Vehicle Owner

Member ID: TSB8C

Location: Cut-n-Shoot, TX

Vehicle Info

1977 Jeep CJ5

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP300
  • Weight2500lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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Performance Parts

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    • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Aug 29, 2009

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Scott’s Jeep CJ5

  • Currently 3.1333333333333 /5 Stars.
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TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5Here is my pet project for the past 3 years or so. It is a 1977 CJ5 with a 304 V8 and a T150 trans mated to a Dana20 x-fer case.
TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5
I rebuilt the engine using an Edelbrock cam and lifter set and their RPM Performer intake. TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5

TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5

It has Hedman headers out the fender wells and Purple Hornies header mufflers just under the side nerf bars.TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5

TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5

TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5

TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5

TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5

TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5


The biggest change to the engine was the conversion to TBI fuel injection. Rather than placing a carb atop the Edelbrock intake, I have an aluminum adaptor and a Rochester 750 CFM throttle body. A standard GM ECM module is mounted inside the vehicle and uses the standard GM MAP and O2 sensors (plus a few others) to control fuel and air into the engine. You can also see in the pics an HEI distributor with Accel super coil producing 45KV of spark. How many 30 year old Jeeps can display that "Fuel Injection" logo on both sides of the hood? TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5 
I wired in a dual battery setup with a regular battery to handle the normal starting, lights, etc; plus a deep cycle marine battery to handle the winch, fog lights, security system, inverter and stereo. Both batteries are charged from a GM alternator through a battery isolator.TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5

TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5


I also upgraded the interior with Herculiner spray-in bed liner throughout, new high back black denim seats in front and a tilt seat in back, a locking center console and matching visors. 3-point front harnesses and new belts in back completed the inside.

TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5


It didn't always like this. Here is how it looked when I first brought it home in Sep 2005.
TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5 It had a new Bestop Supertop and soft doors. It had manual steering and brakes, 33" tires that were shot, and way too much play in the steering to be safe to drive. It had a 3" body lift. TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5 The body was pretty solid, with only a few small areas of surface rust and two small places that were rusted through. The windshield frame was completely rusted out though. TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5
I welded new custom bumpers on the front and rear and added a home made swing-out tire and Hi-Lift jack carrier on the back and a winch and tow bar on the front.

TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5


I completely stripped it all down and prepped it for a new custom paint job. TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5

TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5

TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5The flame job was done by painting most of the body a metallic cobalt blue, all except the very front of the hood and fenders and the grill.

TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5

The front was then painted with sunburst yellow. TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5

TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5

After putting the hood back on and re-assembling the fenders and grill, the entire front end was masked off with painters tape. TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5
I then used a marker to outline the flame pattern and used an exacto knife to cut out the tape along the outline. TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5 I painted the entire portion of the flames yellow and I then added some orange and red while the yellow was still wet so the colors could blend together to provide a smooth transition in the flames. TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5

TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5

Of course it also has new fender flares and stainless hood hardware, door and windshield hinges, and side diamond plate panels and door thresholds.
I've also added power breaks and power steering and built a controller for intermittent wipers using a control switch from an '86 Ford bronco.TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5

I needed to improve the stereo speaker setup. Mounting speakers in an older Jeep can be a challenge. You have the two small stock openings in the dash only. Some people mount rear speakers on top of the wheel wells, but that is valuable space I wanted to keep. Others use after-market enclosures that mount on the tranny hump up front on the floor. I wanted some larger speakers in the rear, so I used some overhead units from Vertically Driven. These have 2 speakers each (4 in all) and include dome lights. The problem is they are designed to mount to roll bars with straight horizontal attachments. My Jeep only had the two angled rearward bars going down from the main center roll bar. I also wanted to add overhead grab handles. So I cut and welded in two straight horizontal bars going from the main roll bar down the center to the windshield. They have a plate welded at the front that then bolts to the windshield frame. This stabilizes the windshield better when driving, gave me a place to mount the grab strap handles, and now the overhead speaker pods are secured up and out of the way. In addition this allowed me to change the rear view mirror for one that has map lights in it and I ran the wiring for the speakers and power for the dome and map lights inside the bars from the floor on the passenger side up the main roll bar and through the new bars all the way to the mirror with the map lights. So no visible wires for all of this.

TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5

 

Finally got those new wheels I was waiting for. These are way cool. They are from Vision Wheels and are the "375 Warrior" wheels. I got all 5 so the spare is the same and can be included in the tire rotation as well. Check these out.

TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5 TSB8C's 1977 Jeep CJ5

 

 

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DOUGSCJ5  

Posted by: DOUGSCJ5

08/29/2009 07:38AM

once again thats a great looking Jeep do you have any problems with those headers hitting things 5 star ride all the way

donnyh18  

Posted by: donnyh18

08/29/2009 07:00AM

cool Jeep, looks good. check out my car and let me know what you think.

DOUGSCJ5  

Posted by: DOUGSCJ5

04/01/2009 02:22PM

Nice ride I recently got myself one plan on spending many nights makeing it into something as nice as yours

corndogmt  

Posted by: corndogmt

03/24/2009 06:36AM

I have a dumb question as a jeep owner. Now you've obviously put that motor in there and it's very nice. I know with Jeeps though a bigger motor is not always better because they get squirrely. How does yours do? I know it's not a muslce car or anything but have you experienced any problems with too much power? Let me know

wheelincj7  

Posted by: wheelincj7

01/03/2008 06:36PM

Wow! That is one great looking ride; I think you have done a great job working on it. I started working on my jeep several years ago and it has since turned out to look pretty nice also, what���s going to be your next modification? Keep me posted! P.S. Please take two seconds and check out my jeep and give me a rating!!! OIIO

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: TSB8C

Location: Cut-n-Shoot, TX