Project "COPPERHEAD"

I am new to the board but I know some peeps on this board and hope to know more of you guys. I have a build thread on pirate but not everyone goes to jeep hardcore and I like the atmosphere over here compared to pirate. Little history on myself and this jeep. I have only been wheelin for a little over a year. I have known Kelly (blacksheep10), heath; and ben for quite some time and watched them play with there rigs but never anything I was really intersted in. Well I went out to a local park and got hooked. I wheeled a cherokee on 33's for about 8 months and then decided I wanted something bigger and better. I sold this which I had been building for over a year and half and that gave me the funds to buy my jeep




Here is the jeep I bought and wheeled it like this for about 7 months



It has a 4.0,ax-15, stak and built 60 front and 9" rear with 106" wheelbase and RE long arm up front and flipped XJ leafs in rear on 42" rockers.
I decided I wanted something more like a buggy, that I could beat around, have lots of power and soak up the bumps. The only reason I didnt go full tube chassis is because my wife and son come with me on every wheeling trip and they like the top for when it rains and the heater when its cold. The jeep is also street legal and is a blast to drive around town


The plans for the Jeep are 5.3, turbo 400, stak 3 speed, Built HP 60 front and 14B rear with Ori's up front and air shocks with bumps in back. Going to be around 112" wheel base and be on 42 rockers. Im wanting 8" of up travel front and rear at no more then 24" belly. Here are some of the parts I already have got

thats a bad buggy!!

Ya and I miss it everytime I look at the pictures. But the sand was to far away and with the little ones it just wasnt going to work. When they get older I WILL have another one
OTT high steer arms

ORI's thanks Kelly

I really want ORI's in the rear but I have not talked Kelly into sponsoring me yet ;D

Hooker headers

STAK Kelly bought its twin

Going to run Ballistics 2.63 joints on all of my links

My front 60 will consist of Ten Factory axles, detroit locker, CTM's and solid axle keyed knuckles with 4.56 gears

I am going to be running 42" rockers again but on Trail ready Beadlocks



Now the for some pictures of where the jeep is now
I drove it into the shop looking like this

Within about 2 days it looked like this



I didnt want to worry about body damage so I plated the sides with 3/16 metal

As you can also see the new section of frame in the back
Im hoping tommarow to start getting the motor and trans sitting in and get the front of the frame cut off
Kelly and I in the meantime have been working on shaving my 14B and its pretty much done






We shaved about 2" off the housing and 1/8" off the ring gear

you aint scared thats for sure i like to see it done

Badass buggy, love the parts porn man! So damn cool!

Loving the parts porn. I have heard a lot of issues with the Stak, have they got it all figured out by now?

That buggy was sexual!

Bones said:

Loving the parts porn. I have heard a lot of issues with the Stak, have they got it all figured out by now?

That buggy was sexual!

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I think Stak got their **** together. my 6th case finally stays in gear!

Bones said:

Loving the parts porn. I have heard a lot of issues with the Stak, have they got it all figured out by now?

That buggy was sexual!

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lots of monster box issues. I really hope the mini 3 speeds stay in gear. I mean I REALLY hope they do. I don't want to fall out when I'm flogging it, we all know that's no fun

That firebird makes me horny ! drool

Nice parts bling dood ! Hell yea !

I drove that car all the way through high school. Soon as the Jeep is done its getting LS1 By the way I was the dude that backed the rzr into when you were on that z couple weeks ago. Between miles and the fiddy being in the back I couldnt see anything

8)

I....I....I can't keep....hands....on the keyboard.


Parts porn gets me horny.

post up some pics of the firebird

Will do. None of the pictures will work till first of the year. Photobucket says bandwidth is full.

Here are some updated pictures, Here is what I came up with for motor mounts. There is a tube that runs under the oil pan and bends up to another bushing and the motor mounts weld on to that. I am going to put gussets behind the motor mounts


This is what Im going to have for the trans. It will have a piece of strap welded to it and it will bolt to the stak adapter. Im also buying a stak bracket for the back of the transfer case and it will be tied into the trans crossmember


Here is the what the front frame will be 2x3 .250 wall. It is just thrown in and tacked right now. I still need to finish it

GOTDAMN............IF YOU AI,NT DONE "KNOCKED" ALL THE LIMBS OFF THE "MONEY TREE"...............tell us where it is :****:

zukiscott said:

GOTDAMN............IF YOU AI,NT DONE "KNOCKED" ALL THE LIMBS OFF THE "MONEY TREE"...............tell us where it is :****:

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It aint a Paola thing. He's 8 yrs younger and throws it around like its free

zukiscott said:

GOTDAMN............IF YOU AI,NT DONE "KNOCKED" ALL THE LIMBS OFF THE "MONEY TREE"...............tell us where it is :****:

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Money just falls out of the sky. Its falling right now as I speak. But I cant go pick any of it up. Heath is though Maybe he will let me pick up a little of it ;D

Have you run the Pitbull Rockers yet? A buddy of mine wants to try them but was waiting for some real world feedback. They look awesome.