Hey guys, well CJ fever has gotten to me again, and so I drug home a 86 CJ7 a few days ago. It has no motor or tranny so first things first is to find something to put in it. I had a cj before that I put a 5.0 sbf mustang motor in, but I really want to do something different. Don't get me wrong the 5.0 was more than enough power for the little cj. Now what I want to do is put in a 4.6 or 5.4. Preferably the 5.4 simply for the wow factor. Anyway, I don't know much about the modular motors, so I came here to get some help. I don't want to put in any kind of specialty mod motor in it. I would rather run a mainstream mod motor. Like one out of a f150, expedition, mustang etc. However, I don't know what years to stay away from and what ones would be a good choice. I seam to be gravitated toward the 5.4 with the 4r70. I know i will probably have to stick with the automatic because of the lack of availability to adapt to 4x4 manual trannies. So, what is your opinion on the motor and tranny I should be looking for. Also I need to figure out how I will get the stock EFI stuff to work so any help there would be appreciated as well. If any of you know of anybody who has done this, I would love to talk to him. Anything will help at this point

Thanks guys. I will also post this in the engine swap forum.