jonzer12
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- Joined
- August 25, 2021
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- City, State
- Sault Ste. Marie
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2002 sport trac
Finished this build in the spring and have been 4wheeling it all summer and fall this year with success. Still needs lots of armor, rock rails etc but so far, it has taken a beating. I have been offroading jeeps for years, but I sunk my old rig in a river last May and I was ready for something different. I wanted a frame, 4 doors and a short bed, but a body no wider than a Jeep. I looked at tacoma's, frontiers, and finally sport tracs. I wanted a 2nd gen v8 but I discovered that AWD models have too many electronics in the drivetrain to easily convert to a 2 speed transfer case. My next plan was to find a 2wd v8 model and run a divorced atlas transfercase but I later discovered that 2wd sport tracs were never sold in Canada. With covid in full swing I couldn't travel into the United States to pick up the truck I wanted to I switched my sights to a first gen. I actually puchased two 2005 adrenalines. I ended up building the silver one as it only had 120km on it (~ 80k miles)
First 2005 I bought, using it for parts as it had big miles on it and engine was full of sludge.
After that I found the low milage Silver 05 which I then proceeded to cut all of the IFS out of. I don't take a lot of pictures so I have nothing of the build stage. I built a high pinion 60 and sterling 10.25 out of a 90's F-350 using a Jeep TJ style artec truss. I put a factory Elocker from a 2011+ superduty into the old 10.25 housing with 5.38s. I had wanted an Eaton E for the front 60 but with Covid going on there was not one anywhere in North America that I could find so I left the front open. 5.38's and a disc brake conversion for the rear and the axles were done.
First mockup.
First 2005 I bought, using it for parts as it had big miles on it and engine was full of sludge.
After that I found the low milage Silver 05 which I then proceeded to cut all of the IFS out of. I don't take a lot of pictures so I have nothing of the build stage. I built a high pinion 60 and sterling 10.25 out of a 90's F-350 using a Jeep TJ style artec truss. I put a factory Elocker from a 2011+ superduty into the old 10.25 housing with 5.38s. I had wanted an Eaton E for the front 60 but with Covid going on there was not one anywhere in North America that I could find so I left the front open. 5.38's and a disc brake conversion for the rear and the axles were done.
First mockup.