- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
Quit buying those Harbor Freight tape measures Stratton!
ZJ to Buggy build
- Thread starter 1995zj
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1995zj
I'm addicted
- Location
- Herriman, UT
Are you measuring inside or outside dimensions? Everywhere I've read a TJ/YJ tub is 59", even BTF makes a 59" wide chassis for that reason.
- Location
- Riverton, UT
What a wonderful dream world we live in where dreams come true. Great build, will have to keep watching.
zukijames
Well-Known Member
- Location
- not moab anymore
I think you will love 109 mine has 20 inch belly and around 117 belly and it sucks in almost every situation
chadschoon
Well-Known Member
- Location
- lehi
I like my 112" 
Cascadia
Undecided
- Location
- Orem, Utah
Why don't you shorten it if you don't like it?
rondo
rondo
- Location
- Boise Idaho
not critical, just a question. why not move that engine from the zj over to the buggy? if its the sacrificial lamb and all. And why a 6.0? I've always dreamed of and wanted a buggy and i'm just curious. is the 6.0 light, so to speak?
otherwise I admire what you are doing and taking on. will be watching!
otherwise I admire what you are doing and taking on. will be watching!
1995zj
I'm addicted
- Location
- Herriman, UT
Moving the current setup over to the new build is an option, but I want to avoid doing work twice if I can. The 5.2L in the ZJ, along with the trans and NP231 t-case are all very well used and abused....according to the oil samples. The 6.0L is quite a bit easier to get power out of than the 5.2L as well, so that's another thing I'm interested in.
1995zj
I'm addicted
- Location
- Herriman, UT
Well I finally got the garage setup this weekend since moving here. Now that I have most everything organized, I can start on this project. Picking up the tube tomorrow.
Tacoma
Et incurventur ante non
- Location
- far enough away
Hmmmm I wonder how a 5.2 in a Commando might do. I'll have to check some dimensions.
Garage looks great.
Garage looks great.
sabatoa1
Active Member
- Location
- Tooele, UT
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1995zj
I'm addicted
- Location
- Herriman, UT
Got the tube at $3.00/ft......now to see if I can make something out of this...
iamsparticus
Take your Rig to the Edge
- Location
- Ogden,Ut
just curious on how much horse power you want in this new buggy? i dont think if your just rock crawling you need 400 to 500 horspower, are you planning to race this thing too?
RockChucker
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Highland
if there is one thing i have learned, you can never have too much HP. You'll love the 6.0. I can only imagine how much better it is than my 5.3. And that's pretty good.
Interesting build plans, should be a cool setup. I'd definitely stick with the initial plan on the 6.0. They're fairly inexpensive, make good, useable power, and have great aftermarket and GM support. Not to mention that there is lots of good tech on keeping them alive in racing apps, and how to make significant power upgrades for reasonable coin. Good luck with the build!
anderson750
I'm working on it Rose
- Location
- Price, Utah
I guess it would be smarter to go with a 1UZ-fe?
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
iamsparticus
Take your Rig to the Edge
- Location
- Ogden,Ut
Yes that would be a smart choice sense you can also get lots of horsepower out of it very easy or not and its light weight, but that wasnt really what i was getting at. If i was building a buggy for rock crawling only in stay around 250hp, enough to get over anything you need to but not cause traction problems, if ty is going for a dual purpose rig for racing and rock crawling then i can see wanting 400hp, i just dont think more HP solves anything unless you want to go fast and race that is all.
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
How about we let Tyler make his own decision regarding the engine, sounds like he already has a solid plan.