Build for Off Road Season 2 Episode 4

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00:00Jeep right here is the best deal if you're looking for a base vehicle to turn into a hardcore off-road

00:07rig. And here's why. Two-door Jeep JKs right now, first generation, 07 to 11, you can pick them up

00:13for around $5,000. That's an acceptable price for something that you're going to chop up.

00:18Newer ones like this, second generation, 12 to 18, they're going to cost you somewhere around

00:23like that $10,000 mark. The nice thing is, is all the parts that are on this Jeep,

00:27they're still sought after. So even though you buy this Jeep and maybe you drive it for a year and

00:32enjoy that life of a top off, doors off, you know, being cool owning a Jeep, you can then sell all

00:38those parts, recoup some of your money. When the JK first came out, I was not for it. And that's

00:43because it was so expensive to turn into a hardcore off-road rig. The two-door JK is the perfect base

00:49vehicle, like I said, because it's so cheap. That's what we're building today. Now, this isn't my Jeep.

00:53This belongs to my buddy, Ricky. I've been trying to get him to grow up and give up the side-by-side

00:58life for years and step into a real buggy. So that's what we're going to build them. We're

01:01going to build this Jeep into the perfect combination of hardcore Jeep and hardcore rock bouncer. So

01:08creature comforts inside, lots of horsepower underneath the hood, giant axles and big old 42 inch tires.

01:15That's where we're going to end up. This is where we're starting. Step one, body comes off and

01:20then we cut the frame in half twice. Oh, it's going to be a good day in the shop because we're

01:26cutting things up in the Jeep world.

01:43Now, as I said before, if you want to basically maximize your profit potential, starting with

01:49a good Jeep, you're going to want to sell some of the parts. And if you're going to sell parts,

01:54the last thing you want to do is have a bunch of broken bolts on those parts because that's just

01:58going to make the new owner somewhat upset. So when it comes to things like exhaust studs that

02:03we're working on right now for this little motor, you're going to want to get a good penetrating

02:08solvent like CRC knock or loose. What this will do is it basically sprays onto any rusted fasteners

02:15and then it soaks into the threads. And because it's a penetrating solvent, it's going to dissolve

02:20the rust that's basically holding that nut on there. And then it will help lubricate it

02:24when it's time to take it off. Appears to have knocked it loose.

02:28One of the reasons why the JK is honestly such a good platform to start from is the frame.

02:41Back front axle. These frames are very good frames from the factory because they are hydroformed,

02:49fully boxed with four length front and rear from the factory. That's what kind of made the JK

02:53really a game changer when it first came out. We are going to use parts of this frame because

02:59the whole point of this build is to make the ultimate throw down combination rock bouncer

03:03slash jeep JK. So we're basically going to be cutting this frame somewhere in this area right here.

03:08But since we're going to do that, we need to go ahead and remove these motor mounts because we're

03:12not reusing the motor. We're going to remove these coil mounts here. I don't know if I'm going to get

03:17all the way up to the actual coil mount. I think I'm just going to get the shock mount off. But I

03:21basically need an empty section of frame right here because all that goes away.

03:35Now to convert this jeep over to, as I said before, this ultimate off-roader that we're building,

03:40we basically are replacing the front half of the frame section. So this is a complete kit. It comes

03:46with two new frame rails, a new front bumper with an integrated hoop at the front, as well as a wind

03:50plate. And then a new crossover bar at the top. That's what this section is right here. That's

03:55going to integrate into two new coil over towers. Now this is obviously not a bolt on suspension

04:01system. This is a lot of custom fab, but it did come with some templates that I marked on the frame

04:06to show me where to cut. So the first step here is going to be to cut this entire front frame section

04:11off. And then we're actually going to use the body mounts that are built into these frame rails to

04:16basically key into these old body mounts. So we'll put the body back on the frame to line everything

04:20up and then weld it in place. We'll cut this first.

04:33Boom. Bye-bye frame.

04:47Yeah, but you got to go that way.

