ProjectTwin’s 1993 Geo Tracker

After a year of driving on the TSLs and beadlocks, I decided it was time for some new tires. I didn't like the huge gap in the fenders with the 32s, the TSLs and beadlocks rode like crap on the road. The solution was to sell them and buy some larger tires. I was thinking of going with 33x12.50x15s but a buddy of mine that works at 4wheelparts convinced me to go with some 36x13.50x15 Super Swamper Iroks on 15x8 wheels. I thought he was insane...a Tracker on 36s?! On second thought...LET'S DO IT! So, $879 later, the tires arrived... ...and I installed the rears. With all four tires installed it was clear that I'd need to do some work to make the tires fit while the truck twists. We whipped out the car ramps and stuck them under opposite corners to work the suspension a bit in the driveway. This was to give us an idea of how much fender and floorboard trimming would be required to allow the suspension to fully cycle, and still have room for the 36 to turn. With the suspension twisted up I noticed that I'd need to lop off part of the tailpipe to keep the tire from rubbing on it. Been a while since I updated this... Got a 4.3l and 700r4 for the lil' truck. Once I go through the engine and tranny they'll get wedged between the framerails. After the engine/tranny swap is complete I figure I'll try to find time to swap in a set of Dana axles.

Here's a quick page showing one of my ongoing projects, my '93 Geo Tracker. Here's what the Tracker looked like when I bought it for $1,500 back in September of '02. Here it is on April 28th of '03. And here it is on June 6th of '04 A couple of weeks ago (first part of June '05) I got my hands on a 4.3l V6 and a 700R4. The 4.3 is a "Z" code engine, so there's no balance shaft (unlike the "W" engines). No balance shaft means I'll be able to run a gear drive. I ordered up a few parts for it: Edelbrock Performer intake Edelbrock 500 cfm electric choke carb MSD 6AL ignition MSD ProBillet distrubitor MSD coil Pete Jackson Gear Drive I also ordered the 4.3l conversion kit from http://www.suzukiconversion.com Starting progress in the garage. Boxes of engine goodies Intake and carb. I won't be using the air filter in the picture, I'll use a stock type breather and run the intake tract through the snorkel. Should be fun! I've made a few mods to the truck since I bought it: During the first year: New soft top 3" Calmini Suspension lift 3" Calmini Body lift ARB Safari Snorkel Allied 15 x 7 Beadlocks 32 x 9.50 x 15 Super Swampers I didn't do much to the inside, just added a Sony CD player and some Sony Xplod 6x9s. The Sony CD player. Sony Xplod 6x9s in the rear. I have Fosgate 4" speakers in the factory dash locations. Since the radio was getting mud on it, I bought a radio cover intended for boats. The radio cover, which will work for either a dual shaft or DIN sized radio. I didn't like the white housing, so I sanded it down and sprayed it black. Test fitting the cover prior to painting. I had to use a Dremel on part of the dash panel and cut the radio trim plate in half to get the cover to fit. I still need to make a new plate to mount the radio. The previous owner used a cheap Metra kit which was cracked.

Since I figured I'd take the thing into a mudhole or two and the stock air intake pulled air from just behind the driver's side headlight, I decided to install an ARB Safari Snorkel.The installed ARB Snorkel.I installed the 3" suspension lift myself, and my wife and I assembled the Allied Beadlocks and Swampers.The Tracker as it looked on March 9th of this year. I had to trim the factory front bumper to clear the tires when turning.I couldn't really take the thing off-road though. A buddy of mine twisted the truck up and stuffed two tires so deep into the fenders that it wouldn't move.So, I installed the 3" body lift and now everything clears.So, with the lift installed, let's see how tippy it is.Yes, that's about a 50 foot drop. Notice the angle the Tracker is sitting...I was holding onto the passenger's seat while driving. Going down a hill...which was kinda STEEP.Twisting up the suspension a little. Got Mud? Getting a little air.A little more twist.

