Quote Originally Posted by Hammer
You can put a Ford, or Jeep, T18 in the stock location, but the frame perches for the motor mounts must be moved back some. Basically I moved it back so that the rear frame perch mounting holes in the frame are now going through the front mounting holes on the new FSJ frame perches. So I ended up moving the perches back about 4" or so in total.
This puts the engine relatively close to the firewall, but it looks like about the same distance that the V8 in my cherokee has.
Also, if you bolt in the ford or jeep T18, it lines up the shifter, and everything else, perfectly.
Which bellhousing did you use? The T176 or the T18 with the spacer and long shaft? Any chance you have a pic of your engine compartment?


I ran across another tidbit of info on the T98 thing. The Jeep bellhousing may not bolt to the tranny as the pattern may be different. The guy who is considering it might want to test fit the Jeep bellhousing on his T98 before he goes too far.

Thanks for the info.