Introducing Rockhopper

[eaglefreek]

Sorry, no action shots. I went by myself and only got a few pictures. I didn't go too crazy since I was by myself  and don't have any rocker protection and skid plates yet.






Time for a bath:


I had a helper:

[rohnk]

An Eagle in it's natural habitat. Beautiful!

[Prafeston]

Haha, is that a little corgi mix?

[standup650]

that dogs funny!

[MudPuppy]

That looks like a Terrier. Love my Terriers.
Looks like your killing 2 birds with 1 stone there ... Car washed -done, bathe the dog -done lol
Nice pics.

[Sunny]

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Probably not. I'm not a brand loyalist. Whether it's clothes, tools, food or whatever, I can care less what the label says as long as it gets the job done to my liking. I've been following the Chevy LSx engines for a while and glad I finally got to own one. It's quite an impressive engine.

Don't worry about the LSx hate.
They are great motor's. Incredibly reliable and can handle a pretty insane amount of power on a stock bottom end.
Depending on gearing and the vehicle, they can also get decent gas mileage. One of my best friend's has a LS1 Trans-Am with headers, full exhaust, cam, tune and intake and he's pushing out about 400HP at the wheels and gets about 28MPG on the highway. He's got a 6 speed though, so double overdrive.
It's so much better than the original motor, it's not even a comparison.

The only complaints I have about them...even with a decent exhaust system, their sound leaves a lot more to be desired.. and certain parts are expensive.. but they respond really well to modifications.

[eaglefreek]

Haha, is that a little corgi mix?

Jack Russell

[eaglefreek]

I took it to Wooly's Off Road Park with a group from TNJeeps.com. I only lasted about a half hour. It was cutting out and running like junk. I suspect it was overheating. The aftermarket  gauge was only reading 200 degrees but I could tell by the heat coming out of the engine compartment it was MUCH hotter. Yesterday, I installed a better gauge and a larger fan. It was only 12" flexalite fan (1250 cfm) and I installed a 16" Spal (2000 cfm). I won't know if it is fixed until I get back on the trail, on a hot day, and crawl around.

[Prafeston]

Looks like a much beefier fan. Hope that fixes your problem!

[mr.mindless]

Shrouding is the key to a fan working well. Pulling 2000 cfm through the WHOLE radiator will cool it worlds better than just where the fan is sort of sitting against it.  I'd bet on a larger difference made by shrouding the 1600CFM fan than by going from unshrouded 1600 to unshrouded 2000.

[eaglefreek]

Went to Wooly's again last weekend with the Jeep club and the Eagle performed flawlessly. It didn't even come close to overheating. The new fan actually cycles on and off, telling me it is cooling. The old fan would come on and stay on. On the "Got a new bike" thread I posted in Eagle Road Trips, I mentioned that I had some stalling issues in stop and go traffic when driving to Indiana.  It would start right back up, but was really frustrating me. It had been doing it on and off for a few weeks. When I got to the motorcycle shop I popped the hood and was looking for anything obvious, when it hit me that this problem started when I hooked up an IAT (intake air temperature) sensor. There was a connector that wasn't going to anything and a buddy who has done a couple LS1 swaps told me I need to put the IAT sensor in. Well, come to find out I have a later mass air sensor, that he wasn't aware of, that has the IAT built in. So I had two IAT sensors connected and I think it may have been confusing the computer. The car didn't stall once on the drive back from Indiana nor on my all day off road ride.  
Here are some pics from Wooly's:







You can see pics of some of the Jeeps that I went with here: https://plus.google.com/photos/114356528941801732670/albums/5745003113994315073

[eaglefreek]

I've been asked to get some pictures of the engine install and the solid axle swap. They aren't the best, but hope it answers some questions.

[shaggimo]

As always awesome pics eaglefreek.  Looks like a well thought out set up there, no obscene geometry, looks very well done! How is the 3 link road manner wise?

[eaglefreek]

As always awesome pics eaglefreek.  Looks like a well thought out set up there, no obscene geometry, looks very well done! How is the 3 link road manner wise?

Actually pretty good considering it doesn't have a front sway bar. That is in the plans some day, though.

[shaggimo]

Nice, was contemplating a three linker some day, gave me some ideas.....