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Hello Everybody, I am new to this forum but not to 4 wheeling. I have been away from it for a few years but I am getting back into it again. Anyway I was reading a lot of your posts and looking at the pictures and it got me thinking about the fun I have had in the past off roading, which led me to remember the different 4X4s I owned over the years that I had so much fun with. Now I'm not a hardcore off roader but I like to get a little dangerous at times.

I thought we could list all the 4x4s we had and what the pro's and con's were. Please humor me.

Here it goes.

1. 72 dodge club cab. Pro's: It was my first car in high school "1989" Con's: It was a gas hog and weighed about 10 tons.

2. 89 Nissan hardbody pickup. pro's: good low range gear ratio. con's: underpowered, poor articulation.

3. 75 international scout II. Pro's: this thing was a chick magnet when I was in college. Cons: carb float would close when descending a steep hill, causing the engine to stall and the power brakes to go away (that always sucks when your trying to impress a girl).point gap in the old mechanical distributer was to close and I could never get them gapped right so I was always changing Points.

4. 86 Isuzu trooper. Pro's: none Cons: this thing was the worst 4X4 I ever had. underpowered. top heavy (without a lift) all kinds of electrical problems. I could keep going.

5. 85 jeep cherokee XJ. Pro's it is a jeep. it had fair articulation and good low range ratio. Cons: 2.8 liter engine was underpowered.

6. 95 Jeep wrangler sahara YJ. Pro's: good power plenty of torque with 4.0 HO engine. Nice low range great all-a-round for 4wheeling. Con's: no room for gear if you wanted to take somebody with you.

7. 78 Ford bronco. Pro's It was a Ford. good stock ground clearance, short wheelbase great manuverability. Cons: it had a terible low range gear ratio 1.98 to 1 or something like that.

8. 2000 ford f150. Pro's: good power, nice low range gear ratio. cons: alot of junk down below the axles to get hit with rocks.

9. 98 land rover discovery. Pro's: great stock 4X4, locking difs, good weight balance, great articulation good low range. Cons: underpowered, expensive to fix.

10 2000 Grand Cherokee Limited (my current ride) I haven't had it very long so I don't have any information. But from all the pics I've seen on this forum it looks like it will be fun.

muddeprived

I've only owned one four by since. I did own a lifted dodge dakota but it was 2wd so that doesn't count in this thread.

2000 Jeep Wrangler:



2.5L 3sp auto. Lockers/swampers

Pros: Goes anywhere.
Cons: Lack of cargo space

wicked_xj

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1987? ranger 4 in suspension 3 in body 32s
good 8.8,went every were
bad rolled it

1980 f150 with 79 f250 axles
good 13 + in lift 36s
bad not legal in nj

1989? ford ranger
stock with 33s blew up the trans or tcase in the mud
bad 2 1/2 hr ride home

1990 2dr 5sp Cherokee
good everything till i jumped it a couple of times

1990 4door Cherokee 4 1/2 back 5 in front lift 35s rear locked
good everything wish it ran

whowey

You sure it had an 8.8?? the 7.5(which was the normal axle in that) looks almost identical(its a touch smaller)

You forgot to add the sexy Dana 35 front axle....


I'll do my list later.. Its kinda long

nick_n_ii

I've had..
'86 Suzuki Samaria

'84 AMC Eagle Wagon(year might be off)

'89 XJ Limited on 2.5" lift with 33's

'93 YJ on 5" lift with 33's and lockers

'94 ZJ on 3.5" lift and 31's (Current rig)

Burton58

4x4's huh? do rally cars count

87 dodge ramcharger

90 subaru legacy

02 subaru wrx

94 ford exploder

92 talon tsi

96 subaru legacy gt

93 xj (current)

R.DesJardin

1982 D-50 4x4, bought new , beat to death, Hooker header add-a-leaf cut out fender wells for 11-15 True tracs. Raced in PNW4WDA for a couple years, usually trophied. Baja buckets, 5pt harness, window nets, custom front and rear tube bumpers and roll bar(only used twice).

