Kitbashing in 1:1

Brandon H
For anyone wondering where I get my inspiration for my irresponsible kitbash builds...

Christian W
This conversion looks so easy! I'm astonished, what you are able to do. My totally respect from a car mechanic to another. I thought the plugging of the cables and computers will be a bigger problem. How long have you need to get it run? And also the transmission fitted easily to the driveshaft(s)?

Brandon H
Thanks Christian! I started pulling the old engine out in April of last year, and started it for the first time again in late July. Took until October to work out some shifting issues and get it roadworthy. It was easy in the sense that all the parts I needed were readily available from other Jeeps, for the most part, but actually making it happen took quite a bit of elbow grease! I did have to buy different driveshafts for the front and rear, but they were off the shelf parts, no custom work needed there. As for the wiring harness, it was just a matter of finding out what wires needed to go where. The new ECU still needed all of the same signals, inputs, and outputs as the old one. I'll have to add a picture of the wiring map I made on my garage wall...

Christian W
Awesome! The Jeeps is *your* thing. But the conversion until the first run within close to seven months is pretty good! I won't even know, how much work this project will be in Germany, to get it roadworthy with this setup. To mich paragraphs🙂