1990 wrangler V8 swap question
04-10-2006, 10:27 AM
#11
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Posts: n/a
Re: 1990 wrangler V8 swap question
It hasn't been done much, but it has been done.
It requires a higher than average level of mechanical, welding, and
fabrication skill.
The payoff is worth it, but you can get the same payoff, quicker, by putting
a Ford or Chevy motor in it.
An injected 4.0 from a newer Jeep would be the best all around swap for ya,
and you'd be staying within the Jeep family.
I'm a purist, I believe Jeeps should have Jeep motors, Fords with Fords,
Chevy's with Chevy's, etc.
Spdloader
<OctaviousMonk@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:1144645288.055496.281480@z34g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
>I have a 90 Sahara witha 4.2L engine that has just died on me. I am
> planning on doing a motor swap soon and I was looking for a 4.0L. Today
> however I got the option of picking up a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo with
> the V8 and only 75k that was hit in the rear for only $500. I have done
> a ton of research and have all the info I need for the 4.0L swap, but I
> haven't been able to find much on this type of swap. Is it any more
> dificult then the 4.0 swap, what type of money am I loking at, or is it
> even worth it to do in the first place?
> Any info, sugestions, opinions or even a finger pointed in the right
> direction would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Randy
>
It requires a higher than average level of mechanical, welding, and
fabrication skill.
The payoff is worth it, but you can get the same payoff, quicker, by putting
a Ford or Chevy motor in it.
An injected 4.0 from a newer Jeep would be the best all around swap for ya,
and you'd be staying within the Jeep family.
I'm a purist, I believe Jeeps should have Jeep motors, Fords with Fords,
Chevy's with Chevy's, etc.
Spdloader
<OctaviousMonk@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:1144645288.055496.281480@z34g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
>I have a 90 Sahara witha 4.2L engine that has just died on me. I am
> planning on doing a motor swap soon and I was looking for a 4.0L. Today
> however I got the option of picking up a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo with
> the V8 and only 75k that was hit in the rear for only $500. I have done
> a ton of research and have all the info I need for the 4.0L swap, but I
> haven't been able to find much on this type of swap. Is it any more
> dificult then the 4.0 swap, what type of money am I loking at, or is it
> even worth it to do in the first place?
> Any info, sugestions, opinions or even a finger pointed in the right
> direction would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Randy
>
04-10-2006, 10:27 AM
#12
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: 1990 wrangler V8 swap question
It hasn't been done much, but it has been done.
It requires a higher than average level of mechanical, welding, and
fabrication skill.
The payoff is worth it, but you can get the same payoff, quicker, by putting
a Ford or Chevy motor in it.
An injected 4.0 from a newer Jeep would be the best all around swap for ya,
and you'd be staying within the Jeep family.
I'm a purist, I believe Jeeps should have Jeep motors, Fords with Fords,
Chevy's with Chevy's, etc.
Spdloader
<OctaviousMonk@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:1144645288.055496.281480@z34g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
>I have a 90 Sahara witha 4.2L engine that has just died on me. I am
> planning on doing a motor swap soon and I was looking for a 4.0L. Today
> however I got the option of picking up a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo with
> the V8 and only 75k that was hit in the rear for only $500. I have done
> a ton of research and have all the info I need for the 4.0L swap, but I
> haven't been able to find much on this type of swap. Is it any more
> dificult then the 4.0 swap, what type of money am I loking at, or is it
> even worth it to do in the first place?
> Any info, sugestions, opinions or even a finger pointed in the right
> direction would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Randy
>
It requires a higher than average level of mechanical, welding, and
fabrication skill.
The payoff is worth it, but you can get the same payoff, quicker, by putting
a Ford or Chevy motor in it.
An injected 4.0 from a newer Jeep would be the best all around swap for ya,
and you'd be staying within the Jeep family.
I'm a purist, I believe Jeeps should have Jeep motors, Fords with Fords,
Chevy's with Chevy's, etc.
Spdloader
<OctaviousMonk@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:1144645288.055496.281480@z34g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
>I have a 90 Sahara witha 4.2L engine that has just died on me. I am
> planning on doing a motor swap soon and I was looking for a 4.0L. Today
> however I got the option of picking up a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo with
> the V8 and only 75k that was hit in the rear for only $500. I have done
> a ton of research and have all the info I need for the 4.0L swap, but I
> haven't been able to find much on this type of swap. Is it any more
> dificult then the 4.0 swap, what type of money am I loking at, or is it
> even worth it to do in the first place?
> Any info, sugestions, opinions or even a finger pointed in the right
> direction would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Randy
>
04-10-2006, 10:27 AM
#13
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: 1990 wrangler V8 swap question
It hasn't been done much, but it has been done.
It requires a higher than average level of mechanical, welding, and
fabrication skill.
The payoff is worth it, but you can get the same payoff, quicker, by putting
a Ford or Chevy motor in it.
An injected 4.0 from a newer Jeep would be the best all around swap for ya,
and you'd be staying within the Jeep family.
I'm a purist, I believe Jeeps should have Jeep motors, Fords with Fords,
Chevy's with Chevy's, etc.
Spdloader
<OctaviousMonk@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:1144645288.055496.281480@z34g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
>I have a 90 Sahara witha 4.2L engine that has just died on me. I am
> planning on doing a motor swap soon and I was looking for a 4.0L. Today
> however I got the option of picking up a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo with
> the V8 and only 75k that was hit in the rear for only $500. I have done
> a ton of research and have all the info I need for the 4.0L swap, but I
> haven't been able to find much on this type of swap. Is it any more
> dificult then the 4.0 swap, what type of money am I loking at, or is it
> even worth it to do in the first place?
> Any info, sugestions, opinions or even a finger pointed in the right
> direction would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Randy
>
It requires a higher than average level of mechanical, welding, and
fabrication skill.
The payoff is worth it, but you can get the same payoff, quicker, by putting
a Ford or Chevy motor in it.
An injected 4.0 from a newer Jeep would be the best all around swap for ya,
and you'd be staying within the Jeep family.
I'm a purist, I believe Jeeps should have Jeep motors, Fords with Fords,
Chevy's with Chevy's, etc.
Spdloader
<OctaviousMonk@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:1144645288.055496.281480@z34g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
>I have a 90 Sahara witha 4.2L engine that has just died on me. I am
> planning on doing a motor swap soon and I was looking for a 4.0L. Today
> however I got the option of picking up a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo with
> the V8 and only 75k that was hit in the rear for only $500. I have done
> a ton of research and have all the info I need for the 4.0L swap, but I
> haven't been able to find much on this type of swap. Is it any more
> dificult then the 4.0 swap, what type of money am I loking at, or is it
> even worth it to do in the first place?
> Any info, sugestions, opinions or even a finger pointed in the right
> direction would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Randy
>
04-10-2006, 11:18 AM
#14
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Re: 1990 wrangler V8 swap question
My approach is better than leading people on, and then having them abandon
the project half way through. The GC engine is not really a Jeep engine; it
is a Dodge truck engine. Of course, the 4.0 is not really a Jeep engine
either; it is a Nash Rambler engine. Even my 2.5 litre "Jeep" engine, is a
shortened version of the same Nash Rambler engine. I think that the last
real Jeep engine, was that horrid F-head thing. No, it was the overhead cam
"Tornado 6", that pissed oil all over the road, unless pampered shamelessly
from new.
If you really have to do this, at least get a spiffy looking Magnum decal or
emblem for it.
Earle
"Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
news:HTt_f.106451$no3.39924@tornado.southeast.rr.c om...
> I'd hate to read a post in which you WERE trying to discourage someone,
> Earl.
>
> lol
>
> Spdloader
>
>
> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:443a5dca$0$14906$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> > The 1995 V8 is a Dodge Truck Magnum V8, from a totally different line
from
> > the 4.2L and the 4.0L engines. In principle, you could take the engine,
> > transmission, and transfer case from the GC, and drop the whole mess
into
> > the Sahara. Hook up the drive shafts, exhaust pipes, electricals, etc.