194- Flat fender race Jeep, 350 Chev, turbo 400, dana 20, 44 rear with posi from scout II, front 30 from wagoneer. 4 link rear suspension with coils(this was in 1986-87) wagoneer front leafs rearched. Baja buckets from D-50 and harnesses.

1967 Ford Bronco, had 40" Gumbo MM's with a 302 w/3spd manual when I bought it. Tranny toasted so I traded the 40's for a Ford ThunderJet 429 and a C6, used Advanced Adapters T-case adapter and lowered the lift 3" so rear driveline angle would work. Full cage and bumpers I bent up myself. Went to 35" Buckshots. Traded in it on-

1988 Nissan SE xtra cab- V6 5spd, loaded included rear limited diff.

1979 Dodge Power Wagon 3/4 ton 360 auto, Warn 8000lb winch custom bumpers.

1995 Dodge Club cab 1500 5.7 auto longbox SLT. gutless.

19-- Jeep flat fender, D50 from above running gear(yes an IFS Jeep) and the 35" Buckshots from the Bronco. Body work done to make it straight and clean. when the 2.6 mitsu motor died in made an adapter to bolt up a 2.8 Ford V6 to the D50 5spd. Traded in on something.

1989 Chev. 1-ton srw, flat bed. Crew cab. 454 auto. Good looking used to tow toyhauler camp trailer to mx races for the kids. Sold and got a-

1980 Toyota 4x4, 20R long box with shot clutch and a lotta rust.

1988 Toyota reg. cab. 22RE- 5spd, loved this truck, took bumpers off the old D-50 that I had long since gotten rid of and installed them.
motor ate a timing chain at 250,000mi and kid had used it up so sold it.

1983 Toyta 4x4 22R long box, Offy intake and Weber 32/36, header, '92 A340 auto self made custom shift system, 4.88's and rear locker. Old Rancho 2-3" lift. Added Power steering. Self made bumpers and sliders and roll bar. Still have and drive this one. Use Garmin GPS for Speedometer.

2004 Dodge 3500 quad cab, cummins, auto. Stock. This ones a keeper too.

man that's a lot of rigs and I'm only about 24 or twice that old.

whowey

1976 Jeep CJ-5
4-cyl 4-spd.
I didn't know rust could hold together like that. Damn was that a cold winter.

1984 F-150
302 5-spd
Great truck.... absolutely terrible on fuel though.

1986 F-150 2wd
302 5 spd.
Started as a tow rig, then my first ever pre-runner build.
I live in Illinois, how much pre-runner stuff is there???

1983 Ford Ranger
Diesel 5-spd
Would have kept this forever if I could have found parts for the engine.

1986 Ford Ranger
2.3l 5-spd
What in the heck is with all of those spark plugs????

1987 Ford Ranger
302 4-spd
2 season Champion Mud Runner

1988 Ford Ranger
2.9l A4LD auto
Factory Hi-rider 2" body lift.
Tons of fun(right up to the point I ran it into a van)
Went on to another life as a trail only rig in southern Ohio.

1989 Ford Ranger
2.8l 5-spd
1 season Mud runner champion (stock class)

1988 Toyota P/U
4-cyl 5-spd.
Cool little winter ride. Frame snapped right behind the cab when hauling stuff to the scrap yard.

1984-1988 Cherokees
A whole herd of them in various states of disrepair, pieces and parts.

1988 Cherokee
Ex-fleet edition
4.0l AW-4
Would have kept her forever also, but rust ate her

1988 Comanche
4.0l 5-spd
Bought to be a hauling/working truck
has served every job in the fleet

1990 Cherokee
4.0l AW-4
Current trail rig, previous family truckster

1994 Grand Cherokee
5.2l 44RH
DD and part time truckster

1988 Ford F-150
5.0 Mazda 5-spd
Current hauling truck and trailer tugger

Kyle Horvath

1) 1996 Jeep Cherokee, 30x9.5 BFGs, Lights, but stock.
2) 2000 Jeep Cherokee, many mods. . .
3) 1987 Suzuki Samurai, 3.5 inch lift, 30's. 30MPG!!!!

