Yomie's Elite

I'm finally elite!

A few Specs... '97 Explorer 2 door
HPD30 SAS with '79 Waggy springs
M.O.R.E. Crossover steering
4.88 gears front lock-right, 760x joints
SOA rear with 4 door springs
35" BFG MT's on Pacer 44u 15x10 rims
4.0 OHV, 5-speed, BW1354 manual t-case

The last picture is how my truck sits today!

 

[Yomie]

and 2 more

 

[410Fortune]

I bet that sport wheels like a SOB
You locked in the rear?
Its about time you became elite!

 

[Yomie]

Nope, not locked in the rear yet, only LS. I'm still not positive what to put back there.

The wheelbase on the sport (or my sport) is perfect IMO. i'm not positive, it's been a while, but i think i'm at 104"

 

[410Fortune]

102" I am pretty sure...I will go look it up.
I have said many times if I was to do it over again I would build a sport, for the type of wheeling I do (trails, rocks, moab) the sport wheels the best.
A solid axle BII would be pretty tight contender though...

We shall see what the future holds for my BII

I vote for a full detroit locker, lots of $$$ up front but install it and forget about it.
I went ARB mostly because I already had the front (snow in CO, need selectable) and open diffs are fun in the snow.

 

[Yomie]

Yeah thats what i was thinking, full detroit in the rear.

I had a selectable up front (OX), long story, i had it out of the diff because the bolts were backing out, hurricane came through and now its gone.

Yeah i think stock its 102", i'm streched ~2 so i'm 104" now

 

[410Fortune]

excellent, helps the approach angle as well.

Those OX lockers never did work right did they...I still see them advertised for Heeps though...
All these selectable locker people are playing catch up to the tried and true proven ARB, and most of the "electric" ones are actually air powered! hahaha

 

[Yomie]

most of the time trying to lock it in was a PITA. Once you got it locked it stayed locked, just getting it there was the problem! Yeah for $700 your better with the ARB

 

[HappyGilmore]

nice sport man. looks like it flexes pretty nice.

 

[Mcane6]

loving the sport. wish i had the money for SAS now.
we need to wheel together sometime

 

[FROADER]

Its about time you became elite!

What...it's only been 5 years...
That thing is looking good Yomie. You can't go wrong with the detroit in the rear either.

 

[bmxking5]

Wow, those rock crawler rims look very familiar. (BTW, they look great on my buddy's Jeep) Looks great. Can't wait until we can get out and wheel together. Bryan

 

[TheFox88]

Sweet truck. I like the amount of flex that it has. Great job.

 

[Yomie]

What...it's only been 5 years...

Yeah i was thinking the same thing, i'm surprised i didn't get charged a $40 late subscription fee, like i said i don't know what i was thinking

Thanks for the compliments guy's

 

[BeauJ]

Nice truck. Congrats on being elite my fellow Georgian.

 

[j602]

Schweet! Darn good looking truck I must say.

How much did the bent drag link run you?

 

[Yomie]

I'm actually running Mountain Offroad's Crossover steering kit now $650

It looks like this

 

[Paraphoe]

Badass truck. I love it.

 

[j602]

I'm actually running Mountain Offroad's Crossover steering kit now $650

It looks like this

Yeah, I saw that, I was just wondering what the bent drag in your previous setup cost you.

 

[ExplorerDMB]

That's a very nice Explorer. Good job on it!

-Drew