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The front was netting around 12 inches of travel (restricted at shackle) without the coils and a lil shy of 10 inches with the Eibach 2.5inch 80lbs/inch coils (further restricted at bump). The Bilstein 7100 front shocks were only 8 inches of travel but not were not restricting travel with our...

The front leaf springs before we stripped down to two leafs and slapped on the coils. And yes, they are not really straight under the frame and only out-boarded at the back! We had standing bets on whether this would work at all, but its not been all that bad as such. We did add a panard rod to...

The front axle seems to have a bit of positive camber. Last time we measures it at around 1.5 degrees at both ends. Not exactly sure why its so as I would have thought it would have ended up neutral. Also curious if anyone notes the funny angle of the leafs :) Thanks to our friend Aqeel Baig...

Oh yes, the knuckles! The front diff was the only really technical (read problematic) aspect of the re-build. Currently I believe that we are only getting away with a cut and turn to fix the caster. We did flip the knuckles originally but it ended up that the diff housing somehow got bent quite...

The suspension on the car was based on our experience and understanding of racing the rig in the Cholistan sandy terrain. Coupled with budget considerations it ended up being a bit of falling downstairs and landing on your feet. The flipped (upright shackles) at both front and back was a big...

Yes its been forever since I was on here. Will pass on the message to Ehsan. He is doing well as a radiologist and tries not to have any 4x4 thoughts distract him too much :)

Yup the engine continues to be the old faithful 1UZ. We just picked it up and put it at the back :)

Oh boy, where do I start :)

There you can see the engine a little, in case anyone doesn't believe me :)

In case anyone is wondering if it actually works (we were as well most of the time) here we see it stretching its legs a bit at the Cholistan Jeep Rally 2015 right at the start of our supporters promo video:

It was another crazy set of ideas, so all the more reason we just had to do it :) Had to throw it out here on Mud cause I thought only people out here would understand the real gravity of the situation. Some of our previous antics with this car are also on here somewhere...

Not sure how current this is, but just saw it and for the record wanted to chip in. We have done both 1UZ (non-vvti) and 2UZ (non-vvti with DBW) conversions on FJ40s which are well documented on the net as Concordia FJ40s. In the end, the 1UZ ends up being simpler to do as its without an...

Functional and ugly, hmmm! I think this one qualifies :)

Entertained a funny idea for sometime.....

Wheelie Videos... Ist Angle : https://vimeo.com/62008528 2nd Angle (around 1:00) https://vimeo.com/62018635