DIY Funny Car, The Drag Race Jeep Gets a Front Suspension Delete. Oops!
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- It all started innocently enough. I needed to put my race ZJ back together to compete in the "Battle of the Beaters" at this year's Duct Tape Drags. I've already run this same Grand Cherokee in the $3K Hooptie Challenge at the Zip-Tie Drags and then the same event for a few more years. I have stolen some parts off it for another project, but it should be easy enough to put back together.
The only real problem was that I made headers to fit this chassis, but they went on the Off-Road Hot Rod. I had some long tube headers, so I decided to fit those. How hard could it be?
So after I cut apart most of the front end, I realized that I needed a completely new front suspension. Luckily, I had the front from a 1976 MGB lying around. It might be a perfect fit, as long as I don't expect the front tires to go back under the car... Looks like I'm accidentally building a funny car!
My Favorite Saturday morning show , I love this guy and how he goes about making things , Chassis guys have nothing on Him , What a creative and genius way of going about this whole car, His dead pan humor completely throws you off guard to how smart and skilled he really is ,Never change I'm hooked
Man I wish he were my neighbor
Yeah so would I. But he seems like a loner. Just him and a camera. He's a cool dude.
Im sure he doesnt. Lol.😯🤣
@@RatsnRods thanks I'll take it as a compliment.
Like Pee Wee Herman im a loner doddie a rebel lol
@@chriscampbell8149he has a family
Day instantly improved after a Low-Buck Garage video is posted, thanks for showing us the right way to do things!
Enjoyed the video James! 😁👍 That engine sounds *healthy* , gunna be a good runner for sure. Can't wait for part 2. Take care and happy wrenching 🔧🔩
My far out favo channel here - can’t wait for the next 🤟🏾
I spent the day cleaning my shop but it wasn't fun so I must have done it wrong. Thanks for posting.
I enjoy your videos and sense of humor! Thanks for what you do.
I'm just glad you didn't try to fit a cup-holder inside... that would've needed a full rebuild from the ground up..!
I have to appreciate that this is both becoming more and less of a proper dragster as time goes on.
Great video. I really like the wqy you swap pieces and parts between project vehicles and having a parts stash seems to be a big help. Good luck at the Duct Tape Drags.
Your improvisational skills are AMAZING! Well done!
Finally a guy who truly knows how to work on ZJs!!!! And Jeeps all together.. Awesome just AWESOME!!
I always get excited when I see a new video has posted! Lookin forward to part two! 💪
It'd look pretty bad ass if you had a couple extra front fenders, cut the tops off right above the wheel arch and welded the top from a right to the top of the left flipped upside down. Dunno how it would come out in the end but something has to be done about the giant empty wheel arch. You really do amaze me with how creative you can be with your creations!
This reminds me of my life back in the late 60s to mid 70s. Some of the best times and friends doing things that were challenging and fun! Did this frame mod on a 55' chevy and put a model A front axle on ran D gas and C gas until I ran out of money!
Simple engine installation 😂 one day I will have those skills and confidence
Sawzaw blade trophy! This build is one of your best👍🏁🇺🇸
excelent as always. Projects always are more fun if you aren't afraid to make them better than original
That's what I'm talking about 👍👍
James, back in the 60's & early 70's I drag raced A LOT. Your time and speed suggests that you had your suspension dialed in very close to 100% matching your power. That would have been very impressive back when I raced. I would like to convey a little trick I learned from a couple of "pros." Ronnie Sox of Sox & Martin race team said do not "LIFT" off the gas pedal when you shift. START your shift a fraction of a second earlier than you normally would by pushing the clutch pedal in, leave the gas pedal on the floor, complete the shift and let the clutch pedal back out quickly, timing the reengagement of the clutch just as the engine is crossing your RPM high mark. By doing that you will cut ET because the energy stored *(kinetic) inside the engine will add to the power the engine makes. Once the shift is completed and the clutch is engaged again the kinetic energy of the the reciprocating mass adds to the engine power output and cuts the time required for the engine to build from closed throttle. At a very critical moment it can cut wasted time from the power being "off" which is very meaningful since it's all about time. You can easily see it in your ET. A Lightening fast shift is a good thing, but not totally necessary as long as you start the shift ie: press the clutch pedal, early enough to prevent engine over rev from a slower shift. John Keselowski of Kaye Engineering Race Team (Brad Keselowski's Grand Father) told me to start your shift as many as 1,000 RPM's lower if needed, just never remove the stored energy from the power path by lifting off the gas. Get your shift done and clutch back engaged at exactly the peak engine power is the goal. Ronnie Sox "Mr. 4-Speed" said the same thing. Note: That is why the Chrysler auto trans Torqueflite accelerated so hard at the 1st to 2nd upshift. GM & Ford always had the trans locked into 2 gears simultaniously to prevent engine overrev, then let go of the prior clutch. (today they use the computer to cut engine pwr at the shift to prevent engine over-rev and preserve trans clutches) It takes time to do that and that is an interruption of pwr thru-put. Chrysler engineered the Torqueflite to use the kinetic energy stored in all of the reciprocating mass; engine, torque converter, transhaft, clutches, drums and all, while the engine never left WOT to transfer right thru the trans. In most cases the vehicle appeared to leap about 1 car length at 1 - 2 upshift. ben/ michigan
That makes a lot of sense, thanks for the info!
