60FZJ-UTE 6 X 6 CUMMINS 24V 5.9L CRUISER (2 Viewers)

[onemanarmy]

I love the juxtapositon of the giant dash screen and still having crank windows.
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Any reason the front winch was not more 'integrated'.....it just sticks out weird and breaks up that beautiful front bumper
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and it needs more front lift? looks a bit too front raked?....of course everything is over the top awesome....but curious

 

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I love the juxtapositon of the giant dash screen and still having crank windows.
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Any reason the front winch was not more 'integrated'.....it just sticks out weird and breaks up that beautiful front bumper
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and it needs more front lift? looks a bit too front raked?....of course everything is over the top awesome....but curious

Didn't want the winch to be integrated, completely against the design idea and look I was going for and that @Box Rocket imagined years ago. I took a concept to reality with a few modifications to meet dimensions and depths required.

Lift.. Got to remember this has less than a mile on the VT coil suspension (x 4 vs x 2) and it will settle in the rear; approx. 1-1.25" per experience over 2-4000 miles.

PLUS I still have plans to add a 1800-2500# removable rear canopy to the rear if I don't sell it.

Built for END purpose and use, not immediate stance that with be reversed raked in less than 4000 miles... I see this too many times, people want a certain look/stance and its great until it isn't and it looks SHAT and a very inexperienced build ethic/practice to follow.

To answer your curiosity.

 

[Box Rocket]

I think you did a great job with the bumper. Very close to my concept. The trucks a head-turner for sure. Nicely done !

 

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We have made it to the TOP 40 at SEMA Battle of the Builders. So TOP 10 in the Offorad/4x4 class.

Tomorrow afternoon the OVERALL TOP 12 will be announced. Fingers crossed.

Jason
TT

 

[mongoose2231]

Hell yeah!!

 

[zeeklafreek]

We have made it to the TOP 40 at SEMA Battle of the Builders. So TOP 10 in the Offorad/4x4 class.

Tomorrow afternoon the OVERALL TOP 12 will be announced. Fingers crossed.

Jason
TT

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Big congrats!

 

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Well our SEMA Battle of the Builders journey is over. We gave it all we had. But big money builds and show trucks beat us out in the end. All I know is ours will be used and abused. That is what we built it for, like all of our builds over the past few years.

Pretty and high dollar built rigs in our class though... gotta give them that.

Thanks for all the support from first and foremost our families for understanding the desire and passion Tony and I have for continuing to do these builds.

Jeff Kramer
Power Service Products for the support, trust and relationship we have built over the past few years and 4 builds.

Thanks to all for the support here on mud and following along.

Jason

 

[Box Rocket]

Well our SEMA Battle of the Builders journey is over. We gave it all we had. But big money builds and show trucks beat us out in the end. All I know is ours will be used and abused. That is what we built it for, like all of our builds over the past few years.

Pretty and high dollar built rigs in our class though... gotta give them that.

Thanks for all the support from first and foremost our families for understanding the desire and passion Tony and I have for continuing to do these builds.

Jeff Kramer
Power Service Products for the support, trust and relationship we have built over the past few years and 4 builds.

Thanks to all for the support here on mud and following along.

Jason

Nothing to hang your head about Jason. Your rig turned some heads for sure. Congrats for being in the running! I was involved in the conceptual design and did the renderings for the 1962 Dodge Power Wagon that is still in the running. It's a rig intended to be used and used hard too. We'll see how it shakes out.

 

[zeeklafreek]

That Cruiser looks a bruiser.

 

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Nothing to hang your head about Jason. Your rig turned some heads for sure. Congrats for being in the running! I was involved in the conceptual design and did the renderings for the 1962 Dodge Power Wagon that is still in the running. It's a rig intended to be used and used hard too. We'll see how it shakes out.

That truck is being auctioned off at Barrett Jackson for a charity after the show. 500k-1mil is the rumors floating around their booth. I'm hard pressed to believe it will be used. But time will tell.

 

[Box Rocket]

That truck is being auctioned off at Barrett Jackson for a charity after the show. 500k-1mil is the rumors floating around their booth. I'm hard pressed to believe it will be used. But time will tell.

Yeah it will all depend on who ends up winning the auction, but they are trying to do what they can for it to end up somewhere it will get used, at least that is what Mike Rowe wants. As you say, time will tell.

 

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We are loaded back up and headed back today. The wait to load was over 4 hours last night after the show closed. SO........................ We fired it up and drove it a few miles north of the LVCC to meet the transport. SUCH a blast to drive this beast. Not to mention a head tuner. People love the smoke rolling out of the headache rack stacks.

Power is insane! It needs some shift point adjustment, but its close. Need to soften the rear suspension to absorb the power a little better as well.

From the calculations and power band specs we should be about 550HP and 1450 ft# torque. Even verified it with a Cummins tech/rep at the show. Tony thinks we can get it to pull the front wheel/s.... I don't know if I even want to attempt that. Put it in drive and the front end raises up 2- 3" at idle... HA!

