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have been meaning to do this for a while but havent had the time to load the new pics so hear gose
I started out with a 1988 jeep yj with a 2in shackle lift and 1.5 rancho suspention lift 31wildcat ext tires 4banger and ax15 trans np231 transfer I think it was a while back pritty much stock with a small lift
now now lets not get ahead of myself I took it out a few times to play on the trails and in the snow and was so unsatisfied it was nothing like the jeep I had known when I was a kid my dad had an old cj when I was young and it took us everywere this thing had to be pulled out of a foot of snow by my friends stock ford suv :banghead: he still talks about it :bsod:
anyhoo I ran the piss out of it and the motor did not last long I new this was not a good daily driver so I bought a little car and the jeep became a toy :lildevil:
so a buddy of mine had this 76 waggy sitting in his back yard and said I could have the 360 out of it if I took the hole thing he said it ran before he parked it :bs: so I brought it home and started to rip it apart
well just to make sure I pulled the heads and found out that if I had run this thing in my jeep the way it sat I would have had to pull it back out the motor needed a rebuild bad :banghead:
me and my dad sent the motor down to berrys motor shop in chahalis real good guy that builds great blocks he took the 401 and bored it 30 over that way the nexed time I do this I can bore it to 60
I spent 4weeks locateing all the convertion info and parts to finish the job thanks CL AND E-BAY
LIST OF PARTS TO MAKE IT WORK
UNIVERSAL BELLHOUSING AMC
PAINLESS WIREING KIT FOR AMC 401 TO CJ7
350 CONVERTION SLAVE CYLINDER FROM NOVAK CONVERTIONS
EDELLBROCK PERFORMER MANIFOLD
MSD IGNITION KIT PLUS HEI DISTRIBUTOR
NEW PILOT BUSHING TO FIT THE NP435 TO 401 FROM NOVAK
REBUILD KIT FOR NP435 FROM NOVAK
RADLOCK RADIATOR NOVAK
I think that is all the big stuff I ran it with the stock axles for a year I was broke after the motor swap and needed to recoupe.
one year later I sold my boat and my quad and started looking for new axles I had decided not to try and make the stock ones stronger as I would probly break them with the power of the motor here is the rundown on the axles.
rear ford dana 60 full floating axle
shortend by bent metal customs
moser molly shafts
4.56 yukon gears no locker yet :lildevil:
front ford dana HP44 with chevy 8lug flattop knuckles
also shortend by bent metal customs
moser molly inner shafts not outers
4.56 gears
truetrack limited slip locker
me and my dad welded up all the shock mounts and perches and saved some money on doing the soa lift and highsteer ourselves we ran into a problems with the np208 after mesuring the length for the rear driveshaft the solution was a np205 with a flange convertion and a cv 1ton drive shaft. http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Picture035.jpg
we redid the motor mounts and put the new shorty headers on 3 months ago it had glass packs but I ditched those for thrush mufflers and as everyone knows u cant run a trail with glasspacks.
I hope u all enjoy this as it was the funnest build I have done to date I learned so much building this rig and I am still broke
:grin:
stay tuned for all my nexed steps :lildevil:
04-23-2009, 11:08 AM
jeepsr4ever
:t: :!:
04-27-2009, 05:52 PM
shawnsc25
thanx
04-28-2009, 02:34 PM
BREK
badazz ride man :lo1l: I really like how you painted the engine & accessories!!
04-28-2009, 05:40 PM
shawnsc25
thanx I put alot of hrs into that sucker I even got the allen head bolt kit for it ill put up new pics soon it has edellbrock shorty headers on it now and runs like a beast :lo1l:
05-03-2009, 09:41 AM
mika01
Nice ride, 401's are awesome for their torque. So I must ask I did not notice any mention of an wrap bar? Reason I ask is that my own sprung over rear 60 has bent 2 wrap bars now dealing with my 401. So I know you have an issue if you don't have one
05-03-2009, 11:46 AM
shawnsc25
im still looking into that so far my axle wrap isnt that bad but it is something im paying attention to I might try a 4 link or 2 track bars off the pumkin what is your setup.
05-03-2009, 03:04 PM
mika01
Bought the axle used from e-bay narrowed to 61" wms setup for 4 link. I simply welded some perches on sprung it over and bolted it in. Wrecked one set of springs just driving around. So I made my own wrap bar as nothing out there would work with the dual exhaust's and the 4 link truss. Took lots of measuring but eventually made one that goes of the center section as you mentioned.
05-03-2009, 03:25 PM
shawnsc25
yep that sounds just about right in my mind it seems like the only right thing to do plus alot of crawlers use the same setup if u get the chance throw up some pics :t:
