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On my second xj with my second hack n tap. The first one worked out better with my 242 case and d44 and the 231 case with the 8.25 seems like the front drive shaft is a bit short. I think a zj or yj front shaft can be an option there. The hack n tap allows you to adjust the fixed yoke length a...

I'll be honest. That what I was expecting when I eventually go with Bilsteins. I did them on my dad's f250 because I hated driving in that thing. I just did the yellow ones and it was amazing how much better that weird upside down arched leaf spring worked with a decent shock. I think they have...

Yeah I should really have specified. I meant control arm drop brackets. To be honest I don't recall seeing what angle the lowers are at on about 3-4" of lift.

Very good and rational input, thanks. I need to do all the joints. I just haven't driven the jeep much since buying it because I am worse at driving them than taking them apart haha. Yeah it won't be as smooth. My tundra is the Cadillac of trucks right now. Even with old Bilsteins out back and...

I can get behind this project. I did a cowl sort of intake on my Tundra and noticed it seemed to run a bit better. It does sound cool too. I did some sound deadening on the firewall and it certainly isn't the loudest part of my truck while cruising. It gets loud when I get on it and vvti kicks...

I am and was leaning towards the Bilstein 5100 just because I know it has a great chance of improving the ride substantially. The price isn't terrible either. If I keep the jeep it might just need four wheel bypasses and up through the floor in the back. That's not a now thing though. I'll...

My Jeep is lifted about 3" and doesn't go off road too much. I might go off road someday, but that would require more on road time haha. Anyway, I will drive it daily if this engine holds together and I'm tired of the terrible ride. My tundra is a big fluffy cloud and my xj feels like a solid...

No idea if porting and deshrouding does much of does anything good in most situations, but I did my Jeep head. I didn't really deshroud the valves so much we I just smoothed out the chamber and didn't go lightly on the areas against the wall by the valves. I use the carbide burrs also. I do that...

Big6? What's that?

You aren't wrong. I think my stroker was getting around 16.5 when I managed to be very nice to it. I didn't drive it very much and maybe it would have gotten better though. We'll see what it makes when I finally get it back in the jeep. One of these days.

I think a transfer case with the full time option sounds extremely useful. I had a 97 xj with the 242 and to be honest I never used the full time option. I just had a locker in the rear and kept it in 2wd unless I was going very slow. That full time option would be nice when the roads go from...

Oh and here is a thread where a guy supposedly got a gm v8 to fit with the what looks like the dormant truck intake manifold. I guess he used custom mounts and got it to clear the hood. https://comancheclub.com/topic/55153-budget-ls-swap-with-stock-hood-and-truck-intake/

Is there any reason why someone wouldn't run the 4l60e with a np241 case? Just curious. It seems bolt on more or less. I already have a hack n tap for my 231 so I'd likely just use that.

Not go speak for random ls swap people, but... I've seen a bit of everything. 5.3 is the same size as the 6.0 externally, so unless you have strip times or videos or something it's all the same as far as an internet build goes. Trans/case. Most people seem to use the 4l60e with a hybrid np231...

Russ was thinking I just didn't set the crank right. I couldn't exactly recall what order I set the caps and smacked the crank back and forth. I was thinking I did it fairly close to how he suggested, but I think I may have done about half torque before smacking the crank. Everything else looked...

I didn't abandon it. I built a stroker and now I'm rebuilding it because it ate the thrust bearing. Luckily I caught it before it did anything major. I just needed to tear it completely down to actually see that. As I'm putting it back together I am realizing I don't really love the power to...

The 6l80 would be a cool swap. My wife's gx460 makes me appreciate a 6 speed auto. We had a road trip up to northern Idaho about a month back and the canyons and stuff were a pleasure with the decent power from the 4.6 v8 and the good trans with the automanual deal. My wife's gx also makes me...

The idea is that if you don't cut into the "frame" rail and run bolts from the bottom, you are just bolting a bumper to a single plane of 16ish gauge steel. The linked above ebay mounts seem like a great value compared to making your own, which is what I had to do 10 years about ago. Otherwise...

Awesome. Thanks for the suggestion.

Do you have a line on somewhere to get a manual with the correct wiring diagrams? A quick search found this, but I don't know if it's going to be detailed enough...