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Something a little different on this build. I’ve had this Jeep for a long time and it’s gone through many stages but the current one I can say is the one I’m the most excited about. My Jeep has been through stock axles with a long arm suspension to Jk Rubicon axles, and on to one ton axles with coilovers. One area I have never paid much attention to but this winter I took a big jump. So I decided to pull the stock 4.7l V8 with 300k on with ran perfectly in the quest for some real horsepower. After seeing a few Hellcat powered JL’s running around I knew forced induction is a must. I’ve done a lot of LS swaps so that was gunna be the heart of the Jeep but to keep up with the hellcat power I did some research and decided a ZL1 LSA blower was gunna be the hot air blower to get it done.

So here we are.

 

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So none of the accessory drive bracket out there would work with how tight everything is on the WJ so I decided to make my own and it turned out sweet.

 

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After much debate I decided to just have the engine rebuilt. So naturally forged parts were a must.

 

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Wow love the dedication.
looking forward to the end result. nice write up, great pictures.

Thank you. I hope to have the new motor back from the builder soon and the rebuilt trans. I’m itching to here this thing fire

 

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Finally got the radiator back… I had one of my buddies weld on aluminum some brackets to mount it in the factory spot.

 

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Fabricated up a new winch mount plate tonight. Way more pleased with this one over the original I made many many years ago. My skills have improved greatly since that first one was made

 

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Dropped the winch mount out to make the radiator support and get is ready for final welding.

 

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Can’t wait to get it back on the trail!

 

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