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Four Wheeling: More than a pastime, it's a way of life!
Thanks to the
introduction of four door pick-ups, modernized Jeeps, and the ever
popular SUV it is safe to estimate that nearly one in three vehicles on the road today
have some sort of four-wheel drive capability. We are here to tell you
that it is readily apparent that Four-wheeling has become more than just a favorite pastime, for some, it's a way of life! And thousands of people all over the country, including yours
truly, have taken up this
sport/hobby/lifestyle, developing a communuty of enthusiasts, and taking the lead in education, information and management in an effort
to instill and maintain a better image of the Off Road industry and the
individuals who partake in the activities associated with it.
A vast majority of the Off-Road Community is made up of normal, everyday people like you & I, who respect and admire the environment as much as anyone. We work all week to support our families, and when pay-day comes, hopefully we will have enough leftover to enjoy our
hobies. We want to be able to get out and do something fun and
exciting. For Four Wheeling enthusiasts, this might mean grabbing up the spouse, kids and maybe even the Dog and heading out into the
back country for a little four wheeling excursion.
A lot of us would
never even have the opportunity to witness the grandeur of our back country if it weren't for the ability to get out there and explore
the back roads and trails that meander throughout our National Parks,
Forests, and BLM lands. It is this ability to experience Mother Nature,
that instills in us the desire to preserve it as well as all of our
Natural Resources. This in turn, keeps us in tune to what our
government and it's many entities are doing to preserve, or elimninate
our rights to utilize them.
As the number of four-wheel drive vehicle owners increase, so does the number of people driving them off road. This would be okay if all of these people driving their rigs off road knew how to operate their vehicles responsibly, but unfortunately many don't. Due to the fact that common sense & sensibillity are not prerequisites to owning a four-wheel drive vehicle, education regarding responsible off road vehicle use is inevitibly learned through the school of trial and error. Which means that a lot of errors can be made before people even realize that what they are doing could be detrimental to the environment and ultimately, our sport. This is why we need to be vigilant in stepping up to the plate when we see people committing acts of "irresponsibillity" that can lead to further restrictions and possibly, a total ellimination of our "right" to continue to utillize public lands for "responsible" off road activities.
5.7L Chevy Engine Swap A.K.A. "Wrangler With Attitude"
Bookmark this page and keep checking back with us, because we are
getting ready to begin our "Project Wrangler With Attitude". This will
be a DIY (do it yourself), complete power plant upgrade on a 1995 Jeep
Wrangler YJ. We have taken possesion of a 1995 GMC Sierra 3/4 ton
Truck with a TBI(Throttle Body Injected) 5.7Liter V-8, and will be
posting all of our progress on this website. So far, we have only just
started the engine removal process and will be getting that part done
over the week-end. We will post some pictures here as we go along.
We hope to be able to show all of you do it yourselfers how to take on
a project like this and get it done within a limited budget and still
end up with a "straight from the factory" look and performance, as well
as dependability. We estimate that this project will take us
approximately two months (provided everything goes according to plan). Look for our first article over the next few days. We will start with an introduction to what and why we are doing this and then follow up with articles of our step by step progress and lots of pictures.
If you are reading this and have already done a project of this magnatude, then by all means feel free to send us some tips, ideas, advice or what ever you think can help us out on this endeavor. Send us your links to articles that may be helpful as well as sources you might know that can supply us with the needed parts that we don't already have such as the motor mounts, radiator, adaptors ect... If you are considering taking on a project like this, then we hope that what we present here will be of help to you.
Go to the Wrangler Engine Swap page
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