> > and
> > you are done. However it is likely that no one, in the history of
Jeeps,
> > has done this before. Certainly no one has posted the results on any
> > bulletin board, news group, or magazine article that I have seen. The
> > difference, is like comparing the 4.0 to driving west from Washington DC
> > on
> > I-70, versus being Lewis and Clark in 1803 with the V8.
> >
> > I am not trying to discourage you. Rather, if you have your own machine
> > shop, and exhaust pipe bending equipment, and an acute eye for detail,
> > then
> > your success is all but assured. I thought of doing something similar
> > about
> > six years ago, but instead I elected to learn a foreign language from
> > scratch, become reasonably fluent in it, and survive for six months in a
> > non-English-speaking country, learn the customs, make friends, etc. It
> > turned out to be easier.
> >
> > I vote for the 4.0. If you decide to do the Magnum V8, by all means get
> > at
> > least a magazine article out of it.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > <OctaviousMonk@optonline.net> wrote in message
> > news:1144645288.055496.281480@z34g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
> >> I have a 90 Sahara witha 4.2L engine that has just died on me. I am
> >> planning on doing a motor swap soon and I was looking for a 4.0L. Today
> >> however I got the option of picking up a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo with
> >> the V8 and only 75k that was hit in the rear for only $500. I have done
> >> a ton of research and have all the info I need for the 4.0L swap, but I
> >> haven't been able to find much on this type of swap. Is it any more
> >> dificult then the 4.0 swap, what type of money am I loking at, or is it
> >> even worth it to do in the first place?
> >> Any info, sugestions, opinions or even a finger pointed in the right
> >> direction would be greatly appreciated.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Randy
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
the project half way through. The GC engine is not really a Jeep engine; it
is a Dodge truck engine. Of course, the 4.0 is not really a Jeep engine
either; it is a Nash Rambler engine. Even my 2.5 litre "Jeep" engine, is a
shortened version of the same Nash Rambler engine. I think that the last
real Jeep engine, was that horrid F-head thing. No, it was the overhead cam
"Tornado 6", that pissed oil all over the road, unless pampered shamelessly
from new.
If you really have to do this, at least get a spiffy looking Magnum decal or
emblem for it.
Earle
"Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
news:HTt_f.106451$no3.39924@tornado.southeast.rr.c om...
> I'd hate to read a post in which you WERE trying to discourage someone,
> Earl.
>
> lol
>
> Spdloader
>
>
> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:443a5dca$0$14906$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> > The 1995 V8 is a Dodge Truck Magnum V8, from a totally different line
from
> > the 4.2L and the 4.0L engines. In principle, you could take the engine,
> > transmission, and transfer case from the GC, and drop the whole mess
into
> > the Sahara. Hook up the drive shafts, exhaust pipes, electricals, etc.
> > and
> > you are done. However it is likely that no one, in the history of
Jeeps,
> > has done this before. Certainly no one has posted the results on any
> > bulletin board, news group, or magazine article that I have seen. The
> > difference, is like comparing the 4.0 to driving west from Washington DC
> > on
> > I-70, versus being Lewis and Clark in 1803 with the V8.
> >
> > I am not trying to discourage you. Rather, if you have your own machine
> > shop, and exhaust pipe bending equipment, and an acute eye for detail,
> > then
> > your success is all but assured. I thought of doing something similar
> > about
> > six years ago, but instead I elected to learn a foreign language from
> > scratch, become reasonably fluent in it, and survive for six months in a
> > non-English-speaking country, learn the customs, make friends, etc. It
> > turned out to be easier.
> >
> > I vote for the 4.0. If you decide to do the Magnum V8, by all means get
> > at
> > least a magazine article out of it.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > <OctaviousMonk@optonline.net> wrote in message
> > news:1144645288.055496.281480@z34g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
> >> I have a 90 Sahara witha 4.2L engine that has just died on me. I am
> >> planning on doing a motor swap soon and I was looking for a 4.0L. Today
> >> however I got the option of picking up a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo with
> >> the V8 and only 75k that was hit in the rear for only $500. I have done
> >> a ton of research and have all the info I need for the 4.0L swap, but I
> >> haven't been able to find much on this type of swap. Is it any more
> >> dificult then the 4.0 swap, what type of money am I loking at, or is it
> >> even worth it to do in the first place?
