jay79cj7,
I don't have any lift on my jeep. I do rub the fender flares in flex situations. In fact the fender flares have been "naturally trimmed" by the tires. I did not put these tires on the Jeep. They were on it when I bought it. Without a lift the largest that I would have put on it would have been 31s. I wanted to lift the Jeep up about 3" to get better clearance, but that has not happened yet. Between replacing the junk Carter that was on it, to exploding the rear differential, to having to replace the stripped axles with one-piece axles, to having to put a 3 core radiator to keep it cool with the AC on, to replacing the battery & alternator......I have not had enough money for a lift. My current plans are to buy a Rubicon in ten months when my wife gets out of nursing school so I cannot justify lifting it at this time.
Junkpile.
As stated above, there are times that I do not clear the 32s and yes those are factory springs. I like the Holley 350. I used to have a drag car when I was younger and had experience working on Holley carbs so I decided to go with that. They are so easy to tune. I have an air/fuel meter installed and I used that to set the jets. I kept putting different jets in until I got what I wanted. I have also changed out the power valve because the one that came in it would open up when cruising at highway speeds. With the old Carter carb I got around 11 or 12 mpg in the city. Now I average between 13.7 and 14.4 mpg. in the city. There is no comparison to how it idles either. It's like a whole new motor.
