unidentifiedbomb

How do you like the Rusty's engine mounts?

indeepwithajeep

I picked up the Iron Rock mounts. So far so good, I get a little vibe that runs through the chassis just above idle. I think they'll break in nicely though.

I just took a look at the Rusty's mounts. They looks very similar, but it looks like the IRO is a slightly better design. More rigid and a little cheaper.

JeepXstreme

I think i noticed the Iron mounts are made 1" taller...not sure if rustys are...

indeepwithajeep

They sell the 1" lift and standard. I don't think they offer poly bushings however. I don't think You want to lift the engine on a unibody however.

JeepXstreme

No i dont... i didnt see the normal...i thought about bulldog mounts as thats what a fellow jeeper went with ...just dont want hard vibes!

indeepwithajeep

The vibes I have right now are fairly minimal, only at a particular RPM (~1200rpm?), and little change at idle. I can PM you later to let you know if they break in and go away completely. I will say this though.. I was surprised how much the factory mounts let the engine move just by a normal startup. I subconsciously got used to the recoil after startup with factory mounts.

JeepXstreme

Sure Pm Me ..i will keep a watch on your build also.

unidentifiedbomb

Oh cool, didn't know IRO made mounts. They look the same, but the IRO's are cheaper. Thanks, i need to buy some soon and will probably go with these. Same clevis bushing as oem control arm so bushings should be easy and cheap to replace.

indeepwithajeep

Started putting in my headers today. I heard Gearhead headers fit well.... They have 1 5/8" tubes and the flange is 1/2" thick which was fairly appealing aside from the other cheapos. The fitment hasn't been the best however. I had to notch part of the flange since the headers were too tight to the block. I would have finished today but there were more fitment issues with the header and the intake manifold at the end.

I also threw on some heat deflection tape.




Pre notch. You can see it resting on the block.


Intake manifold clearance issue

jay_sco

Dang man, just went through this whole thread and I likey. Many of the items on my "some day" list have already been checked off on yours. I really need some shakle relocators, I like your rear flex (sounds kinda weird). Keep up the great work.

indeepwithajeep

Thanks! Currently I have 3.5" wasted (up) travel in the rear. I couldn't get the bar pin out and install BPE's without the whole bushing pressing out. I'd like to run longer shackles and more shackle angle but It'll lift me a lot more. Which I already sit higher in the back. I'm thinking I'll have to buy some 1-2" lift leafs and work with those vs the 3.5" packs I have now. I can't find anything with that little of lift that are military wrapped and polymer sliders.

kyle96xj

Take out a leaf or two maybe?

indeepwithajeep

I took a leaf out and got a little less height to almost level it out. However it does lessen the spring rate which my front coils are already on the stiffer side (want to say 220 lbf/in). I thought about getting the springs de-arched, but that's about the price of new aftermarket ones.

indeepwithajeep

Made a little project for myself. I didn't want to pay for the price of the OEM under hood light, and I also wanted more light output anyways.

indeepwithajeep

I've been trying to setup my rear for a little bit now before I do an axle swap. After I got my shackle relocation brackets I was able to get more travel out of the rear.

Which left me with this... My left shock was maxed out yet sitting higher. Took a bit to figure the angle of the axle for the SYE was the cuprit. I figured I'd take on basically free project so I could knock out two birds with one stone. I had 3.25" extra shock dedicated to uptravel I couldn't use.







It's getting hard to get my tires off the ground now

I'm not finished just yet. I ended up getting the wrong contact tips so I wasn't able to weld it up today.