Teal96XJ

1) 93 XJ stock

2)89 Fullsize Bronco 351/6 inch skyjacker suspension lift/3inch body lift/38's

3)96 XJ Stock for now until the money come in.......

kmanxj5050

93 Chevy 1500 383 Stroker 3 inch body with 33's
and now my jeep (i have only owned 3 vehicles, and im 19 lol)

mkrebs86

In no particular order...

1) 1991 Jeep Cherokee - 4.5inch lift 33's lock right locker now is sitting on an 87 K5 blazer frame with a 6inch lift under it waiting for tires(44's or better) 350, th350, dana 60 and 14bolt combo on its way too.

2) 1987 K5 blazer- stock, roller now under 91cherokee( see above)

3) 1984 Ford Bronco - stock on 31's 351w c6 and a 9inch rear.

4) 1985 K1500 silverado - fresh 350, 6inches of lift, 35's

5) 1996 Grand Cherokee - stock with the 4.0

6) 1976 J10 pickup - 40k original miles, 360ci, th400 trans.

7) 1989 Wrangler Sahara - 4.2 I6, 4inch lift, 35's, 5 speed.(owned it twice)

8) 1987 GMC Jimmy - 350, muncie 4speed, np205 t-case, 7inches of lift, 36" swampers

9) 1983 CJ5 - 4.2 I6, 4 speed, 31's

10) 2000 Silverado Z71 - 5.3 v-8 everything is stock but I have a Bully Dog programmer. Its my DD

19cherokee95

1988 ford bronco 2 no lift 31x10.50x15
1986 full size suburban no lift 31x10.50x15
1987 full size suburban w/ 307 from camaro
1991 full size blazer with 33x12.50x15
1992 ford explorer w/ 31x10.50x15
1995 jeep cherokee (current truck)

VenomHP

1995 Jeep XJ
1993 Ford F-150 5.0 auto 35's

2003 Toyota tacoma reg cab short bed 4cyl 4x4
2001 toyota tundra access cab limited TRD
2002 Toyota Tundra access cab limited TRD
1987 Jeep YJ SBC350, dana 44/gm 14 bolt 36's

2002 silverado ext cab silverado
1998 XJ

86 Chevy 1/2 ton 4x4
87 Toyota pickup ext cab custom bed

flopp

1988? ford bronco 2 learned to drive stick at 13 in it was showing my friend when we decided to jump it and broke a coil bucket

1991 ford ranger 4 inch lift on boggers my dad wanted a jeep so he traded it when i was 14 but i had fun with it

1994 ford ranger this thing was cool i put 33's on it at 14 then at 15 my stepmom wanted her 3rd $15,000 truck so mine went on the chopping block

1994 jeep cherokee 2 door at 16 i loved this thing to death 3in lift 30in bfgs i then found out the floors were gone my stepmom backed it into a tree and i hit 2 deer with it both late at night on the same road ouch but i sold it for what i bought it for

1998 jeep wrangler this was my favorite rig and i had to get rid of it because of gas 4in lift 33in bfg muds lots of custom work blew up a transfercase at 55mph took out the dana 35 3.07 gears and spider gears replaced with 4.10s rebuilt both axles completely then when gas got high i couldnt afford it on my part time job then lost my a$$ on it on trade $4000 with 130,000 miles and no rust

Now i have a rusted out pos 1996 cherokee my friend just backed into a week ago and now i am rebuilding just finished painting it and am going to town on the floors this weekend then I am going to lift and put it on 33s or 35s i havent decided yet but the fenders have been cut so its ready to go