halmotors

The race it's being entered in isn't even remotely serious. If you think that thing looks goofy, you should see some of the other cars that get entered into it.

98jeepsrt6

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93XJLI

youre getting past my knowledge on this one, i'm only familiar with a select few turbos and setups.

all i can tell you is, adjustable MAP, SAFC, bigger injectors, exhaust, turbo, done.

98jeepsrt6

yea those are the basic necessities needed to do a turbo setup but im trying to get a defenite yes that it will work.. but i guess ill have to test it and see what happens... in theory i think it would work but who knows the jeep lacks the higher rpm range so i think the turbo should help in that area....

Mattpar

kinda skimmed through the pages of this thread. I was gonna drop my grand cherokee, but i ended up selling it.

For the front i was gonna find a 2wd beam axle, cut the C's off of it, and locate them higher up. Kinda like a Ghetto drop spindle. then throw on a set of bags

Kinda like this



Then on your cherokee, you polly could do the Spring under, then do a Air Over Leaf setup.

98jeepsrt6

bringing it back to life real quick.. the sway bar wat exactly is its purpose??? To keep the car level when making turns?? tell u the truth i dont know i ask cuz i feel its going to be a small problem when i get to lowering the car.. so if someone can help me out with this i would appreciate it much...

sorry for the dumb*** question...

98jeepsrt6

Ok so now i know the purpose should have done the research before but anyways would this cause a problem when i lower my jeep or will it rotate when the car goes down?? or i doubt that it would smart to remove the front sway and just leave it independent system... right???

Mattpar

the sway bar will rotate up when you lower the front suspension. Just make sure it doesnt contact the inner fender well. If that happens you'll have to make shorter sway bar links

Dont remove your front swaybar if you want it to handle around corners.

XJ4life92

actually i was reading somewhere....and even went to the junkyard to look...a grand cherokee v8 swaybar is thicker and stronger...grab that and the mounts and swap it in place of yours....stiffer sway bars = better on road handling. you still might need to make shorter sway bar links...but for like $20 bucks, you could fly around corners w/out worrying about sway

98jeepsrt6

Awesome sounds like a plan then... would it be a direct fit or will the GC sway bar be longer or shorter..? And what about the back sway bar would be the same correct.?

98jeepsrt6

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ok i think i may have found some wheels....Mamba Offroad Type MR-1 Black Wheel in 17x8" either 4.5BS or 4.75BS

93XJLI

mmmmmmm

98jeepsrt6

hmmm indeed i think these might be the winner but which color black or the gunmetal??? i wanted all black but idk suggestions??

XJ4life92

i say black with more backspacing...more backspacing always looks bad a$$. haha. and ive heard that the sway bar is a direct hook up...your going to need the gc mounts because its a bigger diameter, but thats no problem. ive looked in the junkyard, the sway bars do look exactly the same, im assuming it would be a direct fit. if you really want no sway, go with some polyurethane bushings haha.

how is the project going anyway? did you start it yet?

IXNAYXJ

I know I'm late to the party, but I thought I'd respond to this 'cause you clearly didn't get it. Firstly, the wing is an homage to Richard Petty's 1970 Plymouth Superbird:



See...get it? And our team name is Petty Cash Racing...get it? I'm fully aware that that spoiler is not going to do us any good, but in order to get accepted into one of these 24 Hours of LeMons races you have to have a theme and the team has to dress the part as well.



As to the tires, I can only assume you're talking about the first pic from the NAXJA thread that was linked. If you'd bothered to read a little further you would have seen that those were just rollers while we painted the Jeep and did an initial shakedown run. We ended up running 16x8 Raceline steelies to keep with the '70s Petty theme and wrapped them in 245/50 Toyo Proxes. This is how it ended up:



We did a Ford 8.8 swap (3.73, LSD, disc brakes) and added a 2" Rubicon Express add-a-leaf to level out the 2"-3" drop in the front from cutting a little more than one coil out. We're running all stock running gear and suspension other than that, the the thing is simply amazing on the track. It rolls a little, but really not that much; the lateral grip is astounding, the equal to virturually car out on track with us (including the Porsches, BMWs, Mustangs, Miatas, etc).







We've raced at ThunderHill, Sears Point (Infenion) and Buttonwillow, and will be competing at a race at Oregon Motorsports Park in June. We've finished every race and always been competetive both in our class and overall. We've run as many as 800 miles (mostly at wide open throttle and at or above redline) on a weekend, so the 202k, $200 really gets put to the test.

Still not convinced? Check out our in-car footage located on our youtube channel: www.youtube.com/teampettycash. Here's a good one to get you started, maxing out on the back straight at about 106 mph...with one gear to go:

http://www.youtube.com/user/TeamPett...12/ftMxEh7xZvs

If you still have doubts, here's our first place (in-class) trophy from our last race at Buttonwillow Raceway near L.A.:



I'd be happy to answer any questions you guys might have (in a new thread if it warrants it), but I just wanted to clear up what exactly we'd done and why.

-Matt