04:52Well, let's throw a bolt at her. So we've made good headway on our deep JK that we're basically

05:04turning into a Jeep slash rock bouncer type of shenanigans. The frame has now been completely

05:09stripped and prepped for all the new frame parts. The front frame section is on. And essentially what

05:14we've done here is we've used the Jeep body as a jig. So even though we cut the frame off right here,

05:21according to the templates, to ensure that the front frame is still square, what we're doing is

05:25we're basically bolting it onto the factory body mounts. We bolted the Jeep body back onto the rest

05:30of the body mounts on the frame. And then we basically just shoved everything on. We'll go

05:34ahead and do some cross measurements to make sure that it's square. But at that point, then we'll be

05:38ready to weld it. For today's welding tip, we're going to talk about a couple of things. We're going

05:52to talk about some tips for welding stainless pipe. And then I'm also going to give you some updates on

05:58the ESOB Rebel and why you would add a water cooled torch to that machine. Now I've told you before,

06:04and we've shown you how much I love the ESOB Rebel being a multi-process machine. You can make,

06:09you can TIG, and you can stick with it. It takes care of all the jobs inside your shop. But now

06:13you can add the new ESOB Cool Mini 2 to the bottom of your Rebel. What that does is allows you to add

06:20a water cooled TIG torch to the entire package. Now the way a water cooled TIG torch works is you

06:27basically have three lines coming up the torch. You have the line that carries the gas like always,

06:32and then you have two additional lines, one that will take the coolant to the torch,

06:36and one that returns it back to the small radiator and fan that sits underneath it. And that is what

06:42cools the torch head down. What a water cooled torch does is it allows the torch body to get smaller

06:48and smaller and still operate at high amperage. This particular torch is rated for up to 250 amps,

06:54even though it is incredibly small. So if you're doing a lot of TIG welding, and you need to get into

06:58super tight places and you want the torch as small as possible, it's a great time to upgrade to that

07:02water cooled torch. So now let's talk about welding stainless. Now what I have here is a small set of

07:08stainless bellows that we're going to weld onto this pipe right here. And I think we'll just go

07:13through the process of how to set it up, how to weld it. So step one, whenever you're welding stainless,

07:18it's going to be clean it up. For that, we use acetone. Most important part when TIG welding

07:26stainless is making sure that you keep the arc length as short as you can. So what I've done is

07:31I put this giant cup on here to allow me to stick the tungsten out really, really far. That also floods

07:38the area with the shielding gas and just ensures that the weld stays covered. When you stop welding,

07:45don't move anything. Make sure that you leave the torch alone. Keep that shielding gas flowing.

07:51That will ensure that you end up with that rainbow color that you want to get with stainless. Another

07:56thing that can help with this is back purging inside of the stainless. And for that, you actually need

08:03another tool. This tool is pretty specific to automotive stainless exhaust. This is a heat sink and

08:10back purge valve that screws into the O2 sensor in your exhaust. So if I had an O2 sensor bung right

08:17here, this would simply screw into it. Then I use this quick connect, connect it. And then the other

08:23end goes into my double feed regulator that's on the back of the TIG welder. And what that will do is it

08:29will flow argon into the inside of this pipe. We want to plug either end with either tape or you can

08:35actually buy rubber plugs that plug it with a small little hole. And you basically fill the inside

08:40of this pipe with argon. That way, while you're welding it, the chromium doesn't boil up on the

08:45inside as well, because it's also protected with that shielding gas. This is just a handy tool to have.

08:51Practice, practice, practice. Get a good quality welder. If you want that small torch, make sure you

08:55get a water cooler for it. Get the proper PPE, good helmet, good gloves, comfortable place to work.

09:00And then just spend time behind the hood. I like doing it every day.

09:18There's no way that we can take a Jeep and talk about turning it into half Jeep, half hardcore

09:23off-road rock bouncer and leave the V6 engine underneath the hood. So this is going underneath

09:29the hood of this truck. This is a pretty much brand new. It's 2024 Ram 6.4 liter Hemi engine

09:37with an 8 HP 75 behind it. This, in my opinion, when it comes to a Jeep JK is probably one of the

09:45cleanest swaps that you can do. And we'll talk about why a little bit later. But whenever you are planning

09:51a project and you're going to use a used engine, make sure you get it from a reputable salvage yard.

09:57We were able to actually see video of this engine running in the truck before they pulled it. So we

10:02knew that it was good. And they did tell us that the water pump was bent. So we ended up going and

10:07replacing a brand new water pump on there. One thing that I think you should do before you swap in one

10:12of these is swap out the exhaust manifolds. This new manifold design has like a little bit of a kick to

10:18it. So we're going to try and take advantage of that to make it easier to get the exhaust out of the

10:21truck. But these manifolds showed up, obviously, bare cast. And yes, we could bolt them on and

10:27everything would be fine. But this is the time when we should paint these so they don't end up

10:32looking all rusty underneath the hood of our super cool Jeep. I'm going to paint these manifolds with

10:39this VHT flame proof paint. This is specifically designed for exhaust components like manifolds,

