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keep it going ... I did a zz6 350 swap a while back, I currently have the motor out and am redoing the electical from top to bottom. good to see people still working on these things!

I did a 350 swap into my '88, didn't have any issues, though I know there are significant differneces between the two. are the solenoids in good shape? BTW, where in li are you? I got the hell out a year ago.

I have a truetrac in the front (d30) and detroit in the rear (ford 8.8), and they work pretty well. I'm upgrading the front to a d44, and while I'm at it going with elockers, but I was happy with the trutrac while I had it.

good advice, thanks.

thanks all for the advice .. I'm going to do more research, but the currie llooks like the way to go.

I'm already running vanco big brakes, and I'm in the middle of swapping on wilwood brakes , which I believe use the WJ knuckle ... I think...

Thanks, that is helpful. Any idea how much stronger the curie d44 is over the d30?

as a post script to this, I was able to find the receipts from over a decade ago-- the front axle was pretty much completely rebuilt, and has a 27 spline tru trac limited slip.. and sadly, for the money I spent I just about could have bout the currie d44 w/ e-locker.

currently putting upgraded brakes in my '88 XJ, while it's at the shop I'm debating swapping out the front axle-- it's a rebuilt d30 w/ detroit locker and 4.11 gears -- I had it "beefed" up back in the day, but for the life of me I can't remember exactly what I did... that said, I'm running...

interesting. I'll have to try that. didn't think that would impact low speed crawling braking, but its a free potential fix, thanks.

no, I replaced that a while ago with a late model booster, I think from a 98.

currently running a vanco/black magic upgrade on my xj, the one for 15" rims. Braking on the trails is sporting --- in 4lo, with my setup (zz6 motor/4.11 gears, 35"tires), when crawling the brakes fight to hold on. I'm looking into getting a bigger, "big brake" upgrade. Since I'll likely have...

That's kind of where I'm zoning in on. probably time for larger wheels to fit larger brakes...

keep in mind I'm running a chevy zz6 motor and a 700r4. I was actually thinking of lowering the ratios. But anyway, to each their own.

Google 'em. They're pretty well-known upgrade for jeep/xj front brakes. Still wondering what the issue is with 4.11 gears/35s on my truck?

My thinking exactly. On my list to double check. Why aren't 4.11's a good ratio for 35s? Also, I'm not running stock brakes , I'm running vancos up front, stock ford 8.8. drums in the rear,

it's been awhile, I'll re do it. Again, I shouldn't have focused on the low rpm aspect of this -- the brakes are OK while cruising, not great, I just notice it mostly at lower rpms on the trail.

rotors and pads are brand new, vanco upgrade rotors/black magic pads Rear is a ford 8.8, drum brakes, not stock (drums stop just as well as the discs, especially at low rpm). gearing is actually fine -- both fronts and rears are 4.11, why do you say it's not correct?

thats what I thought, did a vacuum check, everything is fine. I'm not sure it's rpm related -- maybe shouldn't have focused on that. Braking is less than adequate at low rpm, and feels almost ok when cruising, but I haven't tried stomping on it when cruising. in the sticky on this forum on...

turning my attention back to my 88 xj... I'm running 35's, front axle is a d30 w/ 27 spline tru track (was done so long ago I forget what else we did -- definitely re geared to 4.11). Running a vanco brake upgrade for 15" wheels, and a late model master/booster. At low rpm, brakes are really...