scratch building a scrambler possibly
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highlandercj-7
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IDK how I missed this thread on a 8. Did you do any more planning or building? If not I'd use a Cummins 4BT for your Diesel power. I know a guy with a CJ-8, 4BT, NV4500 5 spd, Dana 300, 4" lift, 33's, full hardtop, fiberglass body, he pulls 30-34 mpg. He is big on the 4btswaps.com forum. Check it out.
4Rescue
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Wait you still haven't finished the Taco and now you're going to build a Jeep????
If you're going to go the Aqualou route, why not the FJ45 or 43 with a 1UZ-Fe??? I say keep it Toyota mate. While the CJ8/6 and the last gen LJ were some of my favorite Jeeps ever, I'd still rather have a MWB FJ43 over ANY of them espescialy if I'm building it from scratch. Hell if you're going to find an old CJ and then build off that why not start with an FJ40 and then go from there???
Oddly enough, Petersen's is building this EXACT truck (a CJ8) in their current issues. Neat truck and thank go they're going with a Mopar powerplant, still I'd want a Diesel but that's no shocker is it
Cheers
Dave
If you're going to go the Aqualou route, why not the FJ45 or 43 with a 1UZ-Fe??? I say keep it Toyota mate. While the CJ8/6 and the last gen LJ were some of my favorite Jeeps ever, I'd still rather have a MWB FJ43 over ANY of them espescialy if I'm building it from scratch. Hell if you're going to find an old CJ and then build off that why not start with an FJ40 and then go from there???
Oddly enough, Petersen's is building this EXACT truck (a CJ8) in their current issues. Neat truck and thank go they're going with a Mopar powerplant, still I'd want a Diesel but that's no shocker is it
Cheers
Dave
grahamfitter
Expedition Leader
I was lusting after a CJ8 myself until I realized that a 2004-2006 LJ is essentially the same thing with less rust and more cup holders and is therefore ideal for my mechanically unmotivated self. Of course I still do lust after a CJ8 but I'll be happy to do that vicariously so I wish you all the best!
Cheers,
Graham
Cheers,
Graham
KEENO
Adventurer
Rick Russell's AJ-8
Here's a great website of an aftermarket Scramber build, referred to as the AJ-8 for "aftermarket". Maybe you have already run across it, but I remember drooling over it much. Worth a revisit...
http://www.sidekickoffroad.com/aj-8.htm
KEENO:drool:
Here's a great website of an aftermarket Scramber build, referred to as the AJ-8 for "aftermarket". Maybe you have already run across it, but I remember drooling over it much. Worth a revisit...
http://www.sidekickoffroad.com/aj-8.htm
KEENO:drool: