A stout chevy 400 bored to 421 running on propane, with optional NOS boost. Its enough to make a grown man cry.

The 14 bolt rear with disk brakes, steering brakes, 5.13 gears, and a detroit locker. Also notice the Winch used as an adjustable limiting strap. Trick! Wayne also intends to build a rear steer set up in the near future!

The transmission chosen to handle all those ponies was a SM465 4 speed with a LUK clutch. This puts the power to a Advanced Adapters Atlas II with the 4.3 gears and 32 spline outputs front and back. The front drive shaft is a 1350 CV with square receiver hitch tubing going to a rare 1410 yoke on the front axle. The rear shaft of choice was a High Angle Driveline 1480 CV thats capable of a 80 degree angle. This shaft has a 6” slip in it to handle the insane travel of this CJ. The rear yoke used was a 1450 attached to his 14 bolt axle borrowed from a 2 ton dually tow truck.

The 14 bolt has been upgraded with disc brakes, steering brakes, 5.13 gears and a detroit locker. It was then shaved a massive 1.25” for extreme clearance where even the ring gear got a little removed. The front end is a Dana 60 with CTM u-joints, matching 5.13 gears, detroit locker, Dana 70 outer stub axles (35 spline), and Warn drive flanges for brutal strength. The steering set up is a hydro assist done behind the axle by way of custom steering arms by “Ant.” A steering set up like this is needed to push around 42x14.5 Swampers on dual beadlocked hummer rims.

This Dana 60 is ready for some serious abuse with CTM u-joints, 5.13 gears, 70 outer stub shafts, and a detroit locker. Notice the steering is behind the axle and less prone to getting hit. This rig was built with competition in mind.

This is what has the competition running for cover, endless travel suspension!

Other mods include a nice new Red paint job, and a Warn 8274 winch is used up front in the unlikely event that this rig should some how get stuck. Also, a full cage (and some frame) made of 1.75” DOM tube has been created to lighten and strengthen up the rig. Wayne and the Big Island Rock Crawlers sure know how to set up a sweet rig. Not only does this rig see some competition use, but its primarily Wayne’s weekend toy where he takes the, what we’ll call a CJ-5 on steroids, to local lava flows for fun!

Check out the fun terrain! No wonder they call Hawaii paradise! I hear the Lava rock is hard on tires though.	Nice crawl of a near vertical slab of a lava flow!