'lo all. Traded a clapped-out 03 F-350 6.0L crew cab that wouldn't start for something a bit more practical this February. Picked up a khaki green 04 KJ Sport for a decent price, and in excellent shape! So far I've found one tiny door ding, a scratch beside the headlight, and one tiny spot of rust repair on the inside at the bottom corner of the driver's door. Aside from that, I don't think she'd ever been off pavement. The previous owner apparently came in with it on trade, and spent six or seven hours looking at every single Chevy Cruze on the dealer lot before settling on the one he wanted. I think that's a good sign, because the KJ runs like a top.
I've already picked out my lift, JBA 4" Bronze package with cut CVDs, as well as my new wheels and tires, Black Rock 997 Type 8 17"x8", 4.5" backspace, with 265/70R17 Goodyear Wrangler DuraTracs. Bigger tires means new gears, of course. Yukon 4.10s are already sitting in my garage, waiting for Eaton TrueTrac LSDs front and rear. After that, I'm thinking about a Rock Lizard roof rack. Bumpers will eventually get the treatment with ARB up front and Tommudd on the back, along with some skids. At some point, I'm going to bed-liner the rockers and the bottom of the doors, too.
As for how I spend time other than the Jeep, I've got a 98 Park Avenue Ultra that is currently out of commission with a blown #3 cylinder. That monster has cam, rockers, headers, improved supercharger and pulley, and fully-built trans. Best run was a 13.8@104. Not exactly astonishing, but good enough to be the world's fastest Park Avenue for nearly six months. I'll be yanking the motor soon, to put everything into a racing block with forged pistons. From there, it will end up either in a Sunfire or a lifted Track, since the Park Ave was already starting to lose the fight with subframe mount rust.
I also run ridiculously overpowered electric RC trucks and build large air cannons for S&G.
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