YJ mild build

Alexbranch

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Location
Lincolnton
Alright y'all I need help on my list to do I want my YJ to look good, be street legal, and built as tuff as I can afford already decided to put a 6 cylinder in.
 
What is your budget?
 
How radical you want to go? My first version was 4.2 with Motorcraft carb, D44's front and rear with 4.88s, ARB's, and 35" tires.
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Then it was SOA 4.2 with 37's
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Then it was 360V8/SOA and rear stretch
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Then it was HP 44/14B 39" tires and NV4500
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Then it was D60 front, 17" beadlocks, 42's. and 700R4 with 4 link rear
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All street legal at the time.
 
89wrangler said:
How radical you want to go? My first version was 4.2 with Motorcraft carb, D44's front and rear with 4.88s, ARB's, and 35" tires.
index.php

Then it was SOA 4.2 with 37's
index.php

Then it was 360V8/SOA and rear stretch
index.php

Then it was HP 44/14B 39" tires and NV4500
index.php

Then it was D60 front, 17" beadlocks, 42's. and 700R4 with 4 link rear
index.php


All street legal at the time.
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Think first somewhere around the range of your second picture.
 
89wrangler said:
How radical you want to go? My first version was 4.2 with Motorcraft carb, D44's front and rear with 4.88s, ARB's, and 35" tires.
index.php

Then it was SOA 4.2 with 37's
index.php

Then it was 360V8/SOA and rear stretch
index.php

Then it was HP 44/14B 39" tires and NV4500
index.php

Then it was D60 front, 17" beadlocks, 42's. and 700R4 with 4 link rear
index.php


All street legal at the time.
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Think first somewhere around the range of your second or third picture.
 
Waggy axles are close on width and pretty easy swap. usually $300-$400 for the pair depending on condition.
 
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prob for both , i got a deal on my 78 f250 axles for $500. if you need any help im probaly pretty close to ya , im in downtown lincolton . just pm me .
 
Dear lord I'm never going to be done building my jeep now that i've seen those pictures :driver:
 
Just
Empty
Every
Pocket
 
89wrangler said:
How radical you want to go? My first version was 4.2 with Motorcraft carb, D44's front and rear with 4.88s, ARB's, and 35" tires.
index.php

Then it was SOA 4.2 with 37's
index.php

Then it was 360V8/SOA and rear stretch
index.php

Then it was HP 44/14B 39" tires and NV4500
index.php

Then it was D60 front, 17" beadlocks, 42's. and 700R4 with 4 link rear
index.php


All street legal at the time.
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Will be high enough to do your first stage with stock springs?
 
Really need to know what your plans are... V8? Which one, AMC 360, 5.7L, 5.3L, Dodge, Ford ect. 5speed what flavor, NV3500, NV4500, SM420, AX15. Tcase? 231, D300, Stak, Atlas The questions you are asking are really quite vague and open to alot of speculation and guessing. If you can figure out what you would like to do, maybe folks can be a little more specific in their answers. Just trying to help out.
 
keep in mind when going v8 you really have to keep an eye on driveline length when going other than stock (AMC) offerings.
i'm running a 103" wheelbase with my dodge powertrain and would've needed at least 100" to work with the 727 and long tcase adapter. the AMC 727 adapter is much shorter. Manual transmissions typically allow shorter possibilities but take notes. consider that you'll probably have to modify your crossmember and certainly get new engines mounts for it among other things.
 
Well I was told of some kind of kit for 350 v8 swaps anybody know of it? And I'm leaning to the 350 so I would like to not stretch it to far so I want the strongest I can get out of the shorter parts.
What's a junk yard v8 usually run price wise and shape wise?
Hope this makes enough sense.
 
I would just lift it and wheel it. Given your budget constraints and uncertainty regarding these expensive drivetrain swaps, it's gonna take forever to build (no offense intended). There are a few people on this board that have run 42+" tires on 4 cylinder motors. I run 36's on a 4 cylinder and have never not made it up and obstacle due to lack of power. Yeah sure there have been times when I wish I had some more muscle under the hood (namely hill climbs), but I feel like not having it has also kept me from breaking stuff. Probably not the answer you want to hear, but if I were in your shoes (and I have been) I would upgrade the rear axle and run some 33's or 35's for a while. After you get some wheeling experience under your belt, you'll know exactly what you need to upgrade.
 
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