Topic: 350/327/305 with d35

[fireman411]

I keep hearing that this is not a good idea. Some of the people I have talked to say its all in how you drive it. IDK what to go by.

I have a 90 yj and looking to change out the 2.5. I have a D35 rear and a D30 front with 4:88 gears. I do not do any heavy duty off roading, mostly Highway and the average trails. I guess what Im trying to say is will it be a bad idea if I dont do any rock crawling or major mudding?

What motor would be decent?

[Torch_Ind]

so your going v8?

[fireman411]

Im not sure yet. I had a cherokee with the 4.0 5 spd 4x4 and loved it, but I see that the v8 has been done alot and seems to be a little easier.

Im just lost on what to do. I drive an hr and a half to work every third day and love to drive down to the coast and ride along the beach but The hills in Tallahassee are not helping

[Torch_Ind]

Im not sure yet. I had a cherokee with the 4.0 5 spd 4x4 and loved it, but I see that the v8 has been done alot and seems to be a little easier.

Im just lost on what to do. I drive an hr and a half to work every third day and love to drive down to the coast and ride along the beach but The hills in Tallahassee are not helping

you can do a v8 with the axles and it will mater a lot how you drive !!! if your just driving to work it would be ok but I would be worried about torquing the axles under loads

personally I would go to min d44's or equivalent minimum..

 I want d44's for my 4cld even!! lol 

[FourbangerYJ]

I broke both rear shafts at once with the 2.5L so I wouldn't trust it with a V8.
Ford 8.8 or 9 inch or D44 are safe bets.

[fireman411]

ok if I do a D44 with the same 4:88 305 ax15, do I leave the front axel the same and does that sound like a decent set up?

[FourbangerYJ]

ok if I do a D44 with the same 4:88 305 ax15, do I leave the front axel the same and does that sound like a decent set up?

The ring gear on the D30 is fairly small. It's pretty tough for it's size, but I'm not sure how long it would live with a V8. You could see what happens and upgrade as needed. It would depend on how you drive it for sure. But the D35 has to go for sure IMO.

[DodgeMudder]

While the 35 isn't anywhere near as bad as most people make it out to be the 35 will be under sized with 4.88s and a v-8.

what size tires are you running?  I would look into dropping the 4.88s for 4.10s w/ going v-8 I think you'll find that 4.88s are tooo much gear for what you need and you'll be screaming that 8 unless your running 38's or bigger, then you should be looking at much bigger tires anyway.

[Bounty Hunter]

Your '90 d35 should be the non c-clip design and is marginally stronger than it's c-clip replacement.  I put a built 350 in my '88 YJ and the non c-clip d35 held up pretty well with light wheelin and 33" MT's.

Go for it, and keep your eyes open for stronger axles, like a Waggy d44 front and Isuzu Rodeo rear d44.

[chardrc]

Your '90 d35 should be the non c-clip design and is marginally stronger than it's c-clip replacement.  I put a built 350 in my '88 YJ and the non c-clip d35 held up pretty well with light wheelin and 33" MT's.

they switched form non c-clip to c-clip midway through the 1990 model year.. aka my 1990 yj has the c-clip version so you will need to check to see which version you have.

[Torch_Ind]

Your '90 d35 should be the non c-clip design and is marginally stronger than it's c-clip replacement.  I put a built 350 in my '88 YJ and the non c-clip d35 held up pretty well with light wheelin and 33" MT's.

Go for it, and keep your eyes open for stronger axles, like a Waggy d44 front and Isuzu Rodeo rear d44.

+1

[fireman411]

OK! well scratch that idea for now lol. I just had two other options open up.
I found a 95 cherokee with 4.0 5spd 4x4 for cheap but someone was trying to tell me about an inertia ring. Has anyone done this with a 90 2.5 and how will this help on the highway speeds?