Darren Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Bubba the Love Sponge, you hillbilly. Darren, Play nice with the new guy... If wanna pic on some one I'm your huckleberry... CW You're my huckleberry? Are you coming onto me? I'd always wondered about you CW, now I know. Gator, Yes I'm running 35's. And you really should start listening to Bubba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 ok thanks for the tips all c what i can do i am worried about the chassie being uni body it aint as strong Actually that's a common misnomer. The MJ unibody is wicked strong (as long as there's no rust). These aren't XJs. These are trucks. The only weak point is the spot between the track bar and the steering box, where the push-pull forces between the two can crack a perfectly good frame. It's rare, but possible. Add a plate straddling this area and it'll be fine. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWLONGSHOT Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Bubba the Love Sponge, you hillbilly. Darren, Play nice with the new guy... If wanna pic on some one I'm your huckleberry... CW You're my huckleberry? Are you coming onto me? I'd always wondered about you CW, now I know. Gator, Yes I'm running 35's. And you really should start listening to Bubba. You catch my drift junior. Pick on one of us who knows who and what you are. Not the new guy who has no idea your being funny at his expense. Continue acting like a child and you will be treated that way. CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GATOR88 Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 what ever cw put your mj wear the mud is :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GATOR88 Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 Darren it 2 bad u aint in my neck of the woods :brows: pretty girl and a damn good lookin truck what more can u ask 4 :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reson46 Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Darren it 2 bad u aint in my neck of the woods :brows: pretty girl and a damn good lookin truck what more can u ask 4 :D OK, I will ask for more. Like spell check, punctuation, and spelling things out instead of using stupid texting codes. That way we don't have to decipher whatever language you are typing. Willy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilotblake Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Culminator Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 I installed a Chev. 350 in my '89 MJ. It's great! It was easy, is reliable, has tons of power, and gets better mileage than my 4.0. I used Novak's bolt-in aluminum radiator with two 4.0 electric fans. Running 35" tires, it has never gone above 210 degrees. The items to do the swap financially made more sense to me versus a stroker kit, etc. Radiator - $560 Bolt-in motor mounts (Novak) - $200 Coated headers - $385 Adapter from 700R4 to t-case - $500 Engine - $250 Rebuilt 700R4 - $1000 Fans - $20 Tach converter (Dakota Digital) - $80 Lokar shifter in factory MJ console - $300 Total = $3300 (and this wasn't really cutting any corners) There were no mods needed to the firewall, grill, hood, and I used all the factory gauges. It came together really nice and is now far more reliable than it was before. My understanding is you can use the AW4. To control it, you simply need to retain the TCU under the dash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streetjeep2.5 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Good to hear, Culminator! I am getting ready to haul my naturally aspirated 68 327 to Blockhead Machine Shop in Crystal Minnesota to begin the overhaul where a "light" comp cam will be installed, and a weiand dual plane added, and all Novak sells will be used, and I will use pump 87 octane gas. My only dilema is transmission. I don't want a slippery drive, but a standard. Want to use the chevy V8 T-5 but Novak doesn't sell crossmember adapters for it. I wonder if they are thinking all T-5's are too weak while the V8 chevy T-5, like the mustang T-5's, may be strong enough. It's all going in a daily street driven (but not winter) 4x2. Hey, BTW, I now live in Minnesota where they could care less about what engine I have in it! I like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garvin Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 I have about $1500 into my 350 swap including engine, transmission, transfer case, new rear drive shaft, and that's with rebuilding the engine, . I used a CSF 3 core Cherokee radiator and put a heater core off to the side to "enlarge" the radiator. This is with two stock Cherokee electric fans (one newer and one older) mated to an AX15 and NP231. The engine is planted with custom engine mounts that cost me a whole whopping $40 to make. I have the uncoated Novak headers (made by Sanderson), Novak transmission adapter for the AX15 and the Novak external clutch slave setup (got the adapter and slave setup as well as the bell housing for less than what the adapter costs new, reason I went with 350). The engine runs around 180 degrees on a 90 degree day on the high way and closer to 170 at idle. The tach is dead on connecting the wire straight to the tach output on the coil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ftpiercecracker1 Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 :needpics: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garvin Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 There are tons of pics in my build thread (need to update it once I get everything back together) but I'm more than happy to take specific shots if anyone wants any. More than happy to also answer any questions as the stuff that I've used in mine will fit any Comanche except '86 (made a good amount of modifications to get them to fit in mine). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ftpiercecracker1 Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 I assume your are using a carbed 350 right? If so what did you do with all the electrical under the hood and ,if you have an auto, how did you adapt the transmission harness to the engine? Would a stick be easier? thinking the v8 might push/pull the transmission so that it wouldnt line up. from what i understand all you need to do a v8 swap would be. . . engine, junkyard? dual electric fans, 2 OEM Jeep? custom motor mounts, no problem for me. a good radiator, heavy duty 2 core? and adapter for transmission, Novak? different front and rear drive shafts too right? I thought the Novak adapter would prevent this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garvin Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 I used to have a carb'd 350 in there. I now have a TPI (Tuned Port Injection) setup on it. The TPI system came out of a Camaro and I cut all the unneeded wiring from both harnesses and spliced them together, ran the ECU under the dash to protect it. The harness I had was for an automatic (350 TPI's only came with auto's) and what I did was just ground the NSS wire and cut out the TCC (torque converter lockup) wire. I have it mated to an AX15. The issue with this setup is you need a VSS sensor of some sort. JagsPerformance (I think that's the name of the site) makes a VSS conversion piece that has the needed VSS sensor as well as the straight through for our older cable driven speedometers. I have a custom cross member so the transmission mount being moved was a mute point in my case. Something should be easy to mock up to attach the mount again. I bought my engine off of Craigslist from a running vehicle. Then I went though it and put all new gaskets in, lower bearings, and lapped the valves in. I'm running duel OEM Cherokee fans, one older and one newer style. The older is smaller so I can run my intake ducting over it. I bought a set of the cross member mounts from Barnes4wd on sale for $34 (normally $44). I bent a piece of 3/16" along the frame rail and essentially copied Advance Adapters design except I raised my engine some so I could run 42's on 4" of lift and still get ~5" of uptravel out of the Dana 60. I'm running a Cherokee CSF 3 core radiator. I also have a heater core in line with my other one to kinda extend the radiator. If you're running a heater valve there then you will have to get creative. Keep in mind that a more efficient engine puts out less heat. The adapter for the transmission is Novak, as well as the clutch slave setup. I bought them used for cheap, which threw my hand to Chevy for the V8 swap. My axles are stretched (spring flip in rear for ~5" of stretch and ~3" of stretch in front) so I was able to use a stock front drive shaft for the front and used my stock rear until I blew it up. In some setups, you will have to run a WJ steering box to get more clearance. I had to to clear my power steering pump since I wanted to run the serpentine setup from the Camaro. The other option is to run the WJ steering box to get the stock box out of the way to run a larger radiator. Would need to measure everything again but I believe a Wagoneer (FSJ, not XJ) radiator fits between the rails but hangs down a good bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garvin Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 A few pictures... Don't have much in the line of pictures for my old carb setup but here's the best I have. TPI setup short of looming the wires. This was before I added the second heater core. My custom made engine mounts. The part that bolts to the frame is facing straight down. WJ steering box if anyone was wondering. It is also highly recommended to make a cowl hood or put hood vents on it to get the heat out of the engine bay, I chose to build a 3.5" cowl hood. You can actually see a good bit of steam coming out of my cowl on a cold day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainman Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 I can't stop laughing right now..... this can't be real. :rotfl2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ftpiercecracker1 Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 I can't stop laughing right now..... this can't be real. :rotfl2: :hmm: not following you. Oh, I know why. . . :redX: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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