JD, just finished the BDS suspension install on my '86. Stayed with the 33" for now but I wrestle with the 33 vs 35 every day. Thanks for the tips on the BDS system as well as the PSC upgrade (which was part of this project) including new steering shaft. I went with the 1/2" BDS shackles and now have an even 28" front and back on 33's. Went old school with white spoke rims like those that came from the factory. Line-X in the tub looks amazing. Wouldn't have even thought of that instead of carpet but am so happy with that switch. Your videos and "watch out" advice has been incredible. Thanks again.
Tim your Jeep sounds awesome and thank you for the feedback. I have zero regrets with my PSC set up or the BDS springs. I love the look of the 35's on the Jeep but that's a decision you will make in time! Thank you for watching and for the comment/feedback. Email me a pic of your Jeep at JD_Offline@yahoo.com. Would love to see it. JD
I just finished my restoration on my 73' cj5. I went with a 4in super lift and have 35in tires also. I left my stock 3:73 gears in but ended up throwing a bigger carburetor on my 258 and it honestly has more power than it did before. I would wait and save the money to build it correctly the first time. Not sure how much power you would want, but my buddy had a build 350 pushing about 430hp. It was absolutely crazy for a 74' cj5 and would lift a front tire of the ground when he punched it.
That’s crazy!! I’m not looking for extreme power just more get up and go than I can get out of the stock motor. I’ve got my eye on a 330 horsepower Chevrolet crate motor. Thanks for the comment and good luck with your Jeep.
Great vid, good editing. Jeep looks great, it's been a long build but it's definitely done right. This is not your average clapped out, rigged up CJ. I have seen it in person and let me tell you as good as the vids are they don't do it justice. It's a beautiful Jeep. I vote you leave the 258 in it and enjoy it for a season or two. Recharge the build fund and go fuel injected small block after you enjoyed driving it with the suspension and cosmetic restoration you already finished.
I have been watching your videos since day one. I have a huge love for CJ’s and I personally believe you have done a fantastic job! You get a huge thumbs up from Manchaca Tx! Keep up the good work sir.
Chad, thank you very much for that Sir. I've done a lot with this Jeep in the 2 years I've owned it and have learned a lot. I really hope to swap the motor to a 350 one day soon! Thanks for following along and really appreciate the comment.
Hey JD, Great video! This helps me a lot. I also have an 83 cj7. Currently I'm running 31s with about a 15 year old black diamond 2.5 lift (i would imagine its settled a good amount.) And .410 gears (dana 30 front amc 20 rear🤢) I like the new lift with 35s and would like to run a similar setup. Are you running the same axles or did you upgrade yours? Also have you noticed any clearance issues since you've posted this? Thanks again your jeep looks great!
Hey Tim. No clearance issues and the only axle upgrade I did was to convert the rear axle from a two piece axle to one piece axle shafts. This was done more in anticipation of the 350 conversion than anything else. I will tell you the BDS lift gave me a lot of clearance to clear the 35's. Like you, I had an old worn out suspension lift and I was amazed at how much the new lift gave me in terms of height and clearance. I have another video on my channel you should check out. th-cam.com/video/wEkVrLPShCc/w-d-xo.html. I go through the lift height gains on this vid. Thanks Tim for the feedback and comment.
Love ALL your video's, really helpful to me and my Jeep restoration. I have a question for you, if its been asked before sorry. I am currently looking at shackle angle on my Jeep. I installed a 4 inch lift as well. My Shackles now have the same angle as yours (with your lift) however initally you had a 45 degree angle ( roughly) Do you feel a ride difference??
Hey Dean. First let me say thanks for the feedback and I'm glad the videos are helpful! As far as the shackle angle with the new lift, I think the new lift rides better than my Jeep did before. Maybe due to the old worn out springs or wrong sized shackles I had on there (2.5 inches on the front compressed down with a bolt to 2 inches) but it rides great keeping in mind it is a lifted 83 Jeep. Thanks again for the question and feedback. JD
@@JDOffline ok, thanks! Mine is a 258, running T5 trans, soon to install 2.5” skyjacker lift. Probably will run 32x11.50 tires because I am keeping the factory chrome wagon wheels. Thinking of re-gearing with 4:10. I re-geared a 2004 TJ to 4:56 with 33’s. Single best thing I did because it had no problems pulling a fairly large trailer after that!
Don’t swap in a 350, the straight 6 doesn’t have a lot of HP but it’s really heavy witch makes the vehicle front heavy witch makes it really good at climbing. I’m no expert but if you ask any old Jeep/Land Rover/FJ nut they’ll tell you the same thing.
JD Offline. after a bit of research I’ve found the same thing, I must have gotten the straight six weight confused with a different engine. My bad sorry for the miss information and thanks for letting me know.
Hey Leslie, well it was a combination of 2.5 springs and shackles. It was supposed to be a 4 inch lift but I gained a lot of height with the BDS lift I put in so if it was a 4 inch lift it was worn out. I have some other videos on my Jeep playlist that cover this in a lot of detail. Thank you for the comment. JD
Hey Michael, thanks for the sub!! The short answer is yes, all of the above had to be upgraded. The short list is new transmission (ax15) as the T4 cannot handle V8 power, rebuild T case (the Dana 300 is pretty stout), new gears mainly to compensate for the larger tires and upgraded one piece axle shafts in the rear axle. Thanks for the comment and welcome to the channel. Feel free to reach out anytime, I try to respond to all comments. JD
th-cam.com/video/10tl7V1j8Ls/w-d-xo.html Check out this link on how I modified and repaired mine. I've had no issues with the 35 on there as the CJ tire mount mounts on the body with some pretty heavy hardware. I did move mine up to clear the bumper and had I not done that it may have hit the bumper. But I think the stock carrier is fine for 35's as long as it clears your bumper. JD
Jacob Lynch yes the axles are stock but the rear axle has been upgraded with solid axle shafts. My Jeep isn’t swervy at all w the front end upgrades and psc power steering gear box and pump. Drives real smooth. Thanks for the comment!
@@AX01Adventures I will have to look at that. I haven't taken the tailgate off since I had the Jeep painted so I'm guessing my painter put them on like that. Thanks for catching that!
@@JDOffline yes sir, it is easy to do, and folks that don’t do a lot of CJ-7’s will never really know the difference. Open the tailgate and you will see it is sitting higher. And it’s not like it really hurts anything, unless you use the back like a pickup truck, but that’s kinda hard to do with the spare tire back there...by the way, Nice CJ-7!
@@AX01Adventures Yes simple to change over and thanks for the compliment. I honestly wouldn't have known which way the hinges go but I had an easy out and could blame it on my painter! Haha...thanks again.
Remarkably incompetent video. Scarcely saw the jeep or tire set-up. Just a dude talking to the camera...with glances to a jeep on rare occasion. I'm always amazed by this type of narcissism.
There's over 70+ videos on my TH-cam channel that detail every aspect of my Jeep build. The videos are numbered to intentionally indicate this is a series....check them out, you will see the Jeep plenty and a lot of detail. Oh and a dude talking to the camera as well. Thanks for the comment and for checking out the video. JD
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JD, just finished the BDS suspension install on my '86. Stayed with the 33" for now but I wrestle with the 33 vs 35 every day. Thanks for the tips on the BDS system as well as the PSC upgrade (which was part of this project) including new steering shaft. I went with the 1/2" BDS shackles and now have an even 28" front and back on 33's. Went old school with white spoke rims like those that came from the factory. Line-X in the tub looks amazing. Wouldn't have even thought of that instead of carpet but am so happy with that switch. Your videos and "watch out" advice has been incredible. Thanks again.
Tim your Jeep sounds awesome and thank you for the feedback. I have zero regrets with my PSC set up or the BDS springs. I love the look of the 35's on the Jeep but that's a decision you will make in time! Thank you for watching and for the comment/feedback. Email me a pic of your Jeep at JD_Offline@yahoo.com. Would love to see it. JD
I just finished my restoration on my 73' cj5. I went with a 4in super lift and have 35in tires also. I left my stock 3:73 gears in but ended up throwing a bigger carburetor on my 258 and it honestly has more power than it did before. I would wait and save the money to build it correctly the first time. Not sure how much power you would want, but my buddy had a build 350 pushing about 430hp. It was absolutely crazy for a 74' cj5 and would lift a front tire of the ground when he punched it.
That’s crazy!! I’m not looking for extreme power just more get up and go than I can get out of the stock motor. I’ve got my eye on a 330 horsepower Chevrolet crate motor. Thanks for the comment and good luck with your Jeep.
Nice, my 76 CJ is in the shop getting painted.
Awesome, let us know how it turns out!! JD
Nice work JD, on the 350 motor just remember torque is king, don’t worry about HP.
Thanks Mike! Should I paint my new motor red as well? Just kidding. Still thinking about a new motor. Thanks for the comment Sir.