> >> Any info, sugestions, opinions or even a finger pointed in the right
> >> direction would be greatly appreciated.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Randy
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
04-10-2006, 11:18 AM
#15
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: 1990 wrangler V8 swap question
My approach is better than leading people on, and then having them abandon
the project half way through. The GC engine is not really a Jeep engine; it
is a Dodge truck engine. Of course, the 4.0 is not really a Jeep engine
either; it is a Nash Rambler engine. Even my 2.5 litre "Jeep" engine, is a
shortened version of the same Nash Rambler engine. I think that the last
real Jeep engine, was that horrid F-head thing. No, it was the overhead cam
"Tornado 6", that pissed oil all over the road, unless pampered shamelessly
from new.
If you really have to do this, at least get a spiffy looking Magnum decal or
emblem for it.
Earle
"Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
news:HTt_f.106451$no3.39924@tornado.southeast.rr.c om...
> I'd hate to read a post in which you WERE trying to discourage someone,
> Earl.
>
> lol
>
> Spdloader
>
>
> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:443a5dca$0$14906$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> > The 1995 V8 is a Dodge Truck Magnum V8, from a totally different line
from
> > the 4.2L and the 4.0L engines. In principle, you could take the engine,
> > transmission, and transfer case from the GC, and drop the whole mess
into
> > the Sahara. Hook up the drive shafts, exhaust pipes, electricals, etc.
> > and
> > you are done. However it is likely that no one, in the history of
Jeeps,
> > has done this before. Certainly no one has posted the results on any
> > bulletin board, news group, or magazine article that I have seen. The
> > difference, is like comparing the 4.0 to driving west from Washington DC
> > on
> > I-70, versus being Lewis and Clark in 1803 with the V8.
> >
> > I am not trying to discourage you. Rather, if you have your own machine
> > shop, and exhaust pipe bending equipment, and an acute eye for detail,
> > then
> > your success is all but assured. I thought of doing something similar
> > about
> > six years ago, but instead I elected to learn a foreign language from
> > scratch, become reasonably fluent in it, and survive for six months in a
> > non-English-speaking country, learn the customs, make friends, etc. It
> > turned out to be easier.
> >
> > I vote for the 4.0. If you decide to do the Magnum V8, by all means get
> > at
> > least a magazine article out of it.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > <OctaviousMonk@optonline.net> wrote in message
> > news:1144645288.055496.281480@z34g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
> >> I have a 90 Sahara witha 4.2L engine that has just died on me. I am
> >> planning on doing a motor swap soon and I was looking for a 4.0L. Today
> >> however I got the option of picking up a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo with
> >> the V8 and only 75k that was hit in the rear for only $500. I have done
> >> a ton of research and have all the info I need for the 4.0L swap, but I
> >> haven't been able to find much on this type of swap. Is it any more
> >> dificult then the 4.0 swap, what type of money am I loking at, or is it
> >> even worth it to do in the first place?
> >> Any info, sugestions, opinions or even a finger pointed in the right
> >> direction would be greatly appreciated.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Randy
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
the project half way through. The GC engine is not really a Jeep engine; it
is a Dodge truck engine. Of course, the 4.0 is not really a Jeep engine
either; it is a Nash Rambler engine. Even my 2.5 litre "Jeep" engine, is a
shortened version of the same Nash Rambler engine. I think that the last
real Jeep engine, was that horrid F-head thing. No, it was the overhead cam
"Tornado 6", that pissed oil all over the road, unless pampered shamelessly
from new.
If you really have to do this, at least get a spiffy looking Magnum decal or
emblem for it.
Earle
"Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
news:HTt_f.106451$no3.39924@tornado.southeast.rr.c om...
> I'd hate to read a post in which you WERE trying to discourage someone,
> Earl.
