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Kind of a broad not 100% accurate comment there, you want your cruise RPMs as low as possible while still in the upper end of the torque curve (read, minimum throttle input while maintaining maximum rotational force). The actual RPM will be all over the map and is 100% engine dependent.

I agree, a camp fire is not something I do anymore, especially not in remote areas.

The Eaton Govlok in the 8.5" AAMs is an alright locking differential, the key is to be smooth on and off of the throttle, and keep tire size reasonable. I have seriously hammered on that combo and never had any issues. Usually once you get up around 35s or are just too choppy and enthusiastic...

Well there ya go, thanks for learnen me Jim!

That's right the car sixes did go up to 240, still a totally different engine from the truck 240 and 300. I will admit I had no idea that the "big block" sixes were ever run in any car body.

AK Miller worked with the 200-6 wich was the base engine in the mustang, completely different from the 300 and 240 wich is at its core an industrial engine.

Yeah starting in 89 (?) the 300 was fuel injected. I think they also got a slightly better flowing cylinder head with the fuel injection. As far as carb size goes, theres only so much that tuning can do. You can run as much carb as you want, but if the carb isnt sized to the engine it will never...

Edelbrocks are good to go. I always forget about them being raised by an old school hot rodder and being into small displacement import engines...

I bet if you read past the construction ply count you would see a ply rating, which for those will probably be 8 or 10. The ply rating is largely nonsense anymore, its an equivalent rating based off of when tires were bias ply and their strength was a direct result of number of nylon plys. The...

Yeah what @M Rose and @astroflashjones said.

I would agree for most instances. But if you dont have the right training or equipment you can do lots more damage. Sometimes speed isnt the primary concern, but doing something right to prevent further injury.

I know companies like Life Flight and Air St. Lukes offer memberships that cover you in the event you need medivaced. Im not sure how that would cover wilderness stabilization and such, because typically the helicopter is called in after someone is stabilized...

It will be interesting to see how this pans out. Its certainly doesnt seem like anything the off road crowd would be interested in. Im just wondering how the Jeep name plate will fair in the land of "status SUVs", most people willing to spend 100K on a car arent doing it so much for practical...

I had decent luck with a 500 Holley on my 300, but it had intake, headers, was bored out, had the BBC rocker mod and it was still a bit much. I really wanted to go to a Webber 38DGES. I also ran a Webber 32/36DGEV on my stock 74 300 and it wasn't quite enough. So I always figured around 400cfm...

I completely forgot about the Motorcraft carbs. A 2100 2bbl would be the perfect carb for a 300. AMC Jeep V8s ran them as did obviously tons of Fords.

What are the numbers on the Q-Jet? A vast majority of those guys are 750, so a 600 would be a bit better. The benefit of a Holley is they are nearly infinitely tunable. But Caddy, Buick, and Pontiac big blocks got 800s.

Not always the case, I have a set of E rated 8 ply tires.

Yeah for sure man. I would highly recommend getting a manual for the Q-Jets, this is the book I used . Also before you start rebuilding it make sure you have some fuel safe epoxy on hand. Theres a few spots that were sealed from the factory and after 30-40 years the epoxy starts breaking down...

So that carb looks like a Quadra Jet, they are great carbs but take a lot of experience to rebuild and tune. Most people throw them away because they dont understand them and dont want to devote the time to learning. Now on the down side, even if that carb came off of a small block its going to...

I would also look at the track bar ends. When those joints go they allow the front axle to drift slightly under the front end of the Jeep, this effects literally every single steering and suspension angle and will magnify any correction turning it into an over correction.