you always make me feel better after watching your shows!!!!
👍 Looking Good
This is the kind of stuff we
did when I was younger
in the 60&70 now those were the
good old days
I really like the way that you eliminate unnecessary weight. Putting on a British front end is something nobody else ever even dreamed of - and with the wheels further forward, they will come up even higher when you launch. That Big Daddy Garlic guy has nothing on you, my friend!
We need some LBG merchandise!!!!!! 🎉
What a transformation that Jeep is gonna be.
Looks dangerous. Should be fun then.
I always look forward to your videos. You are probably my favorite youtuber besides Mustie1. Vice grip garage and all of those types of channels got to mainstream and rich. They forget what an average person can do because of money. 20k+ cars with thousands of dollars worth of work is just not in the budget.
U, sir, R AMAZING, Thanks for all. Looking for a pre 1975 working and driving fire truck [braking would be nice too] any ideas around $3 to 4000. Is that YOU laughing?
Excellent video Glenn :) also very interesting information on Funny vechile and super interesting to watch on rebuilding up again too! Looking forward more videos too soon watch on!
Wow this channel is underrated. Every video i have seen has been pure gold. The humor, the work, and everything is perfect. I wish i had found this channel sooner!
Wow, that's a lot of changes. But I guess sometimes it's easier just to cut everything out that's in your way right from the get go, that makes it a lot easier to piece everything back in. Oh, and I got one of those super cheap HEI distributors for my Jeep too and it worked right out of the box. But now you have me worried and I think I need to pull it out and have a look at it.
I'm liking the way you're thinking. All the weight reduction, better wheelies ?
Be sure to let everyone know what brand of distributor you got. I want to be sure I order one just like it for my upcoming project!
It was from China 🤢 that's all I need to know 😉✌️
Luckily stealing parts from your own cars is still legal, otherwise you would have wasted a lot of time haggling with yourself to buy them cheap 😂
Parts now days can be frustrating. It took me buying 3 distributors to get one to work and still had to use a part off my old distributor. Crazy.
I have a Mopar 383 I needed to test run and I had to custo make a bottom hose using your trick of 2 hoses with a steel sleeve inside. It worked great. Thanks man I love learning new things
I've gotten bitten by buying cheap parts in the past. You're not getting a bargain if it takes half a day and specialty tools to fit something that should easily drop in like a distributor
Hey there brother just wanted to let you know that you should put the header in while you are installing the motor it's as that bro okay thanks Charles
your right you get what you pay for at least you have the know how to make it work looks like a fun project i wanna see that jeep burn up the track looks like and sounds like it will
You should ask for a battery sponsor. It worked for mortske.👍
These people and their rules. You're missing one wheel. And possibly an axle and they get all snooty about it. LOL. Great videos my friend.
I would be woried about a wheelie, might break the front end off.
Bloody great 😎👍🚘🚜
Really like the benchtop distributor test!!!
You should Do a mean burnout with the jeep when the race is over
Wish everybody have him as a neighbour. Awsome build
Glad you're having fun, James
I thought MGB was a brand of coffee 🤔
Inspirational approach to life. Thanks for sharing
That's the good Chinese parts we get
Thanks for another fun video!
I thought you had the buggy on EBAY
Another brilliant video.
Funny that on this channel, and on a coupla of other car channels I watch, the YT ads are about EV's.