After a year of driving on the TSLs and beadlocks, I decided it was time for some new tires. I didn't like the huge gap in the fenders with the 32s, the TSLs and beadlocks rode like crap on the road. The solution was to sell them and buy some larger tires. I was thinking of going with 33x12.50x15s but a buddy of mine that works at 4wheelparts convinced me to go with some 36x13.50x15 Super Swamper Iroks on 15x8 wheels. I thought he was insane...a Tracker on 36s?! On second thought...LET'S DO IT! So, $879 later, the tires arrived... ...and I installed the rears. With all four tires installed it was clear that I'd need to do some work to make the tires fit while the truck twists. We whipped out the car ramps and stuck them under opposite corners to work the suspension a bit in the driveway. This was to give us an idea of how much fender and floorboard trimming would be required to allow the suspension to fully cycle, and still have room for the 36 to turn. With the suspension twisted up I noticed that I'd need to lop off part of the tailpipe to keep the tire from rubbing on it. Been a while since I updated this... Got a 4.3l and 700r4 for the lil' truck. Once I go through the engine and tranny they'll get wedged between the framerails. After the engine/tranny swap is complete I figure I'll try to find time to swap in a set of Dana axles.

Here's a quick page showing one of my ongoing projects, my '93 Geo Tracker. Here's what the Tracker looked like when I bought it for $1,500 back in September of '02. Here it is on April 28th of '03. And here it is on June 6th of '04 A couple of weeks ago (first part of June '05) I got my hands on a 4.3l V6 and a 700R4. The 4.3 is a "Z" code engine, so there's no balance shaft (unlike the "W" engines). No balance shaft means I'll be able to run a gear drive. I ordered up a few parts for it: Edelbrock Performer intake Edelbrock 500 cfm electric choke carb MSD 6AL ignition MSD ProBillet distrubitor MSD coil Pete Jackson Gear Drive I also ordered the 4.3l conversion kit from http://www.suzukiconversion.com Starting progress in the garage. Boxes of engine goodies Intake and carb. I won't be using the air filter in the picture, I'll use a stock type breather and run the intake tract through the snorkel. Should be fun! I've made a few mods to the truck since I bought it: During the first year: New soft top 3" Calmini Suspension lift 3" Calmini Body lift ARB Safari Snorkel Allied 15 x 7 Beadlocks 32 x 9.50 x 15 Super Swampers I didn't do much to the inside, just added a Sony CD player and some Sony Xplod 6x9s. The Sony CD player. Sony Xplod 6x9s in the rear. I have Fosgate 4" speakers in the factory dash locations. Since the radio was getting mud on it, I bought a radio cover intended for boats. The radio cover, which will work for either a dual shaft or DIN sized radio. I didn't like the white housing, so I sanded it down and sprayed it black. Test fitting the cover prior to painting. I had to use a Dremel on part of the dash panel and cut the radio trim plate in half to get the cover to fit. I still need to make a new plate to mount the radio. The previous owner used a cheap Metra kit which was cracked.

Since I figured I'd take the thing into a mudhole or two and the stock air intake pulled air from just behind the driver's side headlight, I decided to install an ARB Safari Snorkel.The installed ARB Snorkel.I installed the 3" suspension lift myself, and my wife and I assembled the Allied Beadlocks and Swampers.The Tracker as it looked on March 9th of this year. I had to trim the factory front bumper to clear the tires when turning.I couldn't really take the thing off-road though. A buddy of mine twisted the truck up and stuffed two tires so deep into the fenders that it wouldn't move.So, I installed the 3" body lift and now everything clears.So, with the lift installed, let's see how tippy it is.Yes, that's about a 50 foot drop. Notice the angle the Tracker is sitting...I was holding onto the passenger's seat while driving. Going down a hill...which was kinda STEEP.Twisting up the suspension a little. Got Mud? Getting a little air.A little more twist.