10:45headers, turbo downpipes, or pretty much anything that sees a lot of heat. It's designed to handle that

10:50high temperature that exhaust sees. Once it's coated, though, you do have to follow the curing

10:55procedure with VHT. And there's instructions on the back, you want to heat the item up for about 10

11:00minutes, and then let it cool down, heat it up for 20 minutes at a cool down. That helps basically

11:05bake the paint onto the exhaust item. This will basically prevent these exhaust manifolds from

11:11rusting, and it'll just keep it looking good underneath the hood. If you wanted to dress it up

11:15even further underneath the hood, Duplicolor has a full range of engine enamel. Now,

11:20this paint is specifically designed to paint under the hood engine components and engine blocks so it

11:25can handle the heat as well as the chemicals that are underneath the hood. They have them in 34

11:30different colors. I had them send me some of this hemi orange because I may just do a couple touch-ups

11:34on the block here and there because, you know, hemi, hemi orange, it's got to happen. And basically,

11:39so if you wanted to make the truck look even fancier, you can go ahead and coat the block like that.

11:43So start with right now, I'm going to go ahead and just spray these with the flat black and then

11:46bolt them on the motor. First step is to clean any of oils or impurities off the cast. I'm using this

11:54Duplicolor foaming prep spray. I'm going to spray it on there and then wipe it off.

12:02So we're going to apply two light coats and one medium coat. You want to apply all those coats within

12:08one hour and give yourself about 10 minutes between each coat.

12:28That's probably pretty darn close. Now, the engine is in between the frame rails. Obviously, it's just mocked up into place. And that is because fitting these hemi engines into the

12:38JK engine compartment is a little bit tight, even more so with the truck engine because the intake is so

12:44tall. Misunderstanding a lot of times when it comes to engines is that they have to be in the center of

12:50the frame. And that's actually not true, especially an off-road vehicle, even from the factory. Some of

12:55these engines are offset to the passenger side or driver side, depending on where the front drive shaft goes.

13:00In this particular vehicle, the front drive shaft is on the driver side. So we're going to be offsetting

13:05this engine probably one to one and a half inches towards the passenger side of the vehicle to give

13:10me more room. It's also going to give me more room for the front pumpkin on the axle. But before we can even

13:15figure out if this engine's in the right spot, we got to drop the body back down. Body down.

13:22Body's going down. Down, down, down. For an initial installation, I'm pretty happy with where we're at.

13:29The one thing that you have to watch out for with these Hemis is the fact that the cylinder heads are

13:34so large, they don't necessarily fit into this sort of like recess in the firewall. So the head is

13:40really close on that passenger side at the bottom, but I'm probably going to just hammer the firewall

13:46in a little bit there. I think that'll solve that problem. I can then slide this engine back,

13:50I think maybe about an inch. That's what I'm after. My concern is how close the throttle body is to

13:54the radiator because I still need to fit a fan down inside of there. But I think another solution for

13:59that is going to be to basically raise this engine up a little bit. That will

14:03basically pull the throttle body up and back at the same time. I've already closed the hood and

14:08checked it. There is still plenty of room there. So I think if we basically come up and back,

14:13I think that'll be the finished spot for this engine. You do need to watch out for a couple

14:17other things. In this particular vehicle, we are going to be running an actual steering gear.

14:21So there will be a steering gear over here mounted to the frame rail. There's provisions for it

14:25on our frame rail kit right here. So it's going to bolt on and there is a shaft that has to run down

14:30from the obviously steering wheel down to there. So we got to make sure that clears by the cylinder

14:34head as well. But the Jeep engine bay is fairly large. So putting these V8s in here is not that hard.

14:39You just kind of got to fine tune them around back and forth and then we can start making some mounts.

14:43Right now, the body comes back off. Up, up, up. Jeep body going up.

14:55Let's try that.

15:08Quite often when I'm building mounts, I'll just go ahead and cut the holes on the plaza table,

15:13but that's when it's for a very common size fastener and I can run a reamer through it that I have.

15:18These mounts, because I'm reusing the engine side mounts from the Hemi, it uses a weird metric size bolt.

15:24So what I've done is I've matched that up with one of my drill bits and I'm just going to drill

15:28the hole through it to make life a lot easier. I'm using my new Woodward Fab bench top drill press.

15:34I kind of like these bench top drill presses because they don't take up a whole bunch of space in the shop.

15:37You can simply move them out of the way when you're not using it.

