Yes, many engines manufactured fifty years ago were of a flat tappet cam pushrod design. We joke that the AMC 258 was a tractor engine but the closest it really got was being used in a few International Harvester pickups and the Scout

 

So.....
No Ford 8.8's?
No Dana 44's...other than Jeep 44's?
No 14blt?
No Dana 60's?


Using that line of thinking....we should all keep our XJ's bone stock.

Seriously?

A custom ride/rig is what the owner wants it to be...not what anyone else thinks it should be.

 

x2

 

I'm not allowed to have an opinion ? Are you serious ? Wow !!! And you are a vendor ? My God take a chill pill !

 

You may have an opinion. Calling everyone else's proven combo's of non-Jeep parts junk.

Build yours with Jeep only parts and see how long it works. Or leave it alone with 215's.

 

Sure you are, it just doesn't make a lot of sense.

I'm quite chill...but thanks for your concern.

What does my being a vendor have to do with anything?

 

It's the God-like status it brings. I would bow, but I don't feel like it.

 

I have ! Works Fine ! Thank you Very much. I said the 2.8 was junk . Compare it to the 4.0 ?

 

Why, yes....yes he is....it's his first name, LOL

 

Easy to do. I had a 2.8 carbed and lifted S-10 4x4 that was wheeled almost daily. It would climb most anything and go thru it.

How many cracked heads have you changed on your 4.0?

 

How many blown intake gaskets ??? That engine wasn't used Very long for a reason . I wonder why .

 

God-Like?

I've been a member her a lot longer than I've been a vendor.
I'm also a guy that drives a modified (Re: Customized) XJ with....GASP!...A Chevy motor in it.

This forum is full of folks that build their rigs in a variety of ways using parts from many other vehicle manufacturers. Yep....they use non-Jeep parts. Heathens...every smelly one of 'em!

 

Not one. Try again.

Me too.

 

Being a vendor has a lot to do with it .

 

No cracked heads !! Try again !!!