Project Jeep eater

[az scout guy]

This Project is a small one but I figure you guys might be interested.

1979 Scout II Going to full size 3/4 ton axles Dana 44 front and Dana 60 rear.
We had got this Scout running and driving for the owner after it sat for four years, after we got it up and running he decided to do a soa and r.s. The Scout has a 2" body lift and Superlift 3" springs currently and will soon be SOA, R.S, high steer with full size 3/4 ton axles with 4.10 gears. The front 44 will get a cut and turn. Here are some starting pics

[az scout guy]

Here are some pics of the rear Dana 60 going in, Man this is going to be a big Scout fits the name Jeep Eater

[wjjohnson]

The "JEEP EATER" lives again!! Looks awesome guys, thanks for the post up on this site. Cant wait to be riddin high! :beer:

[az scout guy]

Some pics of the front R.S, If the Scout sat on 40's the hood will be at 69" :D

[az scout guy]

Here are some pics of the Jeep Eater waiting for tires. both front and rear 14" travel shocks, rear disc brakes, etc.

[az scout guy]

A few more pics, we had to do a complete rebuild on these axles because they were full of water, and a t-case drop of 2". We will also be adding some rear anti wrap bars to keep these axles from wrapping

[dustin howarth]

What is the story on the 800 shown in a few of those pics? Looks interesting ...

[az scout guy]

What is the story on the 800 shown in a few of those pics? Looks interesting ...
That is my Junk, it's the " Prospector"

[wjjohnson]

Any updates guys?

[az scout guy]

Any updates guys?

Waiting on some rod ends to finish the trac. bars and some tires, Will, are you going to take it to the SDSIHR? Are we doing sliders? Give me a call.

[wjjohnson]

Whats up guys! How was the Rendezvous? Hopefully the Jeep Eater will be ready for next year... The 42s were shipped last week along with the PVC inserts for the hummer wheels. Gears and locker should be there soon also.

[wjjohnson]

Jayson, I got the hummer wheels re-centered and got a front locker. Should have them both over to you this week. I promise to bring beer next time for some updates on this page! Gotta show off the Jeep-Eater! :beer:

[az scout guy]

Time to add some updated pics of the Jeep Eater.
42" Pitbull Rockers with H1 wheels re centered with custom IH centers
Rear grizzly locker with 5.13 gears
front 5.13's
Rear traction bars
Some custom Canyon Offroad rock sliders and soon to have some custom Canyon Offroad bumpers.

[az scout guy]

some more pics

[az scout guy]

couple more

[wjjohnson]

Hell Yeah! Thanks guys for posting up! :punk:

[carvnthetwisties]

wow! that rig looks great...love the IH in the rock sliders and wheels! looks really good.

[wjjohnson]

Hey whats up guys! Hope yall are staying cool in this heat. Hows things coming on the Jeep Eater?:scout:

[BearWagon]

Nice looking Scout guys....love the custom fab work!

[mcsmythe]

This Project is a small one but I figure you guys might be interested.



I love how you started this thread...................."small" project :punk:

[az scout guy]

I love how you started this thread...................."small" project :punk:

I knew it would turn into something more, that is why I started it, Imagine if I posted everyone we do, I would be super busy.

[az scout guy]

JeepEater:"Hey whats up guys! Hope yall are staying cool in this heat. Hows things coming on the Jeep Eater"


Will, here are some pics of your tires and rims mounted on the Scout :beer:

[69scout]

sweet! so cool seeing you guys at RMIHR last week! Love this project!

[wjjohnson]

BAD *** !!! Thanks for posting up some pics guys. Now we gotta get it up on the RTI and see what she does! :punk:

[bigmookied]

finsh that sh*t so we can go break it!!

[marine guy]

Damn that thing is awsome good to see it can leave the shop
:wrenching:

[az scout guy]

Damn that thing is awsome good to see it can leave the shop
:wrenching:
close, we have some other thing to do to it.:punk:John ,I thought you were coming bye Friday?

[lev1a]

Looks tough. :yes: Bring some spare shafts for that 44. :D

[wjjohnson]

The D44 will do for now, but a D60 for the front will be on the docket soon!

[mhartley]

That is great work Jason. I think my Scout is jealous.

[76scoutII]

I know you guys mentioned that you were putting chromoly shafts in to replace the puny 19-spline stockers, but what kind did he order?? were they from here>>>
http://offroaddesign.com/catalog/cmfrontaxleshafts.htm

I looked around some for sale ads and most dana 60's are going for 800-1200$ right now. man I got lucky with the price on mine, whew!!

[wjjohnson]

http://www.rcvperformance.com/store/catalog/index.php

This is what I want to go with, RCV axel shafts. Only thing is that I can get a D60 for the price of these shafts 1285$. They have D60 shafts and they say "Unbreakable" ... For 2300$ they better be.

The Dana 44 the shafts replace the 19 slpine outters with 30 spline. I would assume with the D60 it would 35 spline outter?

[76scoutII]

http://www.rcvperformance.com/store/catalog/index.php

This is what I want to go with, RCV axel shafts. Only thing is that I can get a D60 for the price of these shafts 1285$. They have D60 shafts and they say "Unbreakable" ... For 2300$ they better be.

The Dana 44 the shafts replace the 19 slpine outters with 30 spline. I would assume with the D60 it would 35 spline outter?


Any dana 44 shafts that are aftermarket will be 30 spline, inner and outer. The dana 60 stock has 35 spline inners and 30 spline outers, and all the outer shafts I have seen from aftermarket vendors are all 35 spline. Those RCV shafts are crazy expensive, for that price you can get a kingpin d60 and almost have enough to buy a 4340 or 300m aftermarket axle set. I looked on pirate4x4 and found a thread about the 'ultimate front end' but some of the stuff those guys are talking about is true KOH competition style hardcore and super expensive. check out this place though >>> http://www.branikmotorsports.com/axle.htm

and here is that thread. I guess it really depends on budget, but I would say a dana60 with 35spline shafts is gonna hang with the pitbulls no prob. some of the vendors offer lifetime warranty on thier shafts, but I forget which one, there used to be a few companies that make them now there is like 20 of them!!!

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=987178&highlight=rcv+axle

One of the setups listed here cost upwards of 10,000 to build, but its like 40 spline axles and all custom up the yin yang!!!

[az scout guy]

Jeep Eater at the mud bogs:punk:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaVwK8LwsYc

[wjjohnson]

Was such a fun night! Never stuck!

[az scout guy]

Saw the Jeep eater Monday, wow could not believe my eyes;)

[76scoutII]

Saw the Jeep eater Monday, wow could not believe my eyes;)


It was sittin a little low in the front, huh?? And missing a drivetrain. minor details man!!!

[wjjohnson]

Decided not to go with the crazy stroked, big cam, high rpm 392 motor. After doing much research on rebuilding the 392, I decided a Torque motor would be better for turning 42" tires over rocks. Motor has 30 over pistons, isky torque cam, DUI distributor and Live wires, and pretty much stock after that.

[az scout guy]

Decided not to go with the crazy stroked, big cam, high rpm 392 motor. After doing much research on rebuilding the 392, I decided a Torque motor would be better for turning 42" tires over rocks. Motor has 30 over pistons, isky torque cam, DUI distributor and Live wires, and pretty much stock after that.

I saw no motor only a table full of parts, You should have it back in a few years:tt2:

[Fife]

Gumby has a new thumpin 392 :stuart:

[wjjohnson]

That would be on torquey SOB!