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hello from a converted jeep dude
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:24 pm
by okeman
hey there name is Chris my sig name is said OAKman but spelled okeman like my last name, I have owned 4wd jeep YJ's and TJ's and grand cherokee's and Wagoneers, so I thought I would get an astro van in AWD only problem is there is no AWD's in my area so I had to settle with a 2wd as I have my 3rd child on the way, so I have decided to convert my van to 4 wheel drive by way of all my extra jeep parts. such as a shortened D44 front and matching rear D44, now I have to decide on what t-case and trans I wanna use, my van is an 01 and in great shape I can get a few pics of her in the light
Re: hello from a converted jeep dude
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:36 pm
by Rileysowner
Welcome. I can't help you with the transfer case or anything like that, but there are people here who can. Lifte4x4Astro is the first one who comes to mind as he has done SAS and 4X4 conversions. Some others have as well. So where abouts are you from?
Re: hello from a converted jeep dude
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:40 pm
by okeman
here In sunny Windsor Ontario.
Re: hello from a converted jeep dude
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:46 pm
by ihatemybike
Jeeps seem to be a popular other vehicle on this site.
Here's my wife's lifted Liberty.
Grumpy plays too.
Re: hello from a converted jeep dude
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:51 pm
by okeman
Re: hello from a converted jeep dude
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:16 pm
by Rileysowner
Windsor ON! Wonderful! Another Ontario member. I asked because we have a bunch of people with the same last name up our way (Exeter ON).
Re: hello from a converted jeep dude
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:27 pm
by okeman
you have other Oke's in your area. thats cool there is only my family down here.
Re: hello from a converted jeep dude
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:15 pm
by kings-x59
Welcome to the site! I have two '96 Cherokees. Both 2WD
And my work horse, my '89 Astro...and another wreck I won't mention. 187,000 miles on the black one, 130,000 miles on the green one. I'm torn, when the v6 in the astro gives up, I'm either putting a gm 350 in it, or a jeep inline 6 with an AW4 transmission.
You have come to the right place.
Re: hello from a converted jeep dude
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:48 pm
by okeman
well I'll tell ya that the AW4 will not take power of any type. I blew 6 with my wagoneer I had a build 4.6 stroker motor, and trannys and spider gears were not my friend, the inline 6 is the bomb motor one of my favs of all time will the 4.0 fit in the van its 2x longer then the 4.3 but if you can shoe horn that puppy in there slap in a stroker kit and you'll never regret it I sold mine to a guy who had a 350 in his jeep and he needed more torque so he put my stroker in at the crank It had 429 ft. lbs crazy power I miss it really but the van will be cool
Re: hello from a converted jeep dude
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:46 am
by Someone
Nice rigs, and welcome from cloudy smoggy toronto... can't wait to see how the astro turns out... are you on jeepkings aswell?
Re: hello from a converted jeep dude
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:19 am
by phr1$k37
Hey welcome to ASV!!!
Re: hello from a converted jeep dude
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:33 am
by T.Low
Welcome to Astro World! Looking forward to seeing you van take shape. I may do a SAS this winter, too.
Re: hello from a converted jeep dude
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:38 am
by okeman
Someone wrote:Nice rigs, and welcome from cloudy smoggy toronto... can't wait to see how the astro turns out... are you on jeepkings aswell?
I am on JK lol
Re: hello from a converted jeep dude
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:13 pm
by kings-x59
okeman wrote:well I'll tell ya that the AW4 will not take power of any type. l
No argument there. My jeep engines are both stock to the bone. I've gotten 180K plus miles out of the engine and transmission without a rebuild. I just like the gear ratios and smooth shifting for a daily driver. Sticking a Jeep I-6 in my van is just a pipe dream. I don't think it would fit.
