1984 CJ7

[Bildo]

Paid $500 for it 3 or 4 years ago. Swapped tubs and drove it around school for a week or two.

After the first build, it looks halfways decent

Then it went down hill...

What it is now:
Front/rear Dana 44, 5.38 gears, full spool rear, detroit front, 100" WB, TBI 350, sm465, twin stick Dana 300, 38" TSL's, Warn x8000i,

 

[Bildo]

Blew my 4th 258 in January 06 after graduation while cruzing 60mph on a local lake in northern Minnesota. Sold most of the motor and tranny parts and started collecting junk for a Chevy swap.

Blew the motor a day after this shot

465 with adapter to Dana 300 installed on my tailgate.

LT1 I bought and then sold

1989 350 TBI removed the day I sold the LT1 down in Atlanta

Ready to put the 350 in

I collected enough parts and the 465 has been sitting in the back of my truck since July so I figured it would be nice to start putting shit together.

We towed the jeep to the driveway. This is one of the few times I havn't done major work on the jeep in the grass or in the snow. I am beginning to like concete.

The jammer is coming in handy again. When I was matting the tranny, I had the winch controller under the jeep so i could raise and lower the motor angle. That was nice.

 

[Bildo]

I wondered how even two big guys can put a 465 up onto the bellhousing. I don't even know how to support it to jack it up. So what easier way then to use a 3/4 ton suburban to get it into place....

Here's the motor in it's knew home.

And here is a clearance shot. Should hang only a few inches below the stock setup.

Crossmember. Gained 3 inches or more of clearance by not using the stock mounting system.

Took a lot of calculations and fabrication to get the hydro clutch set up. But all the work paid of and I didnt have to redo anything and adjustment took 3 minutes.

Its 100% neccessary to get a driver's side manifold from a non IFS (or non 4x4) TBI motor. Otherwise it wont fit between the frame rails.

 

[Bildo]

Few more mod shots of the clutch

This one bolts to the side of the 465 and replaces that inspection plate.

I had to modify my fuel cell to fit a GM in-tank pump. Not much room to work with here. This set up ended up falling apart because I was trying to go from 1/2 hose to 3/8 barb. I ended up having to by a -8AN flare to -6AN barb.

as it sits in the tank

A tru-kool aluminum radiator. Very inexpensive and it appears to be good quality. Bought from Speedwaymotors.com for like $170...

 

[RenegadeStang]

Very nice set-up. My dad hopes to get an SM465 in his 307 SBC-powered '81 CJ-7 someday...

 

[Jeepnmud74]

Looks good. Nice setup.

 

[Jeff B]

nice work

 

[family xj]

I like the pulley and suburban use to get things in place. I had to go back and look at the pics to get the full picture

 

[Bildo]

I'm curious as to how other people manage trannys this awkward and heavy. This was a damn good idea though...not sure if I was drinking at the time or not.

 

[pheery]

i swapped in a 465 when my other one lost 3rd gear on the ground with a floor jack. dangerous, but somehow i got it in there....i like your way much better. jeep looks good too.... you will love not having a 258 anymore, best thing i ever did on my old one...

 

[Bildo]

I miss the 258 and being 99% AMC. I had a decent setup on the last motor and it was a hard runner and was usually reliable. Had a ported/polished HO head, ported intake manifold, HO header, weber carb and an HEI distributer. Shit hit the fan when I blew the hole in a piston. Once I drive this setup more I am sure I wont even remember what the 258 was like. It's wierd having power... even if it is still a stock 350.

 

[Jeff B]

I put engine tranny & tc together on the floor then stuck it in my 48 willys

 

[jeepn-jason]

I'm curious as to how other people manage trannys this awkward and heavy. This was a damn good idea though...not sure if I was drinking at the time or not.

I fold my ws down and use a cherry picker from the top of the jeep. I managed to put the T18 D300 combo in my jeep in by myself this way.