Just got home from DC

[bottledbird68]

Well, just got home from our trip to Washington DC.
Went down for a family vacation for a few days but as luck would have it I found some parts that just happened to be close enough for us to pick up and save us on shipping.
And as I promised alex when I got back, here's a pic of one of the wheels I bought for the 68:
http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu134/bottledbird68/92afc6b8.jpg
17/18" staggered set. Brand new in boxes. Pics don't do them justice. The more I look at them the happier I am I got them. Not flush like most c5 wheels. They have a nice lip to them:
http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu134/bottledbird68/5e89802e.jpg

And, the biggest score of the trip. Settled on a truck arm rear suspension for the car. Was gonna fab up my own since I didn't want to pay the $2,300 hot rods from hell wanted. That is until I found a complete kit, brand new in box for a 68-72 nova on protouring.com for a grand in virginia. Only difference between the nova and the fbody kit is the front ears on the crossmember. Scoffed it right up. I'm happy.
http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu134/bottledbird68/f852a838.jpg

So, yee haa. That was this weeks adventure. Now it's time to burn our pos jeep. That was a whole different part of the adventure lol.

[TBerry95z28]

those wheels look damn SEXY lol good pick up. if you don't mind me askin how much you pick them up for

[bottledbird68]

Scored them for $500 picked up in toms river new jersey :)

[Formula413]

Nice!

[c4boom]

I HATE YOU :P

[TBerry95z28]

damn that's a good price. I love staggered set ups

[ls6monte]

Sweet rims Matt! So how is the jeep by the way????????????????? lol

[bottledbird68]

Thanks for the compliments guys. I can't wait to see them on the car!!
Been wanting to change up the look for a few years now and I think this will do quite nicely.


As for the jeep, well, she wen through the harness on valentines day while I worked on the 68. Cleaned up some bad contacts and had it running mint. Ran perfect until the day before we left. Decided it wasn't too bad and went anyway. Well, by new jersey it started bucking and chugging and basically got just under 8 mpg the rest of the way down.
Ran like poo most of the time down there too. But, ran ok the whole way home hauling the trailer the parts were in. Until we got off the highway in mass. Then it was on it's face again. We give up. V8 swap real soon I think lol.
Had enough of this "jeep thing"

[c4boom]

I just think its a MOPAR Thing

[black heartbeat]

lol my friend is having similar problems with his 89 cherokee and wants to do a carbed SBC swap and I'm trying to convince him to goto 5.7 Vortec

[*LS1* Queen]

nice! love those wheels

[ILuvPizzaTimes10]

Love the wheels and change the god damn computer already!!!!!!!!

[bottledbird68]

Love the wheels and change the god damn computer already!!!!!!!!

I refuse to lol. In all my research on the jeep forums not once has our issues ever been solved by changing the computer. Anyone who did complained they wasted their money.
If I do change it it's getting a gm computer and two more cylinders ;)
Just gotta figure out a couple details to make sure I can still get it to pass the obdII plug in at sticker time.
Basically I know I can make it have no codes. Just need to know if the sticker computer vin checks or not. And if it does can I get the fm computer to accept a Chrysler vin. Once I find those out I'm fairly certain I'll be doing two 6.0 swaps this year.

[ILuvPizzaTimes10]

So your not sure whats casuing the issue? and if its not computer related(wich i think it is) and its say a vehicle harness thing same bad fuse boxes and shit. and you reuse those for your Swap. wich would be the smarter swap thing to do. you may be in the same boat after 2500 dollars into a swap.......

[bottledbird68]

So your not sure whats casuing the issue? and if its not computer related(wich i think it is) and its say a vehicle harness thing same bad fuse boxes and shit. and you reuse those for your Swap. wich would be the smarter swap thing to do. you may be in the same boat after 2500 dollars into a swap.......

Nope, if I do it anything Chrysler related is getting ripped the fuck out.
Did you know the tps sensor circuit backfeeds through the freakin airbag clockspring?
How about from the factory the heater circuit pulls too much current and they routinely melt the heater controls in the dash?
Fuck Chrysler and their wiring.
If/when I do it it's going to think its all chevy truck thank you very much lol

[TBerry95z28]

wheelies in the jeep ! lol :)

[Formula413]

Did you know the tps sensor circuit backfeeds through the freakin airbag clockspring?

What the huh?!?

[ls6monte]

Typical Chrysler pos. We have had many Chrysler's in the shop lately for melted heater connectors.
At the thanksgiving day burnouts in my area the was a late model wrangler that I was told has an LS1 in it, and it was supercharged! The thing was whipping donuts like no tomorrow and doing top fuel style burnouts! Sounded nasty also! And the top was chopped!

[TBerry95z28]

Typical Chrysler pos. We have had many Chrysler's in the shop lately for melted heater connectors.
At the thanksgiving day burnouts in my area the was a late model wrangler that I was told has an LS1 in it, and it was supercharged! The thing was whipping donuts like no tomorrow and doing top fuel style burnouts! Sounded nasty also! And the top was chopped!

now that sounds sick!

[Motaboata]

Did you know the tps sensor circuit backfeeds through the freakin airbag clockspring?



My Buddy has an 04 Jeep... I replaced TPS...still having same issue.... Im not a fan of messing with the clock spring...but looks like i have to when the air breaks damn it!

O well...

FUCKIN RETARDED IMO

[bottledbird68]

My Buddy has an 04 Jeep... I replaced TPS...still having same issue.... Im not a fan of messing with the clock spring...but looks like i have to when the air breaks damn it!

O well...

FUCKIN RETARDED IMO

From what I read the way to check it is to unplug the clock spring and see if the problem goes away. Here's two little plugs on the bottom after you take the plastic off the column. Unplug them and see what happens.
If that doesn't work try pulling the horn relay out of the fuse box under the hood. The horn circuit can cause it too lol.

Of course, none of those were our issue. And after I learned just how ass backwards it's wired I threw up my hands and gave up. Now I just unplug the ecu for a while to let it reset. Runs great until it relearns itself. Then I runs like poo again. Usually gets me at least an hour of driving though lol.

[bottledbird68]

Typical Chrysler pos. We have had many Chrysler's in the shop lately for melted heater connectors.
At the thanksgiving day burnouts in my area the was a late model wrangler that I was told has an LS1 in it, and it was supercharged! The thing was whipping donuts like no tomorrow and doing top fuel style burnouts! Sounded nasty also! And the top was chopped!

As freakin cool as that sounds if I do anything it'll most likely just be a stock lq4, maybe an lq9. Most it'll see might be a cam. I wheel it too much to make it stupid. Just want good simple basic power. And even on a good day the old tractor motor in it just don't have it lol

[c4boom]

why not just go 4.8 than supper cheap and has enough power

[Formula413]

^ Not a bad idea, plus you'll thank yourself when gas goes back to $4 a gallon LOL

[bottledbird68]

Cause for an extra few hundred bucks I can have more cubes. Not trying to build low power, just the most reliable power. Can only 6.0 should be dead nuts reliable and have plenty of oats for the jeep.

And alex, it's a lifted jeep. Fuel economy doesn't factor in anywhere. Gas prices be damned lol.

[Formula413]

That made me think of McBain on the Simpsons with his Hummer...

"What does it get for gas mileage?"

"1 highway, 0 city"

[bottledbird68]

Oh yeah, and here was one of the other highlights of our trip:
http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu134/bottledbird68/21e7f769.jpg

Read the sign, damn you and your regulations!

[bottledbird68]

That made me think of McBain on the Simpsons with his Hummer...

"What does it get for gas mileage?"

"1 highway, 0 city"

It's not much better right now. But now all I can hear is his voice saying that lol.
Was it a hummer or the "canyonero"? :D

[irockidz28]

ahahahahahaha

[TBerry95z28]

love the picture

[CamaroRacing12]

dude those wheels on ur firebird are going to look incredible imo. good choice and a killer deal to boot. mopar wiring and over heating fuses/connectors is so common and total horseshit. i remember when i was working at sullivan we had a caravan in and all the electronics wouldnt work when they got overheated we shoved some snow in there and it worked fine!

oh and alex i've seen weird ass shit like that even on my car. remember my brake lights being stuck on all the time? the damn power was back feeding through the a/c fuse which i left in the fuse box after i pulled the a/c, pulled the fuse it worked perfect again threw it in the trash and me and my sisters bf laughed our asses off because we were working on fixing the issue for legit 6-10 months and it was sooo simple.