2002 JEEP TJ WRANGLER SAHARA CONVERTED INTO A BRUTE
IT ALL STARTED AS MY TJ SAHARA, ALWAYS LOOKING CLEAN... BUT ONE DAY HAVING FUN AT THE DUNES WITH FRIENDS, IT FLIPPTED AND THE FRAME GOT TWISTED AND THE ENTIRE BODY GOT BENT... THE JEEP GOT TOTALED.... I TOOK THE JEEP TO A BUDDY AT CHASSIS DYNAMICS HERE IN YUMA, ARIZONA TO GET THE FRAME TO OEM SPEC... AFTER THEY WERE DONE, I STILL DIDNT KNOW WHAT I WANTED TO DO, IF GO ALL FIBER GLASS TJ WRANGLER OR JUST BACK AGAIN TO REGULAR TJ... BUT I ALWAYS SAW THE TJ BRUTES IN THE MAGAZINES, SO I WENT FOR IT, I ORDERED THE KIT FROM QUADRATEC AND IN 3 WEEKS IT WAS AT MY FRONT DOOR, I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER BUDDY AT C&C AUTO BODY HERE IN YUMA, ARIZONA TO START THE BUILD... I WAS EXCITED BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE IN A RADIUS OF AT LEAST 300 MILES... MANY HOURS WERE INVESTED ON THE BODY WORK BUT THE OUTCOME WAS A PIECE OF ART, THEY EVEN DID THE FULL IN CAB ROLLCAGE THAT CAME OUT LOOKING SWEET.... THE POWER TRAIN WAS OK NOTHING WRONG WITH IT, IT ONLY HAD 88,500 MILES BUT I WANTED TO KEEP TURNING HEADS AND MAKE IT MORE CUSTOM AND KEEP HAVING MORE FUN AT THE DUNES TOO... SO I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER BUDDY, MORTAL MECHANIC AND PERFORMANCE SHOP AND I TOLD HIM TO INSTALL A 5.3 VORTEC, SO HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS BUILDING ONE FOR HIS YJ AND I ASKED HIM IF I COULD BUY IT FROM HIM TO INTALL IT ON MY BRUTE..AND HE DID.. SO NOW I GOT A 2002 5.3 VORTEC INTALLED BY HIM WITH A CUSTOM GRIND 226/226 584/584 112 4 LSA CAM, PORTED INTAKE MANIFOLD, 80MM PORTED THROTTLE BODY, PORTED AND POLISHED HEADS WITH INTAKE VALVES DIAMETER OF 2 IN. AND EXHAUST VALVES DIAMETER OF 1.6 IN, ROLLERS ON TOP AND BOTTOM, CUSTOM HEADERS, A CUSTOM TUNED PCM AND RIGHT BEHIND IT A TH350 WITH A TORQUE CONVERTER WITH STALL SPEED OF 1500 RPMS AND A SHIFT KIT AND ADAPTER FOR MY ORIGINAL TRANSFER CASE....
PLANS LATER ON IS TO DO A RADIUS FRONT END AND A 3 LINK REAR END.
HOPE YOU GUYS LOVE IT.
