Jesse's new ride the 'White Elephant'

[jessef]

Fresh boots, brakes and fluids.

Suspension lift kit on it's way.

Fluid changes are fun.

Engine - 12.5L
Coolant - 14.5L
Transmission/tcase - 11L
Diff - 5.9L

chrome is disappearing slowly and being replaced by Mr. Satin Black

Purrs like a kitten delica-L400-esque. Soft idle until you hammer the throttle. Turbo pickup is smooth. All in all, an enjoyable JDM project rig to work on similar to Turtle.

[josh]

Sick.

I cant wait to see it finished.

josh.

[nxski]

The ultimate goal...

[jessef]

The driver reacted extremely well. Tapping the gas as soon as the bottom two tires hit the sand prevented him from rolling a looooong ways down.

[jessef]

shed most of the chrome bits
snorkel added
injectors re&re
seafoam IP treatment
2" OME lift installed w/ procomp 9000 shocks

Ride is much better. Not harsh as I had anticipated with HD coils.

[nxski]

Looked even better driving along the streets of Vancouver!

[DelicaMark]

Nice! Hurry up and get this finished and sell it to me!

[jessef]

The elusive Jay worked his magic on installation of 2M antenna and Icom IC-2300H radio.

Fitment was slick. The unit slipped right into the stock ashtray location.

Was able to hit NSR from function in whistler. Good range.

[claude]

Very nice looking elephant Jesse!!
Love the snorkel

[jessef]

Front procomp shocks fitted.

A lot more downtravel than I had anticipated (good thing). Need to grab 1/2" springs spacers to compensate for the springs dropping down.

Manual hubs fitted (my auto's self destructed)

[DelicaMark]

Have had a chance to get it dirty yet?

[jessef]

Hopefully this weekend at Chilliwack or Stave Lake area. 4-5 Safari's playing around.

[jessef]

Mud & Snow. If you look closely, you'll see the marker for advanced ATV trail.

[shealy]

Wow. Looks awesome! You've managed to do more mods on your rig in a matter of weeks than I've done on mine in a year....

Just curious, are those just ATV trails out in Chilliwack? I've heard there's some good 4x4ing out there!

[jessef]

Hey shealy. You're correct. They were ATV marked trails up on Vedder Mtn. Fun day out.

Dual filler installed for 2nd auxiliary tank (mounts under the frame/driver's side underneath the rear passenger area)

Didn't think it would fit but it did.

Now the fun part. Routing the 1 1/2" thick fuel hose. Last time it took David, Jay and myself all three of us pulling and wiggling it through. I was hoping it was a one time deal. Now, it appears it will have to be done .. again.