I have the same mine came with 4 spd and was change to 5 spd, I can goi in 4th great if I go to 5th it feels like someone just thru an anchor and starts to slow down
I think figuring out what you want to do with your Jeep is really the most important thing you can do prior to your build so kudos for thinking about this before you start. If you are doing mostly street driving that T-5 will handle the 350 without any issues. I have a 343 with 400hp 4:56 gears and 35'' tires and have not had a problem out of my T-5 trans and I romp on it every chance I get. It really depends on how much you want to spend. As far as gears go, lots of good advice here it really comes down to do you want speed and gas mileage or lots of torque and fun. If you are building a CJ7 you can make just about any engine trans combo work, if you have a CJ5 the rear driveline kind of limits your trans choice. Good luck with your build.
Well people don’t build jeeps with gas mileage in their heads, I just want a good daily driver or weekend beach vehicle and if a trails comes then some trails riding will be good, I want some umpfff when Im on the highway. If i could use the 350 that will be a bonus, now saying that where can i get a bell housing or adapter for the 350/t5 combo, would it be better to run with the 2.73 or use the 3.07. someone posted i could change the 1 piece axles from the 2.73 to the 3.07 but the 2.73 is a wide axle and the 3.07 is short axle.
I said that. But it was my understanding that they were both wide track. If one is narrow and the other wide then it's a no go. I just ordered a new set of Yukon one piece shafts for my 20 (344+tax from Amazon). I can't speak to the t5 holding up to a V8 but advanced adapters is the place to go for adapters and know how. If they don't make an adapter then it's probably not a good idea.
Do a google search there are a few places that sell them. Just a thought you may want to sell your 350 and source a 360 AMC motor they make about the same power. You can get good HP out of a 304, but you need to change aftermarket heads, 300 HP is not hard to achieve with either of those engines, and if you can find a 401 you can make big horsepower, but those are hard to find and my 343 is even harder to find. but all these blocks are the same, they use the same distributors and accessory drives and the heads are interchangeable too. It is just a lot easier to fit an AMC engine in. I assume one of your jeeps has the straight 6? don't dismiss it with an aftermarket head, cam, and intake you can get good power and a ton of torque from them. I believe it would suit what you want to do with it. You said you want to go to the beach well if you are driving on sand, you need lower gears, sand sucks up horsepower like nothing else. so look at the chart one of the other members gave you in the post. I think a 3:73 would work well with a 33'' tire. I run 4:56's with 35' and mine screams at 70MPH, if I put scout axles I'm going to go to a 4:11 for better street ability. I would use the wide axles and change the gears if you want. You can use what you have and change them after good thing about jeeps is you have good access to them. My CJ5 is quite the adventure at 70 MPH, wider is safer at highway speeds. Just remember more HP higher gear, low HP power low gears. Everything is a trade-off. I'm sorry I can't give a straight answer, best advice is to do your homework look at cost versus reward, and how much work you can/ are willing to do.
Which one is it, i think i have the regular t5