15:40This one has a 450 watt motor. It's variable speed, which is nice. It has a half inch chuck,

15:46so it fits pretty much all the large size drill bits. And the nice thing is, is it has a readout

15:52to tell you the speed that the drill is actually turning at so you can set it for the size that

15:56you're drilling. And then it also has this little laser guide so you know exactly where it's going to

16:00punch the hole. Tip for you. You know that the drill is running at the correct speed and the

16:12correct pressure when the chips that come off make these small little sparks. When you get that,

16:18perfect speed, perfect pressure.

16:26Huzzah! All right, now I got to build the other side.

16:37Over my time of building custom vehicles, I've swapped many engines into many vehicles that

16:44they weren't in there before. I think I've put LSs in basically everything. I've put Toyota engines

16:49in things. I've put Jeep engines in Toyotas. I've done all those things. I've even put an LS engine in

16:54a BMW for my kid, even made it a manual transmission. Don't be a bad dad. Teach your kid how to drive a stick.

17:00But the hardest part about getting an engine to work inside a modern vehicle is the communication

17:07between the engine and the rest of the car. And that is because modern vehicles use a lot of CAN bus

17:13communication. So it's not like the old days where you just turn the key and 12 volts goes down to the

17:18starter and it starts the motor. It doesn't work that way anymore. Everything goes through the powertrain

17:24control module or ECU or whatever you want to call it. Basically, the computer. So when it comes to dealing

17:29with one of these modern Jeeps and you want to get a Hemi underneath the hood, which in my opinion is

17:34the best swap and it's because of that communication, the best place to call is Hotwire Auto. Hotwire Auto

17:42will build you a completely new wiring harness with all new OEM style connectors. They will reflash the

17:48computer to work with your vehicle. They can even take care of the TCU in the transmission. And the key to

17:54all of this is the fact that they will build this harness, flash the computer and set it all up,

17:59so everything inside that Jeep works like it did from the factory. They can build you a harness like

18:06this in a hot rod setup. I have that in a couple other of my vehicles. That basically means you just

18:10hook it up to like a 12 volt power and a ground and you just switch the key and you can run the vehicle.

18:15But when you want everything to work inside the Jeep, gauges, AC request, all that stuff,

18:22you need to have a harness and more importantly, a company that understands how to make that communication

18:27work. And Hotwire can do that for you. Plus on top of that, they offer great phone support either

18:32before, during or after the install. So if you're planning a project like this, honestly, the first

18:38call you need to make is you call Hotwire. You tell them, hey, I got a Jeep. I'm going to put a Hemi in it.

18:42They will tell you what motor to buy, what transmission to get, what computer to choose from.

18:46They'll steer you right, right from the very beginning. And the best part is in this application,

18:51100% plug and play.

19:05When you're trying to combine basically a Jeep and a rock bouncer, you'd think that the right

19:09decision would be to go with full hydraulic steering. But if it's going to be a dual purpose

19:15vehicle like this, it is nice to have a mechanical connection between the steering wheel and the

19:20axle. So that means that you're going to be wanting to use some type of steering gear.

19:24The good news is, is you can get upgraded steering gears like this bad boy right here,

19:28often referred to as a big bore box, because it's much larger in size than a traditional JK

19:34steering box and a lot stronger. So this way, we're going to get that mechanical connection

19:38between the steering wheel and the axle, thanks to the steering shaft, through the sector shaft,

19:42down to the pitman arm, and then a drag link down to the front axle. But at the same time,

19:46we're going to get all the additional power of a full hydraulic steering system because the box

19:50has more power and we're going to be adding a cylinder assist cylinder down to the axle. The

19:55frame already has provisions to bolt us into place, and the last thing we want to check before

19:59we make sure that the motor mounts are where they're going to be.

20:12So we accomplished a lot today by driving this two-door Jeep JK into the shop, completely disassembling

20:29it, cutting it into multiple pieces, and now it's completely unusable in any way, which is okay,

20:34because that is always the first step in building the perfect off-road vehicle, basically making it

20:40completely unusable for a certain period of time while you throw parts at it and a whole bunch

20:43of money. But the drivetrain's in. Six-four Hemi, eight-speed automatic, our new frame suction,

20:48our suspension's ready to go in. After this, we're ready to sling some serious axles underneath it

20:53and get this bad boy sitting on some 42-inch tall tires. But that is what we'll do next time.

20:58Having the CX-4 under the hood, all ready to be plugged in with all the wiring, that is a milestone in itself.

21:05If I had a running Jeep, I could go vroom, vroom, but I don't. Vroom.

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