To help with the larger tires and weight I upgraded my brake booster to stop my four wheel disc brakes I now had. I blew out my old one when I tried stopping real hard coming down a mountain road.

I installed my CB where my radio was. My radio didnt work anyways so it wasnt a hard decision to rip it out or not.

 

After a long wait I recieved my bumper and tire carrier I ordered. I got it from Terry Tucker from RigidCO. I was on a long waiting list because he had been so backed up and busy. I didnt mind the wait because he had the best prices and really good products.

 

Along with the rear bumper I got my front bumper. I also ordered a winch plate to go with my setup and a pair of rock sliders. I havent put my sliders on yet because I would like to install frame stiffeners first.

 

To help with my heating issues I raised my hood in the rear.

 

A while back I went through a water crossing and sucked up some water. I didn't hydrolock my engine but it gave me a scare. I bought the $120 snorkel from ebay and put it in. I have yet to test it. I still need to waterproof some things but I really want to try and float my jeep.

 

Lookin good

 

Thank you. Its been a booger this last year putting all this on. I keep running into one problem after another. But as for now all the major projects are done. I would like to eventually put a hybrid cage in it and a stroker with e fans. Im working on a roof rack now. I got the plans from Stitch. It should be ready in about a week or two.

 

Go for a taurus fan. I'm running it and have no complaints other than the high ampdraw. I'm thinking about starting a stroker soon too

 

Does it keep up with the hot days? Thats my only concern with the E-fans. The reason i would like to put one in is i plan on floating my jeep. I was half joking with my dad about fishing out of my jeep.haha I just would like to be able to shut it all off before i enter the water.

As for the stroker, i need to save up a lot more money. Im broke at this point from all these other parts i bought.haha All my money has gone to this jeep.

On another note, I need to say I had tons of help from my friends and family with building this. I didnt do all the installs by myself. A big chunk of it i have done alone but i also had to call in extra hands. along with borrowing my buddies garages and front yards all the time.

 

It cools good in this heat too. It ran on high most of the time but I never ran over 215 in 1604 traffic . I've yet to wire in a kill switch altho its In my plans

 

So you just have the one Taurus fan and the original electric fan that came in the jeep? I might look into just doin it this way. I still need to change my radiator from closed to open system. I might do this all at the same time if i can. Im thinkn about just taking out my ac condenser also to get better air flow. AC is a luxury, not a necessity and i dont use it anyways.

 

Yup. I cut off the fan clutch pulley and ran a shorter belt to make room for the fan. Its a tigh fit but it works with some trimming.

Turn the condenser into a trans cooler lol

 

Cool, well ill look into the fan deal. I dont think i have any cooler lines for the transmission. I was lookn for them but i have the 5 speed.

 

oh i dont think the 5 speed has a cooler. lol

your welcome to come check out my set up if you need a visual

i used these write-ups for it

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/9...on-how-897944/

http://jeep-xj.info/HowtoTaurusFanInstall1.htm

 

Awesome, yea thats some good stuff for me to look at. I like pictures.haha I hate reading and can learn a lot just from looking at something.

I have a question about radiators tho. Im lookn at getn an all aluminum radiator but i dont know which one to get. I have found some on ebay for pretty cheap but i dont know what would be better. Is the 3 row better then a 2 or 1 row?