Jim's bumper...that's a funny story. He kept the Nissan chrome as you can see. The double tube part is a yota smittybilt bumper with the grill hoop removed. The grill guard is a left over custom piece from a dirt track racecar. He welded in a receiver box for the winch, and the mounting is all custom a la Redneck Repair and Recovery using bits of scrap metal that were laying around.

Duerk, Jim is one of the SWANKy originals. We've missed him horribly on runs lately since he changed shifts at Nissan and doesn't get weekends off any more.


1998 Frontier 4x4 seriously built
2002 Xterra 4x4 still stock
"Conjunction Junction, what's your Dysfunction?"

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Originally posted by 92PathSE:
Brent, running non-LSD oil...I'm guessing you're wearing out the stuff in there much faster than you would when you have the correct oil in there, right?

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That's the assumption I'm working from. Figure if I kill it early, more motivation to get a locker, but the Mexican mod will buy me the time that I'm sure I'll need. I figure I won't be ready to go locked until about the time the E-locker was last expected to be out, and that's what I'm hoping to get.

Brent

Jim has a C200 rear axle, so it wouldn't work in the Pathy's anyway. Not sure if the Mexican LSD for an H233B is also better.


1998 Frontier 4x4 seriously built
2002 Xterra 4x4 still stock
"Conjunction Junction, what's your Dysfunction?"

Looks like that X-90 got a solid axle stuck under the back. Was the front swapped too?

Brent

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Originally posted by McFly:
Jim is a hellova driver, but when I tackle the Rubicon, I'm gonna take the "fun" lines... Sure, I might not be able to drive back for a few days because I'll have all the parts houses in check, but hey... hehehe I gotta get in touch with Jim and show him the Pathy..

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I'm a Funky Chinaman from Funky Chinatown. _LET'S GET IT AWN!_

_You know, we need some of those "Row Sticks"_
-88Yota, near the Grand Canyon

"Lolly Lolly Lolly, get your adverbs here!
Got a lot of Lolly, jolly adverbs here!"

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let me know when you come up

95 WD-21 Video system- otherwise stock.
95 D-21 with some trail goodies!
Tony Stewart didn't hit me!

Cool that a 98 Frontier ran the Rubicon. I wonder how many days it took?

Last October I ran the Rubicon in my Pathfinder from Loon Lake to Walker Hill, where I called it quits and hopped in my brother-in-law's modified '00 Wrangler. The goal was to make it out to Spider Lake, each lunch, and turn around. It took us 3.5 hours to make it from Loon Lake to Spider Lake (That's only about 1.5 miles - the Rubicon is around 10 miles, I think.) The guys in modified 'yotas, Jeeps, and Broncos who passed us on the trail asked me "I've never seen one of those out here before. What year is that Nissan?"
I said "A 97."
To which one replied "My wife would kill me if I took a '97 out here!" (He was driving a doorless flatbed '85 Toy with 38" tires and a host of other mods, I'm sure.)

I believe that the entire Rubicon can be done in a locked Nissan, but you're still gonna be spending a night or two on the trail...

My 97 Pathfinder

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Originally posted by XPLORx4:
I believe that the entire Rubicon _can_ be done in a locked Nissan, but you're still gonna be spending a night or two on the trail...

http://dean.thayer.net/off-road/

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And by taking all the bypasses to the "fun" obstacles... hehe

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I'm a Funky Chinaman from Funky Chinatown. LET'S GET IT AWN!

You know, we need some of those "Row Sticks"
-88Yota, near the Grand Canyon

"Lolly Lolly Lolly, get your adverbs here!
Got a lot of Lolly, jolly adverbs here!"

nally posted by McFly:
And by taking all the bypasses to the "fun" obstacles... hehe
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Yeh, that's a given... Unless you have approach/departure/breakover angles over 60 degrees and really don't care about body damage.

The Little Sluice contains 3 to 4-foot-high boulders.

I would guess that even mildly modified Jeeps probably bypass the Little Sluice.

Check out some great pics of the Rubicon here

My 97 Pathfinder

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Originally posted by 98XE4X4:


Marshall, how in the hell are you driving that you only think your clutch is only going to last another 9 months? My truck is 4 years old and pretty sure it still the original clutch, Hell I've had for 2 and there is no signs of slipping. Maybe you should have got an automatic!

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Mike, my last truck was slipping really really bad when I sold it. On this new one, I been riding on it really hard out on the trail. It's seems to be already acting different than when I first got it. It just may only need the clutch realigned. I am only a few hundred short of 10k miles.




GOT ANY BALLS??????????

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Originally posted by McFly:

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Originally posted by XPLORx4:
I believe that the entire Rubicon _can_ be done in a locked Nissan, but you're still gonna be spending a night or two on the trail...

http://dean.thayer.net/off-road/

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And by taking all the bypasses to the "fun" obstacles... hehe

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I'm a Funky Chinaman from Funky Chinatown. _LET'S GET IT AWN!_

_You know, we need some of those "Row Sticks"_
-88Yota, near the Grand Canyon

"Lolly Lolly Lolly, get your adverbs here!
Got a lot of Lolly, jolly adverbs here!"

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Just watch, I bet Mikie will break something in the first 100 yards on the rubicon....




GOT ANY BALLS??????????

Honestly, I would laught so hard if he did. Sorry Mikey hehehehe

Brent, are your back tires wearing like crap?

Mr. Will

|1992 SE-V6 4x4, 2001 LE 3.5|
http://www.netsnapshot.com/pcw/pickalbum?W92PathSE

AAh mcfly you remind me of someone else that likes to take the "fun lines"



"Just another Malltero"

More great pics and some killer videos of the Rubicon:

Click here

Shot of the Little Sluice (this is for you Mikey:


My 97 Pathfinder

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Originally posted by 92PathSE:
Brent, are your back tires wearing like crap?

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No, why would they? The diff still does its job just fine. I do get a teeny chirp out of them now and then when powering around a corner at an intersection, and frequently when pulling into the road where there is a 1" lip between the parking lot and the roadway or the like. Otherwise, it's no different on the street.

Brent