Pete M

did this all happen suddenly?

there's no CPS involved. the flexplate will need to match the 3.4 for balancing reasons. can't remember what trans it does have (904?), but it for sure isn't the AW-4.

it's not like you can't upgrade the ratio later on :yes: I give it a year before there's a small lift and bigger tires in the picture. :D

don't reuse the 2.8L block/heads! they are inferior to the 3.1/3.4 in design and construction quality. Start with a 3.1/3.4 and the reuse your intake/exhaust/accessories/trans/everything. any year 3.1/3.4 from a Camaro/Firebird will work (I think the S-10 had the 3.1 at some point around that time). I think they were early 90s but unsure of the exact spread that used the 3.1/3.4. car-part.com might help in the junkyard hunt. there should be a thread or 2 in the DIY forum (which isn't organized yet). the big differences are that you'll need to add an inline electric fuel pump (the 3.4 doesn't have any boss for the 2.8's mechanical pump) and the flywheel needs to be neutrally balanced (the crank of a 2.8 is not balanced on its own, but the crank of a 3.4 is).

I can already see you blasting across the plains of colorado... . :MJ 1: . (insert comparable dune buggy gif)

shocks can make or break the ride of any rig. it might just have cheap shocks.

the C does not stand for C-clip. it stands for Custom, as in the incomplete axles were shipped by Dana for completion by Jeep (or something along those lines). :thumbsup:

nice photo! :D mine took me to a very dark place, as I'm realizing how badly my baby has degraded in the past few years. :(

nice catch! :clapping:

yeah, to me it looks a little too showy for an otherwise relatively subdued truck.

looks so much better with the bigger tires!

somewhere in the DIY forum are bleeding directions :thumbsup:

lucky jeep. :yes: mine has spent the last few days with the doors open and a fan in it trying to dry out the carpet from a new leak. :(

bump

questions are far more likely to get noticed if you put them in the tech forum. :thumbsup:

out of curiosity, what happened to the current engine?

maybe he had a partially wrecked MJ and partially wrecked XJ and was bored one day. :dunno:

have fun! :waving: are the fall colors going on?

which host site are you using?

neat!

:cheers: nothing like a good ol' comanche roadtrip . :MJ 1: .

those flares are completely unnecessary. :dunno:

old Jeeps are addictive. :yes:

I'm not sure anything in the junkyard will be as depressing as all the pristine cash-for-clunkers trucks I saw. :fs1:

um, you should probably put that in the Tech forum. :thumbsup: