Mad props for the new FJ action. Thats some ***** right there!

My buddy told me what FJ stands for on the news ones. F ake J eep.

I'll have to show him this and prove him wrong.

 

the winner of this year's king of the hammers ran with IFS...

 

Any of you tune with this yet? I have tuned my truck using this stuff,
HPTuners.com >> Performance At Your Fingertips

 

This FJ looks super clean. Everyone so far has posted pics of their giant 4WD trucks. Does that mean I can't post my 97 2wd tacoma?

 

2000 f250 ccsb 7.3l auto 4x4
gtp38r
terminator hpop
fuel rail x-over
5"tbe-no cats or muffler
BTS tranny
6.0l tranny cooler
detroit locker rear/grizzly locker front
6" custom lift w/37x13.5r17
tons and tons of extras. recently towed 19k into neveda. @ 70mph my egt never broke 1100*

 

hellholes not to bad dry. i ran it after a light dusting of snow just before i sold my tacoma. i prefer fordcye,simply because you can pass people who have no idea what they are doing.

 

how much power you making with that turbo?

 

Yeah, unfortunately for us there was some water at the obstacles. Fordyce is crazy fun but I would not attempt that trail with my IFS rig. Would need SAS and 37" tires, locked F&R as well. Or I can take my FJ40.....

 

COOL!

What base did you start with, or is it a full custom buildup, come on man stats on the RC crawlers.

 

ive ran pretty much every norcal trail with IFS and 33" tires. its 75% driver,25% *****. hell we ran fordcye in a FJ with a budget boost and 285-70r17 tires.didnt winch once.

 

400whp(rough)800wtq(rough) the diesel shop in walnut creek has a shop truck with damn near the same setup and his numbers were what i posted above.

as for the water crossings at fordcye,just after the jeep jamboree i crossed the first and second water crossing by using my winch line a a anchor. i rolled up the windows and powered on through. sketchy as hell but damn fun..

 

I agree and I have done 90% of the trails in norcal but right now its my only vehicle as my subaru is on the rack, so I try not to get too brave. I also agree that driver skill plays more into wheeling than anything else. Having ***** of steel helps too. I have gone to the first water crossing of Fordyce in my rig but thats it. I will contemplate Rubicon next year after I get back from Moab.

 

Started as a Axial SCX 10 Dingo RTR.
Mods:
-Novak 55T with Rooster Crawler ESC
-L.E.D rock lights/ healight/tail lights ( Need to finish wiring)
-Winch ( Need to finish mounting plate and wiring)
-Upgraded servo
-Airtronics 2.4 Ghz controller
-Aluminum links
-4 link in rear
-3 link in front
-Tamiya FJ40 body
-Axial aluminum shocks ( Need to install, old shocks leaking)
-RC4wd Rox Lox 1.9 tires
-Proline scale accessories( cooler, axe, shovel, hi-lift, roof rack)
-Home made scale recovery straps

 

everything aside, if you use the bypasses, the rubicon isnt really that hard. Its just really nice, slow, LONG, and the people are mostly cool (you do get a few ******)

 

I've had two Jeeps, both sold now as I can only afford to have one vehicle.

my first jeep: simple 3" pro-comp lift on 31s



my second jeep: 4" Skyjacker lift, 31s, jks disconnects, SYE, flowmaster, etc. I miss this rig sometimes.