After a year of driving on the TSLs and beadlocks, I decided it was time for some new tires. I didn't like the huge gap in the fenders with the 32s, the TSLs and beadlocks rode like crap on the road. The solution was to sell them and buy some larger tires. I was thinking of going with 33x12.50x15s but a buddy of mine that works at 4wheelparts convinced me to go with some 36x13.50x15 Super Swamper Iroks on 15x8 wheels. I thought he was insane...a Tracker on 36s?! On second thought...LET'S DO IT! So, $879 later, the tires arrived... ...and I installed the rears. With all four tires installed it was clear that I'd need to do some work to make the tires fit while the truck twists. We whipped out the car ramps and stuck them under opposite corners to work the suspension a bit in the driveway. This was to give us an idea of how much fender and floorboard trimming would be required to allow the suspension to fully cycle, and still have room for the 36 to turn. With the suspension twisted up I noticed that I'd need to lop off part of the tailpipe to keep the tire from rubbing on it. Been a while since I updated this... Got a 4.3l and 700r4 for the lil' truck. Once I go through the engine and tranny they'll get wedged between the framerails. After the engine/tranny swap is complete I figure I'll try to find time to swap in a set of Dana axles.

Here's a quick page showing one of my ongoing projects, my '93 Geo Tracker. Here's what the Tracker looked like when I bought it for $1,500 back in September of '02. Here it is on April 28th of '03. And here it is on June 6th of '04 A couple of weeks ago (first part of June '05) I got my hands on a 4.3l V6 and a 700R4. The 4.3 is a "Z" code engine, so there's no balance shaft (unlike the "W" engines). No balance shaft means I'll be able to run a gear drive. I ordered up a few parts for it: Edelbrock Performer intake Edelbrock 500 cfm electric choke carb MSD 6AL ignition MSD ProBillet distrubitor MSD coil Pete Jackson Gear Drive I also ordered the 4.3l conversion kit from http://www.suzukiconversion.com Starting progress in the garage. Boxes of engine goodies Intake and carb. I won't be using the air filter in the picture, I'll use a stock type breather and run the intake tract through the snorkel. Should be fun! I've made a few mods to the truck since I bought it: During the first year: New soft top 3" Calmini Suspension lift 3" Calmini Body lift ARB Safari Snorkel Allied 15 x 7 Beadlocks 32 x 9.50 x 15 Super Swampers I didn't do much to the inside, just added a Sony CD player and some Sony Xplod 6x9s. The Sony CD player. Sony Xplod 6x9s in the rear. I have Fosgate 4" speakers in the factory dash locations. Since the radio was getting mud on it, I bought a radio cover intended for boats. The radio cover, which will work for either a dual shaft or DIN sized radio. I didn't like the white housing, so I sanded it down and sprayed it black. Test fitting the cover prior to painting. I had to use a Dremel on part of the dash panel and cut the radio trim plate in half to get the cover to fit. I still need to make a new plate to mount the radio. The previous owner used a cheap Metra kit which was cracked.

Since I figured I'd take the thing into a mudhole or two and the stock air intake pulled air from just behind the driver's side headlight, I decided to install an ARB Safari Snorkel.The installed ARB Snorkel.I installed the 3" suspension lift myself, and my wife and I assembled the Allied Beadlocks and Swampers.The Tracker as it looked on March 9th of this year. I had to trim the factory front bumper to clear the tires when turning.I couldn't really take the thing off-road though. A buddy of mine twisted the truck up and stuffed two tires so deep into the fenders that it wouldn't move.So, I installed the 3" body lift and now everything clears.So, with the lift installed, let's see how tippy it is.Yes, that's about a 50 foot drop. Notice the angle the Tracker is sitting...I was holding onto the passenger's seat while driving. Going down a hill...which was kinda STEEP.Twisting up the suspension a little. Got Mud? Getting a little air.A little more twist.

