Bunny v2.0
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 1:45 pm
The trails have been calling, wheeling season is coming fast, and there's not enough hours in my day to get the CJ to where it needs to be. In all honestly, when the CJ works, it works well, but the reliability issues have been gnawing at me, and frankly kept me off the trails.
I know it's almost blasphemy to infer the name of the somewhat famous (infamous) Bunny on another vehicle, but I hopefully v2.0 will carry a little luck of the Bunny and be just as much fun!
Meet Bunny 2.0
It a '93 Explorer Sport, 4.0L, 5 speed, 3.73L 8.8 rear, D35 front. Runs great, shifts good, A/C blows cold, all the windows work, every bushing in the suspension is wasted and the brakes are junk.
The goal here is reliable, streetable, tough and fun. Intended purpose is trails, back country adventures (long distance), mild whoops, occasional sand and maybe a tough truck race or two.
There's the plan:
1 - complete brake/ wheel bearing rebuild, front to back (parts on the way)
2- James Duff 5.5" system, long arms, quad shocks up front, fabbed coil buckets, lift leafs in the rear (parts on the way)
3- Aussie locker up front
4- 33" tires. Looking at the new Grabber MT (not the desert tires)
5- Cage, bumpers, body protection, swap the winch over from the jeep
This should be a solid base to start with. Down the road I'll do things like air compressor, storage, spare tire mount, etc, etc, etc.
Lets start the fun! See you at the 50th Anniversary run!
I know it's almost blasphemy to infer the name of the somewhat famous (infamous) Bunny on another vehicle, but I hopefully v2.0 will carry a little luck of the Bunny and be just as much fun!
Meet Bunny 2.0
It a '93 Explorer Sport, 4.0L, 5 speed, 3.73L 8.8 rear, D35 front. Runs great, shifts good, A/C blows cold, all the windows work, every bushing in the suspension is wasted and the brakes are junk.
The goal here is reliable, streetable, tough and fun. Intended purpose is trails, back country adventures (long distance), mild whoops, occasional sand and maybe a tough truck race or two.
There's the plan:
1 - complete brake/ wheel bearing rebuild, front to back (parts on the way)
2- James Duff 5.5" system, long arms, quad shocks up front, fabbed coil buckets, lift leafs in the rear (parts on the way)
3- Aussie locker up front
4- 33" tires. Looking at the new Grabber MT (not the desert tires)
5- Cage, bumpers, body protection, swap the winch over from the jeep
This should be a solid base to start with. Down the road I'll do things like air compressor, storage, spare tire mount, etc, etc, etc.
Lets start the fun! See you at the 50th Anniversary run!