[firehawkclone]

Well it's been about two years since I ran the bird in AI. It's a long story if you don't know. Anyway I took the car out to BRP in Nov and ran it in TT, and blew the motor up in the 3rd session on Sat. I wasn't to upset though. If some really bad stuff didn't go down at Fontana two years ago, it might have let go on the speedway(150mph) there on Sun. That would have hurt alot! I just pick up a 98 corvette long block for $1400 with 114t miles on it. I start a tread in the engine section on the basic mods to it. I'm not doing a full rebuild since I'll most likely never race the car in AI again.

Any way I e been doing alot of Jeepin with a $800 93 ZJ. A grand cherokee guys. I've spent two years of race budget on the thing as of now. It's a lie of course, when the suspension on it cost more than the AI car.

I still have the black firebird also, it really just needs a few good days to finish the small stuff, exhaust, and the Koni DA's rebuild.

I'll post up a few pic's, and see who is still around here.
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[00 SS]

It's cheaper to live here as well, so what's stopping you? Get out of California before it falls in the ocean or the hippies raises taxes to 100%.

I understand about too many mods to list. When I sold the XJ and YJ I made lists of all the mods for the new owner. They were several pages each.

I have one tip for you when wheeling a ZJ (or anything with ABS), pull the ABS fuse when you're off road if it still has it. I've seen a few cases where when going downhill and lifting a wheel, the brakes cease to hold the vehicle in place. Can be pretty scary on tight switchbacks.

This post has been edited by 00 SS: Jan 10 2013, 03:03 PM

[trackbird]

I have one tip for you when wheeling a ZJ (or anything with ABS), pull the ABS fuse when you're off road if it still has it. I've seen a few cases where when going downhill and lifting a wheel, the brakes cease to hold the vehicle in place. Can be pretty scary on tight switchbacks.

The Liberty has "Hill Descent Control". Works in 4 low only and is supposed to use the ABS to "walk" it down slippery trail bits (if it's accelerating and you're not touching the throttle, it tries to slow). Sounds like interesting technology, not sure how well it really works in the wild.