After a year of driving on the TSLs and beadlocks, I decided it was time for some new tires. I didn't like the huge gap in the fenders with the 32s, the TSLs and beadlocks rode like crap on the road. The solution was to sell them and buy some larger tires. I was thinking of going with 33x12.50x15s but a buddy of mine that works at 4wheelparts convinced me to go with some 36x13.50x15 Super Swamper Iroks on 15x8 wheels. I thought he was insane...a Tracker on 36s?! On second thought...LET'S DO IT! So, $879 later, the tires arrived... ...and I installed the rears. With all four tires installed it was clear that I'd need to do some work to make the tires fit while the truck twists. We whipped out the car ramps and stuck them under opposite corners to work the suspension a bit in the driveway. This was to give us an idea of how much fender and floorboard trimming would be required to allow the suspension to fully cycle, and still have room for the 36 to turn. With the suspension twisted up I noticed that I'd need to lop off part of the tailpipe to keep the tire from rubbing on it. Been a while since I updated this... Got a 4.3l and 700r4 for the lil' truck. Once I go through the engine and tranny they'll get wedged between the framerails. After the engine/tranny swap is complete I figure I'll try to find time to swap in a set of Dana axles.

Since I figured I'd take the thing into a mudhole or two and the stock air intake pulled air from just behind the driver's side headlight, I decided to install an ARB Safari Snorkel.The installed ARB Snorkel.I installed the 3" suspension lift myself, and my wife and I assembled the Allied Beadlocks and Swampers.The Tracker as it looked on March 9th of this year. I had to trim the factory front bumper to clear the tires when turning.I couldn't really take the thing off-road though. A buddy of mine twisted the truck up and stuffed two tires so deep into the fenders that it wouldn't move.So, I installed the 3" body lift and now everything clears.So, with the lift installed, let's see how tippy it is.Yes, that's about a 50 foot drop. Notice the angle the Tracker is sitting...I was holding onto the passenger's seat while driving. Going down a hill...which was kinda STEEP.Twisting up the suspension a little. Got Mud? Getting a little air.A little more twist.

After a year of driving on the TSLs and beadlocks, I decided it was time for some new tires. I didn't like the huge gap in the fenders with the 32s, the TSLs and beadlocks rode like crap on the road. The solution was to sell them and buy some larger tires. I was thinking of going with 33x12.50x15s but a buddy of mine that works at 4wheelparts convinced me to go with some 36x13.50x15 Super Swamper Iroks on 15x8 wheels. I thought he was insane...a Tracker on 36s?! On second thought...LET'S DO IT! So, $879 later, the tires arrived... ...and I installed the rears. With all four tires installed it was clear that I'd need to do some work to make the tires fit while the truck twists. We whipped out the car ramps and stuck them under opposite corners to work the suspension a bit in the driveway. This was to give us an idea of how much fender and floorboard trimming would be required to allow the suspension to fully cycle, and still have room for the 36 to turn. With the suspension twisted up I noticed that I'd need to lop off part of the tailpipe to keep the tire from rubbing on it. Been a while since I updated this... Got a 4.3l and 700r4 for the lil' truck. Once I go through the engine and tranny they'll get wedged between the framerails. After the engine/tranny swap is complete I figure I'll try to find time to swap in a set of Dana axles.

After a year of driving on the TSLs and beadlocks, I decided it was time for some new tires. I didn't like the huge gap in the fenders with the 32s, the TSLs and beadlocks rode like crap on the road. The solution was to sell them and buy some larger tires. I was thinking of going with 33x12.50x15s but a buddy of mine that works at 4wheelparts convinced me to go with some 36x13.50x15 Super Swamper Iroks on 15x8 wheels. I thought he was insane...a Tracker on 36s?! On second thought...LET'S DO IT! So, $879 later, the tires arrived... ...and I installed the rears. With all four tires installed it was clear that I'd need to do some work to make the tires fit while the truck twists. We whipped out the car ramps and stuck them under opposite corners to work the suspension a bit in the driveway. This was to give us an idea of how much fender and floorboard trimming would be required to allow the suspension to fully cycle, and still have room for the 36 to turn. With the suspension twisted up I noticed that I'd need to lop off part of the tailpipe to keep the tire from rubbing on it. Been a while since I updated this... Got a 4.3l and 700r4 for the lil' truck. Once I go through the engine and tranny they'll get wedged between the framerails. After the engine/tranny swap is complete I figure I'll try to find time to swap in a set of Dana axles.

