Hello from a fellow Jeepaholic

[1bolt]

Here's a pick as she sits, I think that hoop would make it pretty much impossible to tell there's a gap there, considering the gap isn't all that bad to begin with...

As for putting it on there I pretty much winged it, drilled new holes in the fender that lined up with the TJ grille, cut the support rods off the old grille where their bracket is welded on, and welded the supports right back onto to the TJ grill without removing them after making sure the hood closed good and everything lined up square and as good looking as possible.

I'll try and post some more pics if I can dig them up

[soacj]

Ether a 4.0 stroker which I have the parts for, a 401 Nailhead I have, or a late model Mustang 5.0 which I also have.

Here's an enthusiastic vote for the 5.0L--Been running one in my CJ/YJ creation for four years or so and it never fails to put a smile on my face.

[1bolt]

Yeah the 5.0 is tempting. Some of the factors I'm considering though is that a 4.0 stroker (stroked to 4.6) tend to have more torque with a flatter torque curve and about 90% of peake torque just off idle With an RV cam they peak usually around 2000 RPM's and 90% of peak available all the way to redline. Because of that and the avalability of dirt cheap AX15's and NP231's it's harder to go with the 5.0. which requires more wiring and parts I don't have yet. And the 5.0 needs a T18 or SM465 which I also don't have. They have stronger T-case options for sure but they are hard to get dirt cheap...

The 401 Nailhead is making 450 foot pounds a little over 2000 RPM's which is bad ass, but the drive line options are hard to find, expensive and maybe hard to stuff within the YJ wheelbase without stretching it out and turning it into a Jeep Truck. I have a 2wd TH400 (SP400 Buick called it because they put a variable stall speed converter in it) but it would require some sort of Divorce mounted T-case.