>
> lol
>
> Spdloader
>
>
> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:443a5dca$0$14906$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> > The 1995 V8 is a Dodge Truck Magnum V8, from a totally different line
from
> > the 4.2L and the 4.0L engines. In principle, you could take the engine,
> > transmission, and transfer case from the GC, and drop the whole mess
into
> > the Sahara. Hook up the drive shafts, exhaust pipes, electricals, etc.
> > and
> > you are done. However it is likely that no one, in the history of
Jeeps,
> > has done this before. Certainly no one has posted the results on any
> > bulletin board, news group, or magazine article that I have seen. The
> > difference, is like comparing the 4.0 to driving west from Washington DC
> > on
> > I-70, versus being Lewis and Clark in 1803 with the V8.
> >
> > I am not trying to discourage you. Rather, if you have your own machine
> > shop, and exhaust pipe bending equipment, and an acute eye for detail,
> > then
> > your success is all but assured. I thought of doing something similar
> > about
> > six years ago, but instead I elected to learn a foreign language from
> > scratch, become reasonably fluent in it, and survive for six months in a
> > non-English-speaking country, learn the customs, make friends, etc. It
> > turned out to be easier.
> >
> > I vote for the 4.0. If you decide to do the Magnum V8, by all means get
> > at
> > least a magazine article out of it.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > <OctaviousMonk@optonline.net> wrote in message
> > news:1144645288.055496.281480@z34g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
> >> I have a 90 Sahara witha 4.2L engine that has just died on me. I am
> >> planning on doing a motor swap soon and I was looking for a 4.0L. Today
> >> however I got the option of picking up a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo with
> >> the V8 and only 75k that was hit in the rear for only $500. I have done
> >> a ton of research and have all the info I need for the 4.0L swap, but I
> >> haven't been able to find much on this type of swap. Is it any more
> >> dificult then the 4.0 swap, what type of money am I loking at, or is it
> >> even worth it to do in the first place?
> >> Any info, sugestions, opinions or even a finger pointed in the right
> >> direction would be greatly appreciated.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Randy
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
04-10-2006, 11:18 AM
#16
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: 1990 wrangler V8 swap question
My approach is better than leading people on, and then having them abandon
the project half way through. The GC engine is not really a Jeep engine; it
is a Dodge truck engine. Of course, the 4.0 is not really a Jeep engine
either; it is a Nash Rambler engine. Even my 2.5 litre "Jeep" engine, is a
shortened version of the same Nash Rambler engine. I think that the last
real Jeep engine, was that horrid F-head thing. No, it was the overhead cam
"Tornado 6", that pissed oil all over the road, unless pampered shamelessly
from new.
If you really have to do this, at least get a spiffy looking Magnum decal or
emblem for it.
Earle
"Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
news:HTt_f.106451$no3.39924@tornado.southeast.rr.c om...
> I'd hate to read a post in which you WERE trying to discourage someone,
> Earl.
>
> lol
>
> Spdloader
>
>
> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:443a5dca$0$14906$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> > The 1995 V8 is a Dodge Truck Magnum V8, from a totally different line
from
> > the 4.2L and the 4.0L engines. In principle, you could take the engine,
> > transmission, and transfer case from the GC, and drop the whole mess
into
> > the Sahara. Hook up the drive shafts, exhaust pipes, electricals, etc.
> > and
> > you are done. However it is likely that no one, in the history of
Jeeps,
> > has done this before. Certainly no one has posted the results on any
> > bulletin board, news group, or magazine article that I have seen. The
> > difference, is like comparing the 4.0 to driving west from Washington DC
> > on
> > I-70, versus being Lewis and Clark in 1803 with the V8.
> >
> > I am not trying to discourage you. Rather, if you have your own machine
> > shop, and exhaust pipe bending equipment, and an acute eye for detail,
> > then
> > your success is all but assured. I thought of doing something similar
> > about
> > six years ago, but instead I elected to learn a foreign language from
> > scratch, become reasonably fluent in it, and survive for six months in a
> > non-English-speaking country, learn the customs, make friends, etc. It
> > turned out to be easier.