Since I figured I'd take the thing into a mudhole or two and the stock air intake pulled air from just behind the driver's side headlight, I decided to install an ARB Safari Snorkel.The installed ARB Snorkel.I installed the 3" suspension lift myself, and my wife and I assembled the Allied Beadlocks and Swampers.The Tracker as it looked on March 9th of this year. I had to trim the factory front bumper to clear the tires when turning.I couldn't really take the thing off-road though. A buddy of mine twisted the truck up and stuffed two tires so deep into the fenders that it wouldn't move.So, I installed the 3" body lift and now everything clears.So, with the lift installed, let's see how tippy it is.Yes, that's about a 50 foot drop. Notice the angle the Tracker is sitting...I was holding onto the passenger's seat while driving. Going down a hill...which was kinda STEEP.Twisting up the suspension a little. Got Mud? Getting a little air.A little more twist.

Here's a quick page showing one of my ongoing projects, my '93 Geo Tracker. Here's what the Tracker looked like when I bought it for $1,500 back in September of '02. Here it is on April 28th of '03. And here it is on June 6th of '04 A couple of weeks ago (first part of June '05) I got my hands on a 4.3l V6 and a 700R4. The 4.3 is a "Z" code engine, so there's no balance shaft (unlike the "W" engines). No balance shaft means I'll be able to run a gear drive. I ordered up a few parts for it: Edelbrock Performer intake Edelbrock 500 cfm electric choke carb MSD 6AL ignition MSD ProBillet distrubitor MSD coil Pete Jackson Gear Drive I also ordered the 4.3l conversion kit from http://www.suzukiconversion.com Starting progress in the garage. Boxes of engine goodies Intake and carb. I won't be using the air filter in the picture, I'll use a stock type breather and run the intake tract through the snorkel. Should be fun! I've made a few mods to the truck since I bought it: During the first year: New soft top 3" Calmini Suspension lift 3" Calmini Body lift ARB Safari Snorkel Allied 15 x 7 Beadlocks 32 x 9.50 x 15 Super Swampers I didn't do much to the inside, just added a Sony CD player and some Sony Xplod 6x9s. The Sony CD player. Sony Xplod 6x9s in the rear. I have Fosgate 4" speakers in the factory dash locations. Since the radio was getting mud on it, I bought a radio cover intended for boats. The radio cover, which will work for either a dual shaft or DIN sized radio. I didn't like the white housing, so I sanded it down and sprayed it black. Test fitting the cover prior to painting. I had to use a Dremel on part of the dash panel and cut the radio trim plate in half to get the cover to fit. I still need to make a new plate to mount the radio. The previous owner used a cheap Metra kit which was cracked.

After a year of driving on the TSLs and beadlocks, I decided it was time for some new tires. I didn't like the huge gap in the fenders with the 32s, the TSLs and beadlocks rode like crap on the road. The solution was to sell them and buy some larger tires. I was thinking of going with 33x12.50x15s but a buddy of mine that works at 4wheelparts convinced me to go with some 36x13.50x15 Super Swamper Iroks on 15x8 wheels. I thought he was insane...a Tracker on 36s?! On second thought...LET'S DO IT! So, $879 later, the tires arrived... ...and I installed the rears. With all four tires installed it was clear that I'd need to do some work to make the tires fit while the truck twists. We whipped out the car ramps and stuck them under opposite corners to work the suspension a bit in the driveway. This was to give us an idea of how much fender and floorboard trimming would be required to allow the suspension to fully cycle, and still have room for the 36 to turn. With the suspension twisted up I noticed that I'd need to lop off part of the tailpipe to keep the tire from rubbing on it. Been a while since I updated this... Got a 4.3l and 700r4 for the lil' truck. Once I go through the engine and tranny they'll get wedged between the framerails. After the engine/tranny swap is complete I figure I'll try to find time to swap in a set of Dana axles.

Here's a quick page showing one of my ongoing projects, my '93 Geo Tracker. Here's what the Tracker looked like when I bought it for $1,500 back in September of '02. Here it is on April 28th of '03. And here it is on June 6th of '04 A couple of weeks ago (first part of June '05) I got my hands on a 4.3l V6 and a 700R4. The 4.3 is a "Z" code engine, so there's no balance shaft (unlike the "W" engines). No balance shaft means I'll be able to run a gear drive. I ordered up a few parts for it: Edelbrock Performer intake Edelbrock 500 cfm electric choke carb MSD 6AL ignition MSD ProBillet distrubitor MSD coil Pete Jackson Gear Drive I also ordered the 4.3l conversion kit from http://www.suzukiconversion.com Starting progress in the garage. Boxes of engine goodies Intake and carb. I won't be using the air filter in the picture, I'll use a stock type breather and run the intake tract through the snorkel. Should be fun! I've made a few mods to the truck since I bought it: During the first year: New soft top 3" Calmini Suspension lift 3" Calmini Body lift ARB Safari Snorkel Allied 15 x 7 Beadlocks 32 x 9.50 x 15 Super Swampers I didn't do much to the inside, just added a Sony CD player and some Sony Xplod 6x9s. The Sony CD player. Sony Xplod 6x9s in the rear. I have Fosgate 4" speakers in the factory dash locations. Since the radio was getting mud on it, I bought a radio cover intended for boats. The radio cover, which will work for either a dual shaft or DIN sized radio. I didn't like the white housing, so I sanded it down and sprayed it black. Test fitting the cover prior to painting. I had to use a Dremel on part of the dash panel and cut the radio trim plate in half to get the cover to fit. I still need to make a new plate to mount the radio. The previous owner used a cheap Metra kit which was cracked.

Since I figured I'd take the thing into a mudhole or two and the stock air intake pulled air from just behind the driver's side headlight, I decided to install an ARB Safari Snorkel.The installed ARB Snorkel.I installed the 3" suspension lift myself, and my wife and I assembled the Allied Beadlocks and Swampers.The Tracker as it looked on March 9th of this year. I had to trim the factory front bumper to clear the tires when turning.I couldn't really take the thing off-road though. A buddy of mine twisted the truck up and stuffed two tires so deep into the fenders that it wouldn't move.So, I installed the 3" body lift and now everything clears.So, with the lift installed, let's see how tippy it is.Yes, that's about a 50 foot drop. Notice the angle the Tracker is sitting...I was holding onto the passenger's seat while driving. Going down a hill...which was kinda STEEP.Twisting up the suspension a little. Got Mud? Getting a little air.A little more twist.

After a year of driving on the TSLs and beadlocks, I decided it was time for some new tires. I didn't like the huge gap in the fenders with the 32s, the TSLs and beadlocks rode like crap on the road. The solution was to sell them and buy some larger tires. I was thinking of going with 33x12.50x15s but a buddy of mine that works at 4wheelparts convinced me to go with some 36x13.50x15 Super Swamper Iroks on 15x8 wheels. I thought he was insane...a Tracker on 36s?! On second thought...LET'S DO IT! So, $879 later, the tires arrived... ...and I installed the rears. With all four tires installed it was clear that I'd need to do some work to make the tires fit while the truck twists. We whipped out the car ramps and stuck them under opposite corners to work the suspension a bit in the driveway. This was to give us an idea of how much fender and floorboard trimming would be required to allow the suspension to fully cycle, and still have room for the 36 to turn. With the suspension twisted up I noticed that I'd need to lop off part of the tailpipe to keep the tire from rubbing on it. Been a while since I updated this... Got a 4.3l and 700r4 for the lil' truck. Once I go through the engine and tranny they'll get wedged between the framerails. After the engine/tranny swap is complete I figure I'll try to find time to swap in a set of Dana axles.