DirtyComanche

Well, mine are 43.5 center to center... It's not bang on though, I think it was supposed to be 43.25 or something. I'd assume they were measuring center to center... Maybe not? Otherwise it would be wider.

Guess they goofed.

They aren't supposed to be the same, are they? I made my perches 43.5" apart. Over on madxj I'm reading something, and apparently that's the cherokee width... So, how many bricks shy of a load am I?

Depending on the yard I'd have pointed out the error...

Cute. Makes sense.

My 4.0 lugs down to 300rpm anyways... Okay, so what the heck is an inertia ring? Is it just like using a heavy flywheel?

Might consider throwing some linex or other bedliner in there. I did that after I cleaned up my floors. I figure it'll keep it sealed at least, as there's no way to stop the leaks.

They advise using a deeper holesaw... I think only comanches have that peice of sheet there? Not sure. I've bent it over inside the frame and I'll try cutting it off somehow... Hacksaw at worst.

Yeah, that's what I'm doing for two of the holes... The others, unfortunatly, have a peice of sheetmetal intersecting them. I have to drill through the long side of the sheet, which means you go 2" then the bit bottoms out...

The unibody... Rusty's LAs...

8.8 is working out nice, I've almost bothered to fix my brakes and shock mounts. The width was the only problem really. Now if only I could find a 1" hole saw that was deeper than 2"...

Thanks. Valve overlap. Hmmm, yes, that would do it.

Used. I'm poor.

How's the front look with 5.5" and those tires?

It's a general part, keep that in mind. Or so I think, I've never ordered them. I've bought one part from the dealer. That was without realizing it had a recall on it and I could get it free anyways. So, I'm NEVER going back.

I mean what do you plan to run... Unless you plan to run those. I think SOA would be too much lift for that. Don't ask me though, I've only lifted one of these things and I've ditched a lot of pesky sheetmetal.

Know what's funny... There's no such thing as a 4cyl cherokee in Canada... I've never seen one, and only one yard of all the ones I go to has ever 'processed' one. That killed my cheap regearing plan fast.

Mopar sells perches. Therefor they can get them... Or if you're having a shop weld them on get then to cut some square tube.

Or just do it right the first time. What size tires are you planning?

Don't the water jackets still line up? I've read that the guys with the 258 can throw a HO head on without much issues, other than they have to plug a few extra jackets, which mysteriously don't line up with anything on the 4.0 block anyways... Compression difference? Meaning combustion chamber difference? Know either of the sizes? Maybe I should just go find all that out myself. Or thinking, I could try that for a change.

I swear this thing tracked wider in the front than the rear when it was stock. I guess that's what you get for measuring with the good ol' eyeball. What the heck, I'll try to find some good spacers for the rear, and we'll just see what happens. I'm not huge on the rocks here for the most part, between being wet, slippery, and sharp I'm not enough of a driver for them yet. If I get into them, that'll be the end of the whole D30 thing. Everything else should be mild enough. And yeah, Patrick's right on the width for the 8.8, I just fudged the numbers on it because it was late.

No answers, eh? No suprise either. Time to ask on Pirate! Or to just try it out.

Laws here aren't really an issue. Shafts with the new 297X U-Joints are lying around here somewhere. I've not regeared the front yet, they'll go in then. And I'll 'fix' that stupid vac disco then. Hmm, maybe just throw spacers on the rear actually... The D30 is about 2"-3" wider than the D35, and the 8.8 is 2" narrower than the 35. Those are all round numbers based on guessing. :wink: And I don't care about looks, I care that it's going to rub the frame really bad. All the width I wanted was for stability and avoiding the rubbing. And no, I'm too headstrong to run 33s. I got a deal on the 35s, and to pick up new 33s would be aboooout $1153.24 if Kal tire is true to their word. Yes, I could sell the 35s and try to find used 33s. I'm confident I could sell them, but not that I could find 33s. I talked to some locals and looked at their junk. They say I'll get away with 35s and a D30, and I trust them because they do. They run the trails I plan to, so I think I'll be okay. None of them are trussed. However I forgot to ask their opinon on running spacers, so thus this whole thread. And as I've said before, if this whole mess breaks, I'll just go fullwidths. It's what I should have done in the first place.

I'm going to rub in the rear actually, as the 8.8 narrower. But I don't want to have my front narrower than the rear. And I'd like a little more width in general with this height. My bearings are going to hate me anyways, no suprise there. Hmm, I think I'm leaning towards trussing the D30, which I've wanted to do a long time anyways, and just doing it and hoping nothing breaks. If it does, I wasted my money on the spacers. 'Nother question, why are they normally aluminum anyways? Weight?

Wheel spacers... Yeah, even with AR-767s I'm not wide enough. That's my final decision as of today. So, you think I'll kill my D30 between 35x12.5s, AR-767s (4" BS) and 1.25 or 1.5" spacers? I'm not worried about the 8.8. And I already know, get the good ones...