> >
> > I vote for the 4.0. If you decide to do the Magnum V8, by all means get
> > at
> > least a magazine article out of it.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > <OctaviousMonk@optonline.net> wrote in message
> > news:1144645288.055496.281480@z34g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
> >> I have a 90 Sahara witha 4.2L engine that has just died on me. I am
> >> planning on doing a motor swap soon and I was looking for a 4.0L. Today
> >> however I got the option of picking up a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo with
> >> the V8 and only 75k that was hit in the rear for only $500. I have done
> >> a ton of research and have all the info I need for the 4.0L swap, but I
> >> haven't been able to find much on this type of swap. Is it any more
> >> dificult then the 4.0 swap, what type of money am I loking at, or is it
> >> even worth it to do in the first place?
> >> Any info, sugestions, opinions or even a finger pointed in the right
> >> direction would be greatly appreciated.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Randy
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
the project half way through. The GC engine is not really a Jeep engine; it
is a Dodge truck engine. Of course, the 4.0 is not really a Jeep engine
either; it is a Nash Rambler engine. Even my 2.5 litre "Jeep" engine, is a
shortened version of the same Nash Rambler engine. I think that the last
real Jeep engine, was that horrid F-head thing. No, it was the overhead cam
"Tornado 6", that pissed oil all over the road, unless pampered shamelessly
from new.
If you really have to do this, at least get a spiffy looking Magnum decal or
emblem for it.
Earle
"Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
news:HTt_f.106451$no3.39924@tornado.southeast.rr.c om...
> I'd hate to read a post in which you WERE trying to discourage someone,
> Earl.
>
> lol
>
> Spdloader
>
>
> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:443a5dca$0$14906$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> > The 1995 V8 is a Dodge Truck Magnum V8, from a totally different line
from
> > the 4.2L and the 4.0L engines. In principle, you could take the engine,
> > transmission, and transfer case from the GC, and drop the whole mess
into
> > the Sahara. Hook up the drive shafts, exhaust pipes, electricals, etc.
> > and
> > you are done. However it is likely that no one, in the history of
Jeeps,
> > has done this before. Certainly no one has posted the results on any
> > bulletin board, news group, or magazine article that I have seen. The
> > difference, is like comparing the 4.0 to driving west from Washington DC
> > on
> > I-70, versus being Lewis and Clark in 1803 with the V8.
> >
> > I am not trying to discourage you. Rather, if you have your own machine
> > shop, and exhaust pipe bending equipment, and an acute eye for detail,
> > then
> > your success is all but assured. I thought of doing something similar
> > about
> > six years ago, but instead I elected to learn a foreign language from
> > scratch, become reasonably fluent in it, and survive for six months in a
> > non-English-speaking country, learn the customs, make friends, etc. It
> > turned out to be easier.
> >
> > I vote for the 4.0. If you decide to do the Magnum V8, by all means get
> > at
> > least a magazine article out of it.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > <OctaviousMonk@optonline.net> wrote in message
> > news:1144645288.055496.281480@z34g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
> >> I have a 90 Sahara witha 4.2L engine that has just died on me. I am
> >> planning on doing a motor swap soon and I was looking for a 4.0L. Today
> >> however I got the option of picking up a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo with
> >> the V8 and only 75k that was hit in the rear for only $500. I have done
> >> a ton of research and have all the info I need for the 4.0L swap, but I
> >> haven't been able to find much on this type of swap. Is it any more
> >> dificult then the 4.0 swap, what type of money am I loking at, or is it
> >> even worth it to do in the first place?
> >> Any info, sugestions, opinions or even a finger pointed in the right
> >> direction would be greatly appreciated.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Randy
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
04-10-2006, 11:43 AM
#17
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: 1990 wrangler V8 swap question
Okay, let me rephrase, if we're going to be technical.
Ford with Ford,
Chevy with Chevy,
and Jeep with whatever the factory bought from somewhere else to put in
them.
I had a '63 Wagoneer with the "Tornado 230" in it, and a two speed
transmission.