We received a BEST IN SHOW - TOP VEHICLE award by GEARJUNKIE 1 of 5 out of over 1400 vehicles this year! The other 4 were EarthRoamer, Proffitt's, Toyota 4R TRD Surf Concept and KIA EV Concept. A true honor to be lumped in with those four.

Article here:

Best in Show: Top Adventure Vehicles Awarded at SEMA 2024

GearJunkie Motors Editor Bryon Dorr explores all corners of the SEMA Show 2024 to bring us the top adventure vehicles on display this year.

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I'm glad its over. Now to get home, rest and get back to the other builds and fabrication.

 

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Finally getting the 6x6 dialed in. We are at about 50-60% power on the tuning.

As it is tuned right now; it will keep up with 430hp LS3 swap cruisers we build.

Still have another 120-150hp left to go on the tuner and then we will break into the custom tune mode and possibly get a total of 200hp. That would put us at an estimated 620-650 RWHP and estimated 1250 ft # torque.

 

[Lucky1386]

Finally getting the 6x6 dialed in. We are at about 50-60% power on the tuning.

As it is tuned right now; it will keep up with 430hp LS3 swap cruisers we build.

Still have another 120-150hp left to go on the tuner and then we will break into the custom tune mode and possibly get a total of 200hp. That would put us at an estimated 620-650 RWHP and estimated 1250 ft # torque.

It's that all? Weak!
Looks amazing. Are you going to wheel it at all? Would be curious how it does off-road.

 

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It's that all? Weak!
Looks amazing. Are you going to wheel it at all? Would be curious how it does off-road.

I built it originally as a tow rig. Turn radius is wide; like a crewcab dually. But I can lift a front rear tire 21.5" off the ground and the other 5 are still on the ground.

I have 2 interested parties in Dubai and Qatar right now for $$$$$$$$$$$ They saw it at SEMA and have been waiting on final tune and drive videos.

 

[Lucky1386]

It would be fun to get on top of obstacles doing wheelies!

 

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An update on the programmer. When we originally bought the EDGE CTS3 unit we were told that it would work with a standalone Cummins 24 valve system.

Fast forward close to 7 months, 100+ man hours, 3 EDGE screens (none would accept the VIN#, two that they sent had old VIN#s that were supposed to be "new") and countless uploaded "updates" from Holley/EDGE that should let the programmer initialize............... ZILCH.........

Enough was enough. I talked to a few shops and retailers and finally decided to drop the EDGE and went with a QUADZILLA Adrenaline programmer with iQuad. The techs there, along with many others I spoke to said that EDGE/Holley will tell you anything to sell a product and then do everything not to warranty or guarantee. After a mod they request we do... will not warranty now due to that mod made.

Stripped all the EDGE out of the loomed harnesseses and replaced with the Quadzilla and reloomed. Uploaded an app off of my Android Play Store.. No BS VIN# upload crap etc... Just a version and what year range the ECM was. Within an hour we were rolling coal and tuning.

Just a buyer beware if doing a standalone swap on Cummins, Duramax or Powerstroke. The EDGE does not work (found other users and models going through the same as us) and a waste of money. 5820.00 (my cost) waste of money overall to be exact.

829.00 for the Quadzilla and 6 hours of install time.... DONE! Runs, does what it is supposed to and simple. Plus the staff there has been nothing but gracious and helpful throughout the entire swap out.

 

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But in the custom build world. A minor setback for a major comeback is my go to response. Lessons learned.

Turned the Quadzilla up a bit more today. Drove it about 25 miles to look at the parameters and data link/map the drive. It needs a bit more low end fueling tune. Its lugging at idle while in gear at a complete stop. I attribute this to the 150HP injectors , upgraded VP and larger turbo (62/68/12) at stock idle parameters that need adjusted. 100-250 more rpm and it purrs.

Hitting 37-40# of boost under proper fueling/throttle. Fuel pressure 17-20psi and EGTs up to 977F, op temp up to 204F, trans temp up to 216F (several hard launches and grades today).

I'm close on this tune. Once I get it dialed and documented I'll move on to the next.

 

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@Butt Ugly Chuck and I went and put 100.00 worth of diesel in it.... Still another 200.00 or so to top it off.. Love people's reaction to it. Guy next to us was in a built out Tacoma and chatted about it the entire time. Fired it up and everyone looks.

Gave them a smoke show out of the gas station. Smoke out of the headache rack is always a conversation piece.

Turned the tuner up another step once we got back to the shop road and let Charlie feel the power. He was giddy....

Jason

 

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Been talking for several weeks with an interested party. He flew in from Dubai for business and then came up today to see the rig and pick up parts he had ordered to take back with him.

We have negotiated a purchase price of 550,000.00 USD for the rig. More details once everything is finalized.

This build has been a worldly adventure to say the least.