OK, we teased a bit with George’s new CJ project, and I’m guessing that everyone now feels pretty bad for him, being forced to drive a JK with a puny lift kit and sad little tires.
In part two, we’re talking go-power. This is not a daily-driver, and it doesn’t need to be too civilized. Gas mileage? Not really a big concern for his weekend fun toy. And while it might be fun to search the world’s junkyards for one of those old huge-block Cadillac engines, or go the huge-bucks route and buy an overbuilt custom engine, George points out that he works for Bestop and doesn’t have unlimited time or funds.
But on the other hand, wheelin’ in Colorado is way above sea level, and altitude steals horsepower. Combine altitude with giant tires and you need to combine horsepower with gearing (or a good book).
George is going with a build up 350 Ram Jet engine. It’s from GMC, and they supplied everything needed, from the wiring harness to air conditioning compressor. It’s dyno tested at 350 horsepower. “They send along all the dyno read-outs and video of their bench test. It looks awesome, and should really give that low end torque curve,” George says.
The engine is now installed, and ready to rumble. Which it will do through a custom dual exhaust, fed by a slick Gen-Right Stretch Gas Tank, which is designed to tuck up and out of the way of the 6 1/2″ custom stretched suspension kit (more on that later, we promise).
This engine is guaranteed to make people from California cry with envy, but it should be just the ticket for motivating the Red Neck Jeep over some of our trickier passes.
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Arthur Says:
Looks like a fun jeep. Are you going to trim some body away from those rear tires? Doesn’t seem to have a lot of up room.
