What's good from Maine

[Inraged]

Been in love with Eagle SX4's since I was just 5 years old and saw one sitting on 33" TSL's. Finally had a chance to get my hands on one the other day. Needs a lot of cosmetic work, interior isn't what it could be, but I plan on using it as my main vehicle, since my CJ5 isn't that great to put around town in. Just picked up some A/T tires for it for when I can't resist wheelin, and some pretty ballin' pro-comp rims as well. Goodbye tax money, hello dream car

Here's a pic or two of it just chillin' in my driveway. I plan on putting custom bumpers(made from train-tracks), fog lights up top and out front, lovers, basically rolling with the brown/bada** black items look.. It does need a little bit of love too, but mechanically it's very sound, I bought it off a mechanic who redid it from the ground up, stopping at the interior which it looks like I'm taking on sooner than expected: someone cut my brake lines in my other car. Needless to say the eagle is going to have it's revenge when I park on this kids dodge neon with a can. Expect pictures of that as well.

[shanebo]

Looks good man...Love the Sx4's

[doneagle]

              HI   welcome to the nest .good looking  :eaglebig:you have there............Don

[IowaEagle]

EGGcellent save.   Welcome to the Nest!

[Inraged]

Hey all, It's been awhile since I've been on here... Ran into a bit of bad luck when my eagle blew a head gasket, water pump quit working. Ending up selling that eagle to a guy in New Hampshire for what I'd bought it for. He's since put a lot of work into restoring it. Last I checked he decided to sell it. I was going to go buy it back off him since he was asking a very fair price. He wanted to start on a new project. My original plan was to try and 4.0 swap it once I had some more automotive experience.

Long story short, the day I was going down to look at the old eagle I found one on Craigslist that was already lifted and 4.0 swapped for the same price. It had sat for 4 years... Couldn't resist. The car was originally from Alaska. All of the electrical works as  it should minus the drivers window which I just need a window cable for. I've since given it a tune up and new fuel pump, fluids, and a XJ intake and nice air filter. She sounds really nice. The front differential was never lowered, or given longer CV shafts and something along the way caused it to drop out. It appears to have smashed off the slave-cylinder. I put the slave back on but it still will not disengage. It has a 4" BD's suspension lift, 30inch mud tires, 4.0 swap with a t5 tranny 5-speed and a twin-stick transfer case. Locked front and rear with 3.73 gearing. I'm currently waiting on tax money to afford a Dana 30 or 35 front end to attempt to SAS. Hoping to have it on the road this spring/summer.

My current list of plans for the eagle are to SAS (hopefully 4-link if I can find more information on it), 32" swampers, nice shocks, and fabricate some custom bumpers. My father said I could use his welder, I have very little experience but I'm hoping to learn. I want it to be Olive drab with black everything else. We'll see what happens.

[eaglefreek]

Welcome back. Sounds like you got a good start to a great project. Looking forward to your progress.

[rollguy]

Yes, welcome.  We like to see lots of photos, especially of SAS builds.  There is a lot of good info here, and many folks will help you out. Good luck on your build, and keep us posted on your progress!

[Inraged]

Thanks guys, I've actually read a lot of the information both of you have shared, and plan to use these as kind of a guide. Stoney lonesome 2 is such an epic post I might add.