Badass!

 

Fantastic detail so far. I can't wait to see more progress!

 

The JCR Offroad DIY rear bumper went together really well.
It comes pre cut and tabbed together so you just fold it into shape and weld.
A couple of hrs and you have a pro looking bumper and not much more money then buying the raw materials. Its coated in Raptor bedliner, I put that ---- on everything!
DSCF2754 by evguy, on Flickr

 

looks good! Raptor liner is GREAT stuff

 

The Trailgear sliders went on easily as well.
They look really close in the pic to the tires but they are not.

DSCF2762 by evguy, on Flickr

 

Did you ever decide what flare combo you are going to use?

 

What kind of fuel economy are you getting with cummins in your XJ?

 

He doesn't have a Cummins in the xj... He's going to put a vw tdi in it.

 

Going with Rusy's (terrible customer service) standard set.
They should just cover the tires without looking to huge.

Yes the XJ is getting the TDI, my 08 Dakota has the ISB170 Cummins 4 cylinder and gets about 24/22mpg, empty/towing.

Hoping to see 30+ from the XJ.

 

Any updates?

 

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Been a few weeks waiting for the adapter to get cast.
Finally arrived this week.
I love the ability to rotate the engine to just the right position and then bolt it into place.
Stock 4L starter is not going to work but looking at one of those mini gear reduction ones.
Here are the two parts of the adapter.

by https://www.flickr.com/people/75125279@N02/,

First one bolts to the block.

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The transmission adapter then bolts to the engine adapter.

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Engine bolted to trans.

Engine is sitting almost vertical with a slight tilt to the drivers side.
The mini starter may allow me to re clock it to vertical.

 

That adapter looks pretty awesome!

Also, love how puny the VNT-15 appears in an XJ engine bay

 

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One of the cleanest builds I've ever seen! Keep it up, gears are turning in my head now to do the same thing

 

Wait till I get that huge VNT-17 in there. ;>)