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Offline Dimitros

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Re: my new sami
« Reply #15 on: May 31, 2009, 01:41:22 AM »
Nice exhaust man! Looks very similar to mine except I put Cherry Bomb glass pack and back pressure before rear mufler/resonator. Is that strait flow mufler?

I love that Calmini header too! Great thing!

Here is mine:
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95 Samurai, 1.3, high comp.pistons, ported/grinded head, 1.6 valves, bored intake, Solex carb, K&N air, MSD Coil-Blaster+MSD 8.5 wires+Denso Iridium IW16 plugs, Calmini Tri-Y heder, Cherry-Bomb+Bosal custom exhaust, GRS II 4.89 T-case, 3.92:1 R&Ps, Calmini 3.5" susp., 30" BFG ATs, AVM 538 hubs...

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Offline mverley

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« Reply #16 on: May 31, 2009, 08:16:18 AM »
Is that strait flow mufler?


Yep; it flows straight through.  Little noiser than an OE muffler, but the sound is good, and it is all stainless so it should last pretty much forever.
My rig is a fusion of Jazz and Funk; I call it JUNK

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Re: my new sami
« Reply #17 on: June 28, 2009, 10:43:17 AM »
Got my mini-spool installed this weekend.  I did a write-up on how to install a locker/mini-spool here:
http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=25590.msg209583#msg209583

Also finished installing my stereo...got an alpine 300w amp and anotehr set of 6 1/2's in the rear gate...this thing rocks now!  Time to do some wheeling...
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Re: my new sami
« Reply #18 on: July 01, 2009, 08:02:23 AM »
Beautiful welds on the muffler.... haha... but it looks good though.  Experience in a body shop tells me you should have cleaned the rust first then you would have gotten a way nicer weld.  Otherwise the welder will just spit. 

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« Reply #19 on: July 01, 2009, 08:08:48 AM »
Beautiful welds on the muffler.... haha... but it looks good though.  Experience in a body shop tells me you should have cleaned the rust first then you would have gotten a way nicer weld.  Otherwise the welder will just spit. 

I'm assuming you're talking about the post at the top of this page by Dimitros; if that's the case, the pics he posted are of an existing system in his rig after some miles, not newly installed. 
I do agree with you though...rust free welds are solid welds.  My exhaust system was brand new, but I still ground off the mill scale from all the weld joints prior to welding. 
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Re: my new sami
« Reply #20 on: July 26, 2009, 11:12:09 PM »
Got a good wheeling trip in...and forgot how much it sucks to wheel without power steering.  So I put in power steering.  Check out the writeup here:

http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=25822.0
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« Reply #21 on: September 14, 2009, 01:24:52 AM »
I have had onboard air in EVERY vehicle I own for the last 5 years.  Needed my Samurai to get with the program.  So, here is what I did:

I bought a pair of viair 400c compressors (one for my samurai and one for my Vitara).  I have run 450c's in the last 4 vehicles I installed onborard air in; the compressors are very similar in size...the difference is that the 400c flows about double the air, but only has a 33% duty cycle.  Perfect for filling tires.   
I needed a tank...in the past I have always purchased an air tank from Harbor Freight, cut the handles and feet off, and welded mounting brackets and air fittings on as needed.  In this case, I wanted the air tank under the hood and none of the HF tanks fit the bill.  So, I decided to build one out of 6" sch 40 pipe.  After calling some friends, I scored a killer deal.  I traded some of my homebrew Blackberry Wheat beer for 16' of 304 stainless 6" sch 40 pipe.  It is worth almost $1k new.  I cut a 16" length of pipe, and TIG welded some ends on it, then drilled and tapped a 1/4" NPT fitting.  I bought an assortment of air fittings from HF, and used my stash of electrical supplies from JC Whitney.  I used a 6-bay fuse block and a self-resetting circuit breaker. 
Here are a few pics of the final result:
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« Reply #22 on: September 30, 2009, 06:19:49 PM »
Spent about 10 hours over the last few days putting the winch in my Samurai; as I was working on it I decided to bend up some tube for a brush guard. 
I cut out the stock crossmember, then extended the frame rails by 4".  Then I added a new crossmember in the front, with a cutout for the winch cable.  It is made out of 3/16" 2x4" rectangle tube.  Then I added a 10ga bottom plate and welded it all the way around, and added a bend in the back to add some rigidity.  I built the brush guard out of 1.5" x .120 tubing.  It simply bolts to the framerails with eight 3/8" bolts.  It came out pretty good; the new frame sticks out roughly the same distance as the stock bumper (although the fairlead adds a few inches to that).  I loaded it up pretty good by dragging my truck across the driveway.  That 9.5xp is an awesome winch!  Quieter and faster than the M8000.   
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« Reply #23 on: September 30, 2009, 09:50:29 PM »
Nice looking work!

It's amazing how different the SJ's look with the newer grill up front.
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« Reply #24 on: September 30, 2009, 10:02:33 PM »
Nice looking work!

It's amazing how different the SJ's look with the newer grill up front.

Yeah...my suzuki "S" fell off of the grill while I was wheeling.  I am looking for a superman emblem to replace it with. 
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« Reply #25 on: November 05, 2009, 12:51:08 PM »
I scored a fiberglass hard top from craigslist a few weeks ago; quieter, warmer, dryer, etc.  It took a couple of hours of fabbing some brackets to get it installed, but the result was worth it.
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Re: my new sami
« Reply #26 on: November 05, 2009, 03:38:53 PM »
Nice.  These little trucks are so much fun to work on.  I've had my 87 sammy for almost 2 months and have countless hours tinkering and fixing all the little things that a 22 year old truck needs.  I have so many things I plan to do I sometimes have a tough time deciding what to do next.

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   Yeah they are fun to tinker with, almost therepudic. Beat the livin crap out if it for a few years, thats plenty good fun too! Although, you might change your mind about how much " fun" it is laying under a filthy oil splattered beater. Still better than a good day at work . Pretty clean sewerzuk, as usual. 
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Re: my new sami
« Reply #27 on: November 11, 2009, 07:01:38 AM »
I scored a fiberglass hard top from craigslist a few weeks ago; quieter, warmer, dryer, etc.  It took a couple of hours of fabbing some brackets to get it installed, but the result was worth it.


can you post some pics of the brackets and stuff you did? I bought an 87 with the two piece hardtop the previous owner has the front piece held down with a ratchet strap and the rear held down with turnbuckles. I need to do something different there, and looking at your work I'm sure what you did is top notch.

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« Reply #28 on: April 16, 2010, 09:26:54 PM »
can you post some pics of the brackets and stuff you did? I bought an 87 with the two piece hardtop the previous owner has the front piece held down with a ratchet strap and the rear held down with turnbuckles. I need to do something different there, and looking at your work I'm sure what you did is top notch.

Sorry I neglected to post the pics...if you're still interested shoot me a PM and I'll email them to you.
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Re: my new sami
« Reply #29 on: April 16, 2010, 09:29:31 PM »
LIGHTS!!

Rock lights and 6 watt LED projectors, to be precise.  

I installed them today, along with some Carling Contura switches for the dash.

Decided I needed a switch for the compressor after it turned on in the middle of the night during the fall classic and woke up half the camp.
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My rig is a fusion of Jazz and Funk; I call it JUNK