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Re: 304, 360, or 401
Bacon brings up a good point. With a 304, you might get by with the stock drive train parts. The more power you get, the more you're looking at upgrading or replacing in order to keep the tranny from dying, U-joints from breaking, etc.
I have a 350 in a CJ-5. That makes plenty of power for my purposes. I don't know the HP--it's pretty old, but has some upgrades. I run a T-18, so I don't have worries about my tranny giving out, but I've broken one U-joint on my Dana 30 front axle. I've also stripped the splines on one D44 shaft. I'm pretty judicious in my use of power, however, and I run mud terrain tires but not ones with super aggressive lugs. I have a feeling that if I ran stickier tires, I'd do more damage and would have to upgrade more drivetrain parts.
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