-inch Fox air shocks front and rear. The wheelbase is pulled out to 124 inches but Erik wishes it was a little shorter. A GM 5.3L Vortec V-8 spins into a TH350 tranny and an NP205 with a JB Conversions Lomax 3:1 conversion. The Dana 60 front axle is stuffed with chromoly shafts and U-joints, a Detroit Locker, and 4.56 gears. The rear Dana 60 features like gears and another Detroit Locker. Dwight Woodlee had his son Adam at Wide Open Design build this stretched ’81 CJ-7. It features a GM Vortec 350 punched and stroked out to a 383 that spins into a TH350 auto tranny, and a doubler NP203/205 T-case combo. The front axle is a GM Dana 60 and the rear is a 14-bolt. Both axles house 4.56 gears and are located by leaf springs. The CJ rolls on 39-inch BFG Krawlers mounted to American Racing aluminum wheels. Wilson Boyd rolled out in his GM 4.3L V-6-powered flattie. The short wheelbase made some of the slick taller climbs impassible for the 36-inch Swamper-IROK-shod Jeep, but Wilson always seemed to find a way around to the top of the trails and cook us lunch. Pretty much every bit of the Jeep was handmade, modified, or assembled in Wilson’s garage.
The ’95 YJ of Wayne Burt is powered by a carbureted GM 350 V-8 that passes power to an SM465 manual tranny mated to an NP205 T-case. The Dana 60 front axle houses a Detroit Locker and 4.88 gears. The rear 14-bolt is welded for spool-like traction. The 44-inch Super Swamper TSL tires on MRW wheels fit under the Jeep thanks to custom link suspensions front and rear. The front features 14-inch Sway-A-Way coilovers and the rear has 16-inchers. The ’78 CJ-7 of Brock Maxwell spins 15/42-15 Super Swamper TSL tires on 15-inch TrailReady beadlocks thanks to a ’98 GM 5.7L Vortec V-8, a TH350 auto tranny, and a twin-stick’d NP205 T-case. Power is sent to a 35-spline Dana 60 front axle sporting 4.56 gears and a Lock-Rite and a rear GM 14-bolt with like gears and a Detroit Locker. The Jeep is suspended on a custom rear four-link with Fox air shocks and leaf springs up front.
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