project cj7a

Been a while since I posted anything. I've been busy with school and work, but in my spare time I've been working on a new buildup of my jeep. I bought Mike's frame, axles, transmission and transfer case as a starting point. currently the wheelbase is 86" (3" stretch front and back) and it is sitting on modified cj7 springs, widetrac axles (d30 front amc20 rear) with 3.73 gears. I'm using a ford t18 transmission, dana 300 transfer case and a dauntless 225v6 to make up the drivetrain. The plan is to run 33x10.5 bfg km2s but that might change depending on what I can find for used tires since this is a very low budget build. Ultimately I want to keep the old Cj look, but have a much more capable rig for the trails around here and something that can cruise on the main roads more easily. I'll get some more and better pics up this afternoon.

Edited by rrrrrrrrr9 - 22 Feb. 2015 at 11:01pm

Looks nice. Post as you can.

Be better off to find a dana 44 out of a mid 70's cj5.  

My goal is to find a wide track dana 44 out of an 86 cj7, but my budget is about $80 a week so the money is going towards more important things first. This is a fairly low hp build so it should be fine for the time being to keep the amc 20.

rrrrrrrrr9 wrote: My goal is to find a wide track dana 44 out of an 86 cj7, but my budget is about $80 a week so the money is going towards more important things first. This is a fairly low hp build so it should be fine for the time being to keep the amc 20.

Thanks for the info guys

I'm not too worried because I beat on the stock axles with the v6, 5.38 gears and 32x11.5s tires. Nothing ever broke.

You can see in the second picture the current tire stick out. It's something like 1.5" Does anyone know the tire stick out laws in Mass?

Been a long time since and update, but I am basically done with the build now. Overall I like the Jeep a lot more, but with 3.73 gears and 33s the v6 is a bit underpowered, I'll be regearing with 4.10s once I have a bit of extra cash.