T&J Performance Center is now bigger than ever! Our twelve thousand square foot facility includes a manufacturing and fabrication department, ten full service bays and a trained staff of caring enthusiasts. T&J Performance Center has been in business for the past 25 years and have been involved in various off road race classes for the past ten years. We are current memebers of ORBA, CORVA, ASA and an authorized Jeepspeed Dealer. Please feel free to drop by and take a look at our showroom or give us a call.
1002 W. Collins Ave, Orange, CA, 92867
Archive for October, 2010
2007 E350 4WD Van Conversion
We started with a 2007 Stock 12 Person 2WD I-Beam E350 Van and wound up with this beast. After doing a lot of research we found that the U-Joint Offroad road kit was the best on the market and soon after we placed our order for the U-Joint 4″ kit and couldn’t wait to get this kit here. This kit included everything we needed to get our stocker to be a monster.
- CK001 Conversion Kit
- Front Springs
- SK004 Steering Kit
- WS001 Rear Wheel Spacers
- FS001 Front Shock Mounts
- FT001 Fuel Tank Shortening Kit
- UB004 Front U-bolts
- BL004 Brake Lines
- AD001 Rear Add a Leaf
- SB001 Sway Bar Links
- Bilstein 5100 series shocks front & rear
The kit was a moderate install. We had no welding at all and very little drilling. The components that were supplied were a perfect fit for the stock locations and were made from top notch parts. Each step of this project was as easy as the last and never had us wishing it was designed a different way.
We also added some of our own T&J flair to this build. Including an interior cage and custom drop down gun racks.
We have a lot more instore for this build so keep coming back and checking us out. Future upgrades include:
- Custom Roof Rack
- Emergency Lighting
- Door mount Spot lights
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4Wheel & Off-Road – Leaf Spring Basics
Leaf springs represent a proven technology that works exceptionally well. When they’re properly designed and installed, they can produce a highway ride as smooth and as comfortable as a coil-sprung vehicle. The off-highway ruggedness, durability, and performance of leaf springs, especially for rockcrawling, have been proven time and again, and they are able to endure extreme punishment under harsh conditions while offering exceptional articulation.
Compared to modern vehicles and trick coilover suspension systems, leaf springs don’t look as high-tech and as fancy, but there’s a great deal of science behind their design. The leaf spring dates back hundreds of years. The modern leaf spring was invented in the early 1800s, automobiles were manufactured with them until 1989, and they are still used today on trucks, trains, and heavy-duty applications.
Just about anyone with moderate mechanical skills can replace a set of leaf springs. It’s a swap that can easily be completed in the driveway, and we could fill volumes with leaf-spring science, progressive rates, tuning, axlewrap, and do’s and don’ts. While we were at T&J Performance Center in Orange, California, we watched as they replaced a set of leaf springs on an old worn-out Jeep CJ.
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