Project XXXJ

[siksaschevy]

Hey guys, ive got a few ?s about an axle swap in my 1995 xj. im going to put a wagoneer dana 44 in the front with custom mounts and 4link. and going to put a isuzu dana 44 with 4link in the rear. both with 488s, im going to be running 33TSL's locked f+r. and i wheel it pretty hard. my question i guess is has anyone had this setup in there XJ or any other jeep. and how did you like the setup. its mostly going to be for uwharrie and gulches and deep NC black mud. the isuzu axle i have is from like an 04 or something and has coil buckets and everything already on it. so its going to be easier and make more sense to 4 link it. ive never messed with these axles and am curious about them. any tips on where to get some coil bucket mounts for the waggy front axle would be helpfull, im doing all this myself in my yard so im trying to keep it on the cheap. thanks

 

[stevehayden]

From what I have been hearing on XJs you will need to stiffen the unibody alot to be able to use a 4 link set up. I have not stiffened mine yet but have it in the plans for future upgrades.

 

[Mac5005]

as i also posted in the other post in the general section.

I can't imagine stock ford radius arms working to well under an XJ. I bet his anti-dive and anti-rise numbers were rediculous.
Snatching in general, is not a wise move in any situation. (Unless it is a purpose built, bumper to bumper truck pulling rig). Try to pull with a strap, or its time to pull some cable. It will defintely save you a headache in the long run.
siksaschevy, I'd go for it. Use both of the 44's you have, link the rear, w/ a good crossmember where the links mount to the frame, and use good rebuildable joints.
On the front, either try to get some brackets off a ford or a tj or a dodge, or just build your own. Just use good rebuildable joints, and a good crossmember where all the links mount to the frame just like in the rear.
Then to tie your crossmembers together, just use some angle iron or channel iron to strengthen your unibody between the crossmembers and you'll be happy.
Just a little tip, try to make the 4 points where your upper links meet the frame adjustable vertically, so that you can play with your suspension geometry to get it to work like you want it to. You also may want to play with a 4link calculator before you build just get all your mounting points in the ball park.
here are some pics of a well built xj, that still runs leafs in the rear. He did a great job on strengthening the unibody.

 

[RRADFORD9ER]

Was it really necessary to post the exact same thing in multiple sections on the forum?

(See how the redundancy can be annoying as hell?)

 

[Mac5005]

Was it really necessary to post the exact same thing in multiple sections on the forum?

(See how the redundancy can be annoying as hell?)

Was that to me? or to the OP? I was tryying to make it stupid obvious that he posted the same thing in two sections.

So i responded aaccordingly.

 

[RRADFORD9ER]

Was that to me? or to the OP? I was tryying to make it stupid obvious that he posted the same thing in two sections.
So i responded aaccordingly.

The OP...I didn't realize you had posted in both threads, since I only bothered reading 1 of them...