Great vid, good editing. Jeep looks great, it's been a long build but it's definitely done right. This is not your average clapped out, rigged up CJ. I have seen it in person and let me tell you as good as the vids are they don't do it justice. It's a beautiful Jeep. I vote you leave the 258 in it and enjoy it for a season or two. Recharge the build fund and go fuel injected small block after you enjoyed driving it with the suspension and cosmetic restoration you already finished.
Thanks Matt!
I have been watching your videos since day one. I have a huge love for CJ’s and I personally believe you have done a fantastic job! You get a huge thumbs up from Manchaca Tx! Keep up the good work sir.
Chad, thank you very much for that Sir. I've done a lot with this Jeep in the 2 years I've owned it and have learned a lot. I really hope to swap the motor to a 350 one day soon! Thanks for following along and really appreciate the comment.
Man that looks great! You did a terrific job. I guess they're right when they say " CJ Built Not Bought "!
Yes sir!! You definitely build these things!! Thanks Jim.
Badass Jeep. Love the dog, too.
Thank you Nate!
About to buy a cheap myself. Great videos. Straight to the point and informative👌🏾👌🏾
Thank you Sir!! Glad you enjoyed the videos.
Hey JD, Great video! This helps me a lot. I also have an 83 cj7. Currently I'm running 31s with about a 15 year old black diamond 2.5 lift (i would imagine its settled a good amount.) And .410 gears (dana 30 front amc 20 rear🤢) I like the new lift with 35s and would like to run a similar setup. Are you running the same axles or did you upgrade yours? Also have you noticed any clearance issues since you've posted this? Thanks again your jeep looks great!
Hey Tim. No clearance issues and the only axle upgrade I did was to convert the rear axle from a two piece axle to one piece axle shafts. This was done more in anticipation of the 350 conversion than anything else. I will tell you the BDS lift gave me a lot of clearance to clear the 35's. Like you, I had an old worn out suspension lift and I was amazed at how much the new lift gave me in terms of height and clearance. I have another video on my channel you should check out.
th-cam.com/video/wEkVrLPShCc/w-d-xo.html.
I go through the lift height gains on this vid. Thanks Tim for the feedback and comment.
Love ALL your video's, really helpful to me and my Jeep restoration. I have a question for you, if its been asked before sorry. I am currently looking at shackle angle on my Jeep. I installed a 4 inch lift as well. My Shackles now have the same angle as yours (with your lift) however initally you had a 45 degree angle ( roughly) Do you feel a ride difference??
Hey Dean. First let me say thanks for the feedback and I'm glad the videos are helpful! As far as the shackle angle with the new lift, I think the new lift rides better than my Jeep did before. Maybe due to the old worn out springs or wrong sized shackles I had on there (2.5 inches on the front compressed down with a bolt to 2 inches) but it rides great keeping in mind it is a lifted 83 Jeep. Thanks again for the question and feedback. JD
Looks great! What transmission are you running with the 258?
This was the factory T4 but keep watching the jeep build. I swap a 350 and an ax-15 transmission in future videos. JD
@@JDOffline ok, thanks! Mine is a 258, running T5 trans, soon to install 2.5” skyjacker lift. Probably will run 32x11.50 tires because I am keeping the factory chrome wagon wheels. Thinking of re-gearing with 4:10. I re-geared a 2004 TJ to 4:56 with 33’s. Single best thing I did because it had no problems pulling a fairly large trailer after that!
JD , How about an update on your Jeep ? Like to hear what you are doing .
More Jeep videos coming soon. I've got to change out some pinion seals and do some painting underneath. Never done.....JD
Don’t swap in a 350, the straight 6 doesn’t have a lot of HP but it’s really heavy witch makes the vehicle front heavy witch makes it really good at climbing. I’m no expert but if you ask any old Jeep/Land Rover/FJ nut they’ll tell you the same thing.
Hey Elliot. My understanding is the weight of the 350 is very close to the straight 6. Thanks for the comment.
JD Offline. after a bit of research I’ve found the same thing, I must have gotten the straight six weight confused with a different engine. My bad sorry for the miss information and thanks for letting me know.
Thanks Elliot. I appreciated the comment, it made me double check the weights so good call out.
I have a CJ5 had a 304 / 3 speed went with 350 / 350 atlas 3:1 4.56 on 33" still waiting to get on the road but it is close.
That's awesome Gary! Thanks for the comment.
Do the 5.3 swap. I’m doing that right now on my 81 scrambler. Better mpg that’s for sure.
Hey Joe! Too late I already did the 350 swap!! JD
@@JDOffline hell yeah.
@@joecruz4846 Haha check out all the vids on the swap on my channel. Jealous of your scrambler!!! JD.
@@JDOffline I’m gonna watch it right now.
