The basic bastard build

[DeltaBravo]

I can’t decide if you are consistently misspelling Sasquatch, or just calling yours Samsquatch.

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[Ryuk]

Went base model with samsquanch package.

no sweet disco sways as the cool kids say, nor the extra two mud and Baja goat modes....

realistically how much will I miss these? I heard the sway disconnect can be done with a few bolts and experience? And I get the impression goat modes are more like presets more than anything. Is this an accurate assumption or is this something I will end up regurting?

My Jeep Rubicon came with 31" tires, Dana 44s and Front and Rear lockers. It did not have a swaybar disconnect system.
I upgraded the suspension with aftermarket parts and 35" tires and eventually 37s. I added disconnects and then later an in cab activated disconnect system. [Swaylock from ORO]
It never had any drive modes and it did everything I wanted and more. I just had to select everything manually.

I think your plan is solid, but I do recommend adding some sort of disconnect system eventually.
Whether that is from Ford, or some aftermarket system. It really makes a difference and if it's not complicated to use, you will use it. Aftermarket will eventually have some manual systems in the $100-$200 price range

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Off topic but- do you know any IN trails? Besides Redbird, Interlake, and Badlands. Our trails seem to be limited to those 3 and basically washed out gravel roads lol

Lol, short of the parks you listed, those washed out gravel roads are about it!
Back in the day, the Hoosier National Forest areas had a few really knarly roads that you could spend a day or more on each area.

To the best of my knowledge, those roads have either been "improved" or closed off completely.

Good question to ask in the Indiana group.

 

[Tonka1]

E-disco is really nice. I've had it on two Jeeps and it's like a magic carpet on bad terrain.

Someone will chime in with "yeah, well, you can always add manual disconnects." That's true, but you'll almost never use them. I've overlanded a bunch, for over a decade. Guys with manual discos almost never get out, craw under their rig, disconnect, and zip tie the swaybar to the frame. They just don't. But when you can do it just by pressing a friggin' button on the dash? You use it all the time, and it's wonderful. I used it way more than my lockers.

Will you miss it? Probably not, if you haven't experienced it before. Just don't ride in somebody's rig that has it.

You just had to convince me to spend that extra $3200..

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