Project Punisher - 1995 YJ

[YJeXtreme]

Well here it goes... Bought the jeep Jan 2007, here were the specs.
1995 Jeep Wrangler Rio Grande. stock 4cyl 5spd and 4.10 gears

• 4" Superlift Suspension Lift
• 3" Bodylift
• Warn Rear Bumper
• Bald 38x16.5 TSLs
• Uniden CB
• Uniden Scanner
• Ford 8.8 factory LSD

Currently

• BTF Front Bumper w/ Stinger
• Superwinch 8000lb winch
• 35x12.50 Maxxis Buckshot Mudders
• Dana 30- Gutted CAD, converted to 1pc Cherokee axle shaft
• 4" LED Taillights recessed into body

In The works

• Ford 9" Spool w/ 5.13s
• Ford D44HP, Detroit w/ 5.13s
• BTF Hi-steer arms
• BTF Rear Stretch Kit
• BTF Full Body Armor/Tube Fenders, etc...
• Custom Cage tied 6 points into frame
• Hunsaker Racing Seats
• 4point Harnesses
• 39.5x16 TSL Swampers - grooved

Pics to come soon for all the Picture Nazis....

[Scrambled]

Just a friendly reminder from the your local picture nazi.

Later bro
Sean

[YJeXtreme]

Some pics before, during repaint, and current

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[Frodes]

JT - Did you do the paint job on your own or take it somewhere? Wondering if it would be worth it to try and repaint the hood of my 300zx by myself.

[Frodes]

Also, how did you post bigger pictures? Mine seemed to have a size limit.

[rubican!]

im working on it.

[YJeXtreme]

Erek, I did paint it myself Apr 2008, I started learning how to paint cars about 4-5yrs ago off/on as I work on my many projects. This is first complete from start to finish I've done, have done alot of single body panels, etc... on other cars I'm building w/ my dad. This one isn't as perfect as I'd like on anything else, but it's my trail toy, not street/show queen. So Flat Black Acrylic Enamel w/ an extra mix of hardner turns to very low Semi-Gloss until you drench it in lot's of mud.... Not hard, but works better when you have all the equipment to do it with.

[YJeXtreme]

So my 2.5L 4cyl is about dead w/ 177k on it. Spewing all the oil from the dipstick tube. And I always thought valvecover gaskets sucked... Anyways, I have some plans in store for motor/tranny/tcase swap. I will say this, it'll definately live up to the name Punisher when I'm done. Only details I'm releasing thusfar is the tranny/tcase Borgwarner T-18 and Dana 20 Tcase. Fairly common amongst older jeeps... It will likely be carbureted until I can piece together the fuel injection parts, or setup Propane/Gasoline combo.... Maybe I'm getting a bit ahead of thinking... Stay tuned for progress updates, and some teaser pics in the next few weeks.

P.S.- Found fully built Dana 44, chromoly in/out Detriot and 5.13s, only needs new longside shaft... Amazing what 39.5x18" boggers can do to a stout D44....

[YJeXtreme]

Found my donor motor today, already have Tranny lined up, looking for Tcase... My stock configuration on tranny/tcase w/ my 5.13 ratio axles, i'm looking at 75-80:1 crawlratio, a set of aftermarket t-case gears and i'll be at roughly 105:1 not too shabby... and as a teaser, i'll be pushing almost 300 ft lb of torque..... Stay tuned for some pics, and updates over next few weeks. Still sourcing out Radiator, and deciding on what exhaust I want to run, looking for something along the lines of flowmaster.... Any recommendations?

[YJeXtreme]

Motor deal fell through, still have something in mind... Am ordering Ring & Pinion/Master Install kit for the 9" this weekend, picking up my D44 in the next week or two, Will order my rims in next few weeks, already have springs, will be fabricationg front Shackle Reversal System. Still trying to find a set of tires. Keep posted for upcoming picks... Project Punisher is finally taking it's turn for some hardcore Rock Punishment