J Parts—For Modification Dreams
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Weber 34 DGEC Two Barrel Carburetor Kit
Performance and Reliability are the two words that come to mind when deciding to purchase a Weber carburetor for your Jeep. We just added one more—Easy. The New Weber 34 DGEC Two Barrel Progressive Carburetor Conversion Kit is designed specifically for Jeeps. The Kit features a direct connect linkage for easier installation, superior low end tunability which has eliminated all flat spots, plus the performance and reliability that is synonymous with Weber Carburetors.
A Legion of Demons
Barry Grant’s new Demon Trucker carburetor series feature CFM ratings of 525 to 850. Available in Road, Speed or Mighty versions, the Trucker performs impressively both on and off the asphalt and behaves particularly well at high angles of roll or pitch, making it ideally suited to rockcrawling. All of the Trucker models are equipped with four-corner idle-metering circuits and a vacuum-secondary pod fitted with a quick-change spring to control the opening rates of the secondary throttle plates. The Demon Trucker also features side-hung float bowls with large needle-and-seat assemblies and anti-siphoning check valves in the metering circuits. With applications for everything from mild to radical, there’s something here for everyone.
Superlift Expands TJ Suspension Kits
Superlift has raised Jeeps since 1975, and its new suspension systems for the Unlimited round out a comprehensive product line for the vehicle that wrote the book on four-wheel drive. Superlift's Unlimited systems use components from its existing TJ Wrangler kits with one exception: rear springs. To ensure proper performance and lift height without sagging, the longer and heavier Unlimited requires higher-rated hard-top and soft-top specific coils.
The 1.75" kit consists of high-density-rubber coil spacers and longer-than-stock Superide shocks to retain factory ride while accommodating 32x11.50 tires. Additional parts include compression travel-stop extensions, as well as eccentric cam bolts to correct rear driveshaft alignment.
Superlift's 4" system (shown with optional Rockrunner links) fits up to 33x12.50s. Kit components include pre-set coil springs, trac-bar and compression-stop extension brackets, longer swaybar links, four tubular "fixed" lower links to restore caster, a dropped pitman arm, eccentric cam bolts and transfer-case lowering spacers. A long-arm system is currently in development.
Options and upgrades include swiveling Rockrunner upper and lower links to maximize suspension articulation at all four corners, a transfer-case slip-yoke eliminator kit, swaybar quick-disconnects, front and rear adjustable trac bars, TruSpeed speedometer recalibrator and a steering stabilizer. Superide shocks come standard with all kits. Customers can upgrade to high-pressure monotube Select Series (SS) shocks by Bilstein or Select Series Remote (SSR) monotube remote-reservoir shocks. All of Superlift's components are backed by a limited lifetime warranty. Superlift also offers a complete line suspension systems and related products for Jeep from 1946-present.
Rusty's Introduces 5.5
Rusty's Offroad has developed a 5.5" Wrangler long travel kit based on the XJ and ZJ long travel kits. Built to perform on the trail, yet deliver stock-like road manners, the adjustable arms are made of 2x.250 inch DOM tubing. All brackets are laser cut CNC formed 3/16 steel, while the Rusty's BellyPan Cross member is laser cut 1/4 steel. Both front and rear adjustable trac bars are constructed of 1.25 x .250 DOM tubing.
The Rusty's kit comes with high quality coils, and Rusty's Hydro shocks offer perfectly matched valving and travel.
This kit does require the removal of the factory control arm brackets, yet there are only 5 holes to drill for the installation. The installation of a slip yoke eliminator and CV driveshaft is required, and Rubicon models require a CV yoke and CV driveshaft.
The 5.5" Long Arm Kit is currently available and ready to ship from Rusty's Offroad Products. It will fit '97 and newer Wranglers, Unlimiteds and Rubicons. The price is $2100, and orders can be placed over the phone at (256) 442-0607, or through the Rusty's Offroad Web site.