Not enough hours in the day. Its hard finding enough time for this, and work full time with a couple 16hr shifts a week thrown in.
I'm also going to do the full POR15 treatment to the frame before putting the body back on.
I'm thinking another week or two and it will be mobile. :bounce:

Yesterday 9-18-08

Got the exhaust system in this morning before work. I Have been very impressed
with the quality and fit of everything from AEV so far.

 

Man, that's outstanding. How tough was it pulling the body like that? Wasn't there a billion wires to disconnect?

Great work.

 

Not that bad to do. You can pretty much see everything that needs to come apart. The benefits of doing it that way far outweigh the hassle of trying to work in the engine bay and laying on your back under it. Most of the stuff to disconnect needed to be done either way.

 

"Envy emotocon" inserted here:bawling:

Very nice build. Just curious, does the throttle still drive-by-wire or is there a cable?

 

Wire, everything is the same.

Man o man! You are def not skeered to jump in with both feet and git r done!!!

Looks great! New engine? Did you buy everything from AEV, or just the install kit? If you dont mind me asking.


Keep up the good work!

Picked the new crate motor up on Ebay last Jan, got the trans from a recycler, the kit from AEV and all the rest of the required parts from MoparOnlineparts.com for wholesale cost and no tax. Did not have to chase anything down. Everything just showed up at the house Total investment a hair over 10. Hours=Did not count. Nothing I would have rather been doing with my time than building my Hemified Unlimited.

 

Nice work!!! One of these days I’d love to do the same thing.

 

I am so jealous. Oh to be rich. Thanks for sharing, congrats. Keep the photos coming.

 

You make it look easy.

 

I would not be able to sleep until I was done.... Looks Great so far

 

Man o man! You are def not skeered to jump in with both feet and git r done!!!

Looks great! New engine? Did you buy everything from AEV, or just the install kit? If you dont mind me asking.

Keep up the good work!

 

That is awesome One day I will try my mechanic ability on a project that glorious! In the mean time, Hundy, if you ever do a swap, I got dibs on the Supercharger....

 

Nice work,you're very talented to be able to take on a project like that by yourself

 

nice job! someday i'll do this too.

 

Good Job, can't wait to see it in person.....

Jason

 

NICE!!! What is the build cost for DIY!!??

 

Amazing !! When you get time we want all the gory details. Good Luck, hope everything goes perfectly.

 

Finished with the POR15 treatment over the weekend. That's some nice but messy stuff. Also completed everything on the body side. Removed all the clutch related stuff and moved the steering shaft over for clearance on the new motor. Hopefully will be able to make the time in the next couple days to mate the body back to the chassis.
Couple pics of the cleaned and protected chassis.

 

A hair over 10? That is really reasonable! I may have be in touch to walk in your footsteps!

 

That is no small job, very nice work

 

Nice work, 10 grand huh.... I see a personal loan in my future...haha

 

man-o-man-o-man-o-man-o-man-o-man-o-man-o-man-o-man-o-man...

AWESOME !!

That's how the free time gets enjoyed.

 

WOW Someday.....

 

Got the body mated back to the chassis yesterday. Its tight but it does fit.:bounce:

 

Very nice, you must be getting really antsy now, close to road test time huh

 

Doug great work!!! I am getting ansey about installing a 5.7 hemi in my LJ!!

Jason

 

IT LIVES



Here ya go a little inspiration.

I will work on getting some video up this weekend but here is the semi finished product. Still have to clean up my old wiring harness for my lights. Its all kind of stuffed in around the battery now so I could drive it. I could not be more happy with the way it turned out. Got it put back together, turned the key and went for a ride. I can not believe people are putting 6.1's and above in these things. This 5.7 pulls and sounds like a beast. Around town its hard to get the rpms over 1200, and that's rolling about 50mph but when you do push down the skinny pedal just a little it leaps.

 

looks very good looks like taking the body off is the easy way to cram a square peg in a round hole lol.............................

 

Very nice Sir! I was thinking of the supercharger. But for the price, you have way more power and torque.
I have a 6.1L in my 300C SRT8. I have done quite a bit to it which added 100+ flywheel hp. That thing is FAST (175mph) I can't imagine that much power in a Jeep!!!
You did the right thing. 345hp should do.
Thanks for the photos and update.

 

Smart move. For the under twice the amount for the S/C (installed) you'll be a lot happier. When my extended warranty is up... I'm going Hemi.

 

Very nice job! Impressive that you can do that yourself.