Screw that. Gas, diesel, and other types of dead dinosaurs forever and, to the naysayers, WHATEVER.
500 hrs of labor and 300$ worth of scrap steel for 65$ headers.... yeah the math checks out.
17:24 who'd you buy the part from? It's not like they're sponsoring you. You should do a video on all the lowlife companies you have had obvious problems with.
9:23 "Look no more gap" 😆
It's hard too believe that you gotta rob one engine from a project for another,🤨, that's too cheap-n-lame even for you,🙄, they should make it so anyone who enters that race must sell their vehicle for 3k, if someone else wants to buy it at the end of the race, that would help keep everyone honest, you sure wouldn't have nothing to worry about tho, after what you did to the front-end of that rig, it looks just awful, and not a bit funny. lol
Awesome project by far my new favorite channel to watch I've been bing watching for the past few days
That was a mercruiser distributor cap, circa 2000ish They were numbered like that for counter rotators, firing order is reversed. Fun Fact, the starters for those also ran backwards, so for a long time you always had to be super careful about getting replacement components that spun in the other direction or you had to return them and waste time
Dude you are funny.
question are these posted out of order
or did you sell the thingyma bobber
(the jeep looking thing) without an engine or maybe im missing something
think they're out of order, because he put a different engine in the thingyma bobber in the video where he said it was for sale
The projects overlapped while I was working on them. I pulled this engine during the last version of the buggy build, and it sat on the garage floor while I finished the buggy with its new engine. Once that buggy was up and running and done, I started on this project with the leftover engine.
@@LowBuckGarage oh ok then was a bit confused
EDIT thanks for taking time to clarify
Hey, just found your channel and I like what I've found!
Funny...yes...😂🤓😳
Will the long tube headers give you more power, over the short tube units? Great project. Onward!
the idea in that style headers is that there's less restriction because they don't have as sharp bends as regular headers, so it may give a tiny bit more power
Yes, "shortys" are just easy to put on light weight and cheap. Long tube headers are better for power. If you don't believe it just look up Hooker Race Headers. You won't find a pair of "shortys" in the lineup. The important thing is that they are the right length to resonate at the collectors. That makes a low pressure area at the exit of the header and since everything has mass, it removes some of the stagnant air "mass" in the tube trying to get to the exit. There is a fine tuning of the header that involves a header extension. Not to be confused with a "reducer", we are not going into mufflers frin a race header. The extension is the same diameter as the collector. You connect it to the outlet and when you make a full power pass it will leave a tell-tale where the extension needs to be cut off. Some use paint or a grease pen to make the place to cut it off easier to identify.
Hopefully a little more power. This Jeep will spend a lot of time in the upper RPM ranges, so they might help.
I looooove eeet!!!
You had me right when what could happen with a mg front end. what happen to ur cover wagon buggy?
That’s not the exception but becoming the new normal with parts
Just a little trimming for header clearance, no biggie.
You are the man! Good job bro. Very informative...
😅😂😊 and a nicer can of worms I am sure could not be found!
What fun is it if stuff actually works....I here that
This is the type of southern man I aspire to be in my 40s.
It is funny. Makes me laugh just looking at it.
This was great, look forward to the rest of the build
Job well done
Central California watching
Didn't jeep make a V8 Grand Cherokee?
Flip them over and out the hood or is that not an option?
You're having too much fun.
A Drag Racing Willy's jeep would be far better of an idea
too short wheel base to be stable with any kind of fun power
Nice idea and I think it will work….
Do sell those T shirts?
This is going to be EPIC ! Great job on that ignition system ..
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋😂😂😂😂😂
Subscribed great show
"I may have opened up a can of worms here"
Put that on a T shirt and sell it, its a common theme to your videos lol, in order to fix this we have to do this, and in order to do that we have to do this, very much a common theme, cant wait to see part 2 :)
Those were tiny burritos
Great job!
Awesome, thanks
Front axle delete lol
Funny Car ZJ 😮😮😮
Less than 3k?
Zeroth
Pretty cool.
What is "LIQUID ELECTRICAL TAPE"? ❓❓
I picked it up at the hardware store, comes in a little bottle with a brush in the lid. It's a thick liquid that dries into electrical insulation. Handy stuff!
@@LowBuckGarage definitely looking for that, thanks 👍👍
Nice
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Great video thanks for sharing
Great channel.