What was the lift before you did the 4"? Hoping to buy a 76 this week and will probably tackle the lift first
Hey Leslie, well it was a combination of 2.5 springs and shackles. It was supposed to be a 4 inch lift but I gained a lot of height with the BDS lift I put in so if it was a 4 inch lift it was worn out. I have some other videos on my Jeep playlist that cover this in a lot of detail. Thank you for the comment. JD
With the 350. would have have to upgrade anything in the power train? Trani, t-case diff's? Thanks for the video. Newly subscribed.
Hey Michael, thanks for the sub!! The short answer is yes, all of the above had to be upgraded. The short list is new transmission (ax15) as the T4 cannot handle V8 power, rebuild T case (the Dana 300 is pretty stout), new gears mainly to compensate for the larger tires and upgraded one piece axle shafts in the rear axle. Thanks for the comment and welcome to the channel. Feel free to reach out anytime, I try to respond to all comments. JD
@@JDOffline Thanks for the response. Your the best.
@@michaelwier1222 Thank you!!
Did you have to use wheel spacers?
No wheel spacers. JD
Will the factory tire Carrie mount the 35" if just riding around town?
th-cam.com/video/10tl7V1j8Ls/w-d-xo.html Check out this link on how I modified and repaired mine. I've had no issues with the 35 on there as the CJ tire mount mounts on the body with some pretty heavy hardware. I did move mine up to clear the bumper and had I not done that it may have hit the bumper. But I think the stock carrier is fine for 35's as long as it clears your bumper. JD
stock axles?
i love older jeeps better with the flat or no dash the only thing is it is swervy stock but my cj5 has the 304 and manual 3 speed
Jacob Lynch yes the axles are stock but the rear axle has been upgraded with solid axle shafts. My Jeep isn’t swervy at all w the front end upgrades and psc power steering gear box and pump. Drives real smooth. Thanks for the comment!
Great looking jeep. I know the post is pretty old but hoping you can tell me what the offset you chose for your wheels.
Jason Robinson Thanks Jason. If I remember correctly the back spacing is 4.5 inches. The wheels overall are 10 inches wide.
@@JDOffline Are the tires 35 12.50 R15s?
Jason Robinson yes in this video 35x12.50s.
@@JDOffline Thanks JD! Just ordered up my 35s today with your info for my 85 CJ.
@@jasonrobinson9717 That's great!! Thanks and glad I could help. You will like the 35's!!
Have you ever noticed your tailgate sits higher than the tub floor when the tailgate is down?
I have never noticed that on my tailgate, is yours doing that?
The reason I ask is your hinges are on upside down, and that will cause the tailgate to sit higher.@@JDOffline
@@AX01Adventures I will have to look at that. I haven't taken the tailgate off since I had the Jeep painted so I'm guessing my painter put them on like that. Thanks for catching that!
@@JDOffline yes sir, it is easy to do, and folks that don’t do a lot of CJ-7’s will never really know the difference. Open the tailgate and you will see it is sitting higher. And it’s not like it really hurts anything, unless you use the back like a pickup truck, but that’s kinda hard to do with the spare tire back there...by the way, Nice CJ-7!
@@AX01Adventures Yes simple to change over and thanks for the compliment. I honestly wouldn't have known which way the hinges go but I had an easy out and could blame it on my painter! Haha...thanks again.
What kind of roll cage are you running?
Steven this is the rock hard 4x4 sport cage. I had it line x'd and it went together really well.
Did you need to re-gear
Hey Steve, yes I had already regeared to 4.10's front and rear. Thanks for the question. JD
Did you paint DC2's or are those the Black Series DC's?
I didn’t paint them. They are 15x10 wheels.
How much lift do you have
4 inch BDS Lift. Check out my other Jeep videos for full details on the lift.
NOOOOOO...........Dint do the swap? The 258 has tons of cool factor.....350....not so much.... way too common...
Too late Theron! Swap has been completed and I love it. Thanks for the call out though and for the comment. JD
Hit me up if you pull the six out , I'll take it off your hands.
Hey David! Already sold. Thanks for asking though.
@@JDOffline
That was quick, thanks.
Remarkably incompetent video. Scarcely saw the jeep or tire set-up. Just a dude talking to the camera...with glances to a jeep on rare occasion. I'm always amazed by this type of narcissism.
There's over 70+ videos on my TH-cam channel that detail every aspect of my Jeep build. The videos are numbered to intentionally indicate this is a series....check them out, you will see the Jeep plenty and a lot of detail. Oh and a dude talking to the camera as well. Thanks for the comment and for checking out the video. JD