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Eddie Greenlee

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If yall dont mind and with your years of experience, whats your professional view.???
Here are the things I want to do to my TJ. I can do them over the next several months so not to break the bank. So I will list them and I would like your input as to which one to do next. I was thinking the Aussie locker first but then i would like the savvy upper adjustable CAs
I have a 97 TJ Dana 30 up front Dana 35 rear. 4" RC lift ,33" tires.( but now I have brand new Rancho shocks)
Keep in mind this is a daily driver 20 or so miles a day and a trail jeep on the weekend.
in no certain order.
1. Aussie locker in front Dana 30 (4.10 gears) and I will be done with the front.
2. SYE (trying to get rid of the tanser case lowering kit).
3. drive shaft
4. Ford 8.8 on the carport ready for brackets SO (bracket kit). I realize 2. 3. 4. go together but I will have to get them in consecutive months,unless i can do the sye now with current dana35 and change out driveshafts later when I do the 8.8
5. Dana 35 in the rear in perfect shape 4.10 gears open dif.
6. upper rear adjustable control arms Savvy and then the rest along the way.
7. adjustable track bars with relocation brackets.
8. rock sliders
So in yalls opinion what should I start with today. It really helps me to right all this down ha.
 
No, you'll need a CV style driveshaft. I recommend giving Tom Wood a call for that.

Doesn't matter which SYE you get. Normally I'd recommend the Advanced Adapters one, but it seems a lot of people really like the JB super short SYE, and the fact that it decreases the driveline angle is a huge plus.

Only reason I'd do an SYE first is just to get rid of the TC drop. I hate them, LOL!
 
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There is so much involved with rotating an axel !!! if you were to take my exisisting dana 35 along with an SYE and new cv drive shaft for it, im wondering if that same drive shaft will work when I install the 8.8.
and another thing is when you rotate the pinion of the dana35 it rolls the angle of the shocks and track bar and ....... so ya have to wonder if things will start to rubb.
 
Man, you are kinda all over the place. If the 8.8 is a certainty, I would get that in first, along with the sye/driveline. IMO, it would be a waste of time and money to do the sye/driveline only to have to rework it when the 8.8 goes in.
 
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i agree Rob, and so does my wife. ha i guess thats why i asked the question. Im going to purchas these things over a few months though. I do already have the 8.8 and i have cut off all the brackets and now its ready for the new bracket kit ( that i have not purchased yet).
The quick gradification things are rock sliders,adjustable track bars, upper control arms for the rear. the front aussie locker. and 8.8 bracket kit. the rest is dependent upon the other. re - sye , drive shaft . The only kicker is that the dana 35 is in perfect shape but with out a locker.
 
Good point... I'd do the SYE, but also the 8.8 at the same time.

You'll need to get the 8.8 in first, because you'll need to take measurements when you order your CV driveshaft, so they can make one that's the right length.

If you put the SYE in first but don't do the 8.8 until later, then you'd need to get two driveshafts (waste of money).
 
Yea, you are at a point where you are better off waiting and knocking out several things at once. Easier to have you rig down for a week than a few days here and there for the next couple of months.
 
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Install LEDs under the hood and a rocker switch in the fuse box. Easy and totally worth it.
 
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Agreed. There's a lot of stuff here that I'd be taking on all at once.
 
Jay said:
Install LEDs under the hood and a rocker switch in the fuse box. Easy and totally worth it.
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I already put some LED Headlights in, if that's what your talking about. ? Something tells me your talking about something else.
 
I'd save the money until you can do the 8.8, SYE (I have an Adams double cardan cv driveshaft and it is great), and adjustable upper rear control arms all at the same time. Next, I would do an adjustable track bar (do your research here because from what I have read, the only one that does not contact the differential cover is the Currie, but I'm still researching this for myself right now).


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yea, after talking to tom woods its no doubt i need to do the sye and drive shaft all at once when installing the 8.8.
i can put the adj control arms in now with my current set up and it will adapt fine with the 8.8 later.
The bracket that currie is what moves the bar away from the gas tank im thinking. The adjustable track bars may be all about the same bends and curves but the bracket has an extra bend in it that re-positions the bar end farther away from the gas tank skid plate. I wonder if currie will sale just the bracket?? hmmm
 
there ya go.
now you would need to call Savvy or Currie and make sure the width of the bracket would fit other track bars i guess
 
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