AlumaJ8 build, LCG CJ/LJ on 40s

Damn... I did it again. I’d probably be done with my CJ by now if I wasn’t buying other vehicles... I just bought a 1981 Ford C800 rotating boom truck with a 429ci and Spicer 5052A 5spd

You never know when you need a crane!
 
Damn... I did it again. I’d probably be done with my CJ by now if I wasn’t buying other vehicles... I just bought a 1981 Ford C800 rotating boom truck with a 429ci and Spicer 5052A 5spd

But of course you did...everyone needs one of those....
 
I finally drilled the holes for my windshield brackets and my PSC steering box showed up. Stumbled upon an awesome Black Friday deal on 4WD.com
 

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I finally got some time to tinker with my Jeep. Mocked up the steering gear
 

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Nothing but the Beef for my build! Sam’s Offroad flat pitman arm. This is the 4th one I have used in a build.
 

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Since I am building my chassis from scratch I can place my steering gear in an ideal situation that a flat pitman arm works. Most people when they lift a factory vehicle, the have to get a drop pitman arm because the steering box placement was for a stock ride height.

If my chassis was higher, My box would be lower accordingly.
 
Since I am building my chassis from scratch I can place my steering gear in an ideal situation that a flat pitman arm works. Most people when they lift a factory vehicle, the have to get a drop pitman arm because the steering box placement was for a stock ride height.

If my chassis was higher, My box would be lower accordingly.

It looks awesome, I’m impressed


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I finally got some time to mess with my own Jeep again. I drilled the holes for the cage feet and cut the CJ7 hardtop in half. Not much, but a lot more than I have done in the last few months.
 

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I also got a pair of Summit rebranded Holley manifolds to try them out. I am going to stick with the OEM truck manifolds. The truck manifolds put the output out closer to the frame and away from the line of the driveshaft. I’ll get some new aftermarket non-EGR ones.
 

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