lil harder on the east coast where you have slick wet mosey rocks. kinda need to lay into the throttle. beer stays at home or the camp grounds

 

as have i. i was born into this great sport

 

Never seen a 27 spline 44 and waggys never had 10 spline only old CJs till 49. They went to 19 spline till 70 after 70 44s had 30 spline. The new JKs have 33 spline and a weird ring and pinion but that's another story.

 

Hey if you have the time and money ,do it . Buy don't expect to be done in a weeks time. I already have about 120 hours in mine and I'm not done yet.
If set up right you can have a reliable and powerful motor that can still get good gas mileage .
There is a 600 HP small block in a mustang that gets around 30 mpg. You must size the turbo for both engine size and the rpm range where you want the play . A small turbo will benefit you on the low end . the turbo will spool faster but play out sooner . A small turbo can actually choke down your motor at high rpm . But it can get tremendous low end torque .
A large turbo will take longer to spool but benefit you at high rpm .
You also must choose the correct cam ( made for boost ) for the rpm range you want power in. There are a lot of other things to consider. You should be carefully as to who you listen to on this subject. I have found that people either love them or despise them .
As far as gas mileage goes , think about it in terms of how much torque it takes to go your average speed. Let's say for example that it takes 100 lbs/ft to carry your rig down the road at 70 mph. Let's say that your engine doesn't hit 100 ft/lbs until 2200rpm . If geared correctly , at 2200 rpm you will be doing 70 mph. A idling motor will get better mpg than when spinning at 2200 rpm. So if you build low end torque and then gear the rear end right then you can change your mpg. This is certainly a simplified example . But with this philosophy you can maximize power and mpg.
I will try to post pics.

 

I have. I was working in a 4WD shop at the time. There were lots of them