Placek's 33" Jimny

My 31" Jimny was not awesome enough, mainly because of it's weak 80PS engine, almost stock suspension and too small wheels so I decided to rebuild it completely Unfortunately coilovers are too expensive, so for now I am going to use Ironaman +2" springs and shock dampers.

The one that I'm rebuilding is the green one: www.bigjimny.com/index.php/forum?view=to...d=55403&limitstart=0

Rear suspension is almost ready, just need to fit shock dampers and finish the A-radius arm.
Btw the rear axle is from Suzuki Vitara 1.6 16V with 5.125 ratio. I'm going to put some armour on it.

I'll put the fuel tank to the inside of the car.
I decided to install Vitara's axle because it's much more durable than Jimny's - it has to bear 33" Silverstone MT117 Extreme tyres and BMW 1.8is 140PS engine in rally conditions Front axle is the wide one from samurai with TG 33-spline axleshafts and cv joints. The rear axle has been also moved 6cm to the rear.

Picture of the front suspension (no shock dampers yet) and the whole chassis upside down.
In the next few days we should put on the wheels and flip the chassis to do the final measurments and suspension welding incl. panhard rod, which we think is going to be a bit problematic.

Chassis on it's wheels. Looks big Sorry for the poor quality, but the photos were taken with a cell phone...





And a little bonus - my new emblem

This is looking good.

What is going to be done to the body? Anything radical or left as was?

I've often thought Sammy axles with TG shafts would be a good idea on a Jimny because the diffs remain Suzuki ssized, so you don't lose ground clearance taken up by Toyota or G Wagon bigger axles. You then gain more by the same bigger tyres.

It's just a case of getting the castor right by rotating the axle to suit and sorting out the location of the other components. I say just but it's beyond me!

Kirkynut

Thanks
The body will be as stock as spossible, I'm not going to cut it in half. But some serious fenders trimming and mudguards mods are going to happen, because the wheels are just too big.
I chose vitara's rear axle beacause of it's 5,125 ratio - I also used vitara's front differential in samurai's front axle. And btw.: rear axle from 1.6 16V is much better than from 1.6 8V - same ratio, but the gears are attached better and axle shafts are thicker.