Posted by silver lake mi on February 09, 19100 at 07:18:39:
In Reply to: Need Help with Building my Jeep posted by Larry on November 08, 1999 at 20:10:48:
: Hi I just bought a 79 CJ-7 with a 258 a T-400 Automatic I think a Borg Warner Transfer Case and a Dana 20 Rear End. The Jeep is a Quadratrac and I am unsure on whether I want that or not. I am going to take the 258 out and put a 360 in out of a wagoneer. I also saw a T-5 and Dana300 Transfer case combo for sale I would like to have this but will the 360 and T-5 bolt up if not how can I rig this. let me know what you think
:----im nothing but a guy whos had afew jeeps and
abused a few,I have swapped almost every engine in
and out the 360 will bolt to the TH.400 I have
personally never had serious problem with the quadratrack
only rotten vaccum lines.
personally I being near silver lake MI -sand dunes
will take auto over manual tranny and since you have
a TH400 which is the same as the Chevy TH400 exept the
bell houseing find a chevy TH400 out of a 4*4 it will
bolt to your t-case find a small block chevy the parts
for the chevy engine are cheap and easy to find even at
wal-mart. And the 360 in my eyes is a huge gas hog
i have had 3 and the best i can sqeeze out is 8mpg
and for the t5 if it wont bolt up find an AMc bellhousing
from another AMC.