Ultimate Adventure Recap (Part 1 of 3) Each year Petersen’s 4Wheel & Off-Road Magazine hosts an offroad excursion that brings together some old cronies, event sponsors, magazine staff, and a few lucky readers. This will serve as the first of three posts to cover Zone’s first experience on the Ultimate Adventure (UA). This year Zone Offroad has the coveted position of the official suspension and with that gave us the opportunity to build a rig to test out some new prototype components the engineers have been working on. The UA is known as a grueling test of man (or woman)

Project MJ Update VII: Final Preparations (continued)… Going into the late night hours the rig is cosmetically and mechanical finished so we’re calling it a night. The Jeep is heading out for the next couple hours in the cable hands of head engineer Glen H. for a shake down and to get some miles on the new drivetrain in preparation for swapping engine and diff fluid on the new equipment before it hits the trails. Still on the list of tasks, wiring the Warn winch, get the CB mounted, install the belly pan skid plate, prep and install the rest

While we’d love to tell you about all the final preparations to the MJ for the Ultimate Adventure, there simply isn’t time with all the loose ends we’re tying up. The Golen 4.6L Stroker is running smoothly and the suspension is set. We took it out for a quick drive up our RTI ramp to check out the flex and see where we needed to make adjustments being that we need to hit the road soon.  Check out the photos…

Project MJ Update VI: Suspension, Coilovers, Steering, Brakes, More Paint The 2011 Ultimate Adventure starts this weekend, and although we’re unable to disclose the location, it’s a full day’s drive and then some to make it to check-in and tech inspection from the Zone R&D Shop in Coldwater, Michigan. While many of the attendees are currently in route to the rendezvous, the crew from Zone has been working overtime to get this Jeep fully prepped for the rigors this trip demand. With paint and graphics complete, a big sense of accomplishment started to set in, followed by panic as there are

Project MJ Update V: Midway through our final build week and the shop is buzzing with activity. The build team from Zone Offroad is working hard to finish up this project and get Carter and Dave on the road by Friday. While the location of this year’s Ultimate Adventure is now known to participants, we’re sworn to secrecy as to our destination. Freshly back from paint at M&M Body Shop this Jeep has a fresh lime green paint job to grab attention. Tuckey Motorsports got their hand on it to add vinyl graphics. The new windshield is now installed and

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