any word on 2nd gen production??

 

you 2nd gen guys ... its always "what about me?", "what about me?" ...

 

If one in Phoenix would step up and volunteer to be a prototype, yeah, I could do that.

Ya' gotta deal with my sloooooooooooooooooow ass work (Hey, I'm juggling like 50 things ), my anal retentive ways and my stories about boozing and fast women...

The other 3rd Gen. project is a transfer case skid. Stand alone, not a belly plate.

Mike

 

As always, nice work Mike.

 

It looks tough, but I am curious about how it might block air flow and cause over heating problems. Also, how hard would it be to remove because I think you would have to take it off every time you change your oil?

 

Doesn't block any air flow over the stock unit that I could see.

Ease of removal, dunno, we have not done the final mounting yet, but it will be seven fasteners.

Yes, you would have to take it off every time you change the oil. Small price to pay if you wheel late model.



Mike

 

Well, only the V8 anyway

 

Don't forget the drain bolt

 

I didn't

 

Hey ! I got ripped off ! How come I didn't hear any of those stories ???

 

Fellas, the only thing I know about 4th Gen's is what I see on Lefty's.

Lefty, I thought I shared some with you... I shall regale you with some good ones while we're bolting 'er up!

There is some kind of vent on the OEM piece, but I think the front of this one being open on the sides like it is will give it plenty of ventilation.

Mike

 

Yippee !!! Story time on Saturday !

The vents that appear on the factory skids place airflow right on the front differential (there are even baffles on it !). That being said, the factory skids also form up and around the suspension components along with being within close proximity to the differential. With Mike's skid, the sides are completely open and there is plenty of room around the diff, so there should be plenty of airflow across the differential.

With visions of a well placed rock taking out the vent and front differential, I'd rather go for the added protection of a solid skidplate.

Steve

 

Install pics. Lefty needs to replace some Grade 5 crap I had hanging around with hardened Grade 8, but here it is...









Full length diff and trans protection, no exposed fasteners underneath. Perhaps I can get Lefty to post pics of his own...

It was damn warm Saturday morning. I sweated off five pounds (not that I couldn't have used it, but dang.)

Mike

 

wow Mike that is beautiful so whens the full production coming out (since I know everyone want to know)

 

Well, I promised the admin's / mod's of YT I wouldn't pimp in GP, but I would need at least 10 confirmed to build more. The sheetmetal shop that I was doing the forming at has turned ugly, they have more work than they can handle (should have bought the shop when I had the chance) so I am using another shop for my "personal" use.

10 is the magic number, pimpdaddy mode off.

It needs a hair of refinement, but I know where. I was pretty happy with it when we did the test drive, especially since there was a HS car wash happening around the corner from the house .

Mike

 

How much Mike?

 

yeah Mike, how much??

 

Because I respect the rules of this BBS, I really couldn't talk about that in this thread. If there is enough interest, I'll open a thread in the Vendor forum as appropriate.

The bad part would be shipping, it's way too long to go FedEx Ground, so that leaves Forward Air or other freight shipper$$$$$$.

Mike

 

okay, well, depending on the price, i'd be very interested. so, you can count me among the 10.

 

Me two pending price announcement