i would like to find out what a stock samurai can do because i think its gunna be a while til i have the money for some goodies

Lock your hubs, drop in low and hang on to the big wheel. It will go places you have never gone before....enjoy ! The upside is you will break less stuff in a stock Sam.

I got the same sitiuation man, Im in hundreds of $ in debt just to get the d|removethispart|@mn thing running.

I agree just go I wheeled mine stock for a year and a half.
it was a blast. and WE did all the same trails that we do now just with different lines.

First upgrade for a straight wheeling rig, lockers front and rear.  Then you can power through just about anything. 

stock samurai's always suprise me out wheel'n.
1" shackle lift and alittle bigger tire (good used ones) would be the first thing I would do if on a tight budget. I've always built my own mod parts for that reason. money, money, monkey!

Stock samurai with lockers will go through the rubicon. Too many guys waste $$$ on wheels & lift before getting lockers. If I ever built a sami again, it would be on 29" tires & stock wheels, 4:1 transfer case gears, locked front & rear, kick power steering.

With this setup, you can go virtually anywhere, it's cheap - and no worries about breakage.