Mike 54 cj3b

[woodville5]

I live in rural Illinois. And have a 1954 cj3b that i use around the farm and the occasional trip to town. Its in fair shape, I am thinking about repowering it maybe with a v6 but have yet to decide I may just rebuild the original motor. Anyway thats my story.

[LarrBeard]

[QUOTE= I have a 1954 cj3b that i use around the farm and the occasional trip to town. Its in fair shape, I am thinking about repowering it maybe with a v6 but have yet to decide I may just rebuild the original motor. Anyway thats my story.[/QUOTE]

The original F-134 has the low end torque to pull things around the farm, but, it is a little (!) pokey if you are in a hurry around town. Many folks have made the V6 swap, but you still have a set of differential and transfer case gear ratios that give you a high RPM 45-mph cruise.

The V6 will be a 12-volt starter -which makes an electrical system swap if the F-134 is still a 6-volt system.

There isn't a "correct" answer.

[woodville5]

The electrical system has been upgraded to 12 volt so that wouldn't be a problem. I was also thinking about a overdrive but I'm not sure what do you think.

[LarrBeard]

I'm not a CJ/M38 Jeep person (my truck is a '48 2WD), so I don't have a lot of experience with the little Jeeps. KWAS offers an overdrive for about $1K, but I've see no one comment about how it works or how it installs.

Can't help much with that question.

Let us know what you decide to do.

[woodville5]

Will do Thanks

[Luis G Morales]

Hi! The idea about a v6 is good, i recommend a 4L 151 from chevy. it’s cheaper, use less gas and runs happily at high rpm´s, have enough power, it is lighter and it’s easy to adapt.
With the 5.38 can run 33 or 35´s whit no problem,

Let us know what you decide to do and send us photos.
have a nice day

[woodville5]

Thanks Luis I will look into that