jdoom
05-19-2005, 11:47 AM
New here so say what you want. My name is Jordan by the way. I'm in the process of putting together LA's and thought it would be great to have input and opinions on the buildup so I thought I would start up a new thread. Right now my jeep has the basics, a BB, 31's and all the basic engine stuff, aka bolt ons. I just purchased a subframe from RUYellow over on NAGCA. It's just the pieces so I'll be putting everything together. I have a friend here in town who has clayton's so we are going off of his set up.
This is the subframe i picked up.
http://www.ruyellow.com/pictures/Gen2-1.jpg
http://www.ruyellow.com/pictures/Gen2-1.jpg
I have two welders, a little lincoln fluxcore 100, and just got a lincoln pro mig 175. I don't have the 175 running yet because I haven't had time to run out the power. I'll be using the 175 for all my LA and 8.8. Although the 100 isn't that strong, i've still loved using the thing. I did my exhaust, made an intake, and just finished up a roof rack. Intake was made out of some exhaust tubing for semi-trucks. Made the heat shield out of some scrap metal lying around and used a plumbing adapter i picked up at home depot to connect the factory air hat to the new tubing. The roof rack is made out of 3/4" sq tubing with some 2"x1/8" flat stock bent around the edges and finally some expanded steel flooring.
Here's a pic of my intake.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/doomer04/Image00004.jpg
Here are some pics of my rack and mounting system.
These are the tabs which slide into the factory rails.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/doomer04/Image00002.jpg
These are new rails i made so that if i don't want the rack on, I still have some nice strong crossrails.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/doomer04/Image00007.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/doomer04/Image00009.jpg
And finally, here's my rack. :mrgreen:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/doomer04/Image00005.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/doomer04/Image00008.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/doomer04/Image00010.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/doomer04/Image00011.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/doomer04/Image00012.jpg
Well I think thats it for now. This will be a slow buildup("building on a budget") but hopefully not too slow. I just wanted to introduce myself and show you all what i have done so far. Hopefully the buildup will be coming along soon. I don't have the subframe in yet, but it should be ariving shortly. I'm up for any comments or suggestions as I will probably be coming here when i get stuck during the buildup and will hopefully receive all the info i need.
Thanks
Jordan
This is the subframe i picked up.
http://www.ruyellow.com/pictures/Gen2-1.jpg
http://www.ruyellow.com/pictures/Gen2-1.jpg
I have two welders, a little lincoln fluxcore 100, and just got a lincoln pro mig 175. I don't have the 175 running yet because I haven't had time to run out the power. I'll be using the 175 for all my LA and 8.8. Although the 100 isn't that strong, i've still loved using the thing. I did my exhaust, made an intake, and just finished up a roof rack. Intake was made out of some exhaust tubing for semi-trucks. Made the heat shield out of some scrap metal lying around and used a plumbing adapter i picked up at home depot to connect the factory air hat to the new tubing. The roof rack is made out of 3/4" sq tubing with some 2"x1/8" flat stock bent around the edges and finally some expanded steel flooring.
Here's a pic of my intake.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/doomer04/Image00004.jpg
Here are some pics of my rack and mounting system.
These are the tabs which slide into the factory rails.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/doomer04/Image00002.jpg
These are new rails i made so that if i don't want the rack on, I still have some nice strong crossrails.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/doomer04/Image00007.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/doomer04/Image00009.jpg
And finally, here's my rack. :mrgreen:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/doomer04/Image00005.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/doomer04/Image00008.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/doomer04/Image00010.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/doomer04/Image00011.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/doomer04/Image00012.jpg
Well I think thats it for now. This will be a slow buildup("building on a budget") but hopefully not too slow. I just wanted to introduce myself and show you all what i have done so far. Hopefully the buildup will be coming along soon. I don't have the subframe in yet, but it should be ariving shortly. I'm up for any comments or suggestions as I will probably be coming here when i get stuck during the buildup and will hopefully receive all the info i need.
Thanks
Jordan