That was a bullet proof motor. Mine was, I'm not speaking for all of them,
but I was told that it was a Pontiac design.
Spdloader
"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:443a7522$0$14914$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> My approach is better than leading people on, and then having them abandon
> the project half way through. The GC engine is not really a Jeep engine;
> it
> is a Dodge truck engine. Of course, the 4.0 is not really a Jeep engine
> either; it is a Nash Rambler engine. Even my 2.5 litre "Jeep" engine, is
> a
> shortened version of the same Nash Rambler engine. I think that the last
> real Jeep engine, was that horrid F-head thing. No, it was the overhead
> cam
> "Tornado 6", that pissed oil all over the road, unless pampered
> shamelessly
> from new.
>
> If you really have to do this, at least get a spiffy looking Magnum decal
> or
> emblem for it.
>
> Earle
>
> "Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:HTt_f.106451$no3.39924@tornado.southeast.rr.c om...
>> I'd hate to read a post in which you WERE trying to discourage someone,
>> Earl.
>>
>> lol
>>
>> Spdloader
>>
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:443a5dca$0$14906$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>> > The 1995 V8 is a Dodge Truck Magnum V8, from a totally different line
> from
>> > the 4.2L and the 4.0L engines. In principle, you could take the
>> > engine,
>> > transmission, and transfer case from the GC, and drop the whole mess
> into
>> > the Sahara. Hook up the drive shafts, exhaust pipes, electricals, etc.
>> > and
>> > you are done. However it is likely that no one, in the history of
> Jeeps,
>> > has done this before. Certainly no one has posted the results on any
>> > bulletin board, news group, or magazine article that I have seen. The
>> > difference, is like comparing the 4.0 to driving west from Washington
>> > DC
>> > on
>> > I-70, versus being Lewis and Clark in 1803 with the V8.
>> >
>> > I am not trying to discourage you. Rather, if you have your own
>> > machine
>> > shop, and exhaust pipe bending equipment, and an acute eye for detail,
>> > then
>> > your success is all but assured. I thought of doing something similar
>> > about
>> > six years ago, but instead I elected to learn a foreign language from
>> > scratch, become reasonably fluent in it, and survive for six months in
>> > a
>> > non-English-speaking country, learn the customs, make friends, etc. It
>> > turned out to be easier.
>> >
>> > I vote for the 4.0. If you decide to do the Magnum V8, by all means
>> > get
>> > at
>> > least a magazine article out of it.
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > <OctaviousMonk@optonline.net> wrote in message
>> > news:1144645288.055496.281480@z34g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
>> >> I have a 90 Sahara witha 4.2L engine that has just died on me. I am
>> >> planning on doing a motor swap soon and I was looking for a 4.0L.
>> >> Today
>> >> however I got the option of picking up a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo with
>> >> the V8 and only 75k that was hit in the rear for only $500. I have
>> >> done
>> >> a ton of research and have all the info I need for the 4.0L swap, but
>> >> I
>> >> haven't been able to find much on this type of swap. Is it any more
>> >> dificult then the 4.0 swap, what type of money am I loking at, or is
>> >> it
>> >> even worth it to do in the first place?
>> >> Any info, sugestions, opinions or even a finger pointed in the right
>> >> direction would be greatly appreciated.
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Randy
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
Ford with Ford,
Chevy with Chevy,
and Jeep with whatever the factory bought from somewhere else to put in
them.
I had a '63 Wagoneer with the "Tornado 230" in it, and a two speed
transmission.
That was a bullet proof motor. Mine was, I'm not speaking for all of them,
but I was told that it was a Pontiac design.
Spdloader
"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:443a7522$0$14914$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> My approach is better than leading people on, and then having them abandon
> the project half way through. The GC engine is not really a Jeep engine;
> it
> is a Dodge truck engine. Of course, the 4.0 is not really a Jeep engine
> either; it is a Nash Rambler engine. Even my 2.5 litre "Jeep" engine, is
> a
> shortened version of the same Nash Rambler engine. I think that the last
> real Jeep engine, was that horrid F-head thing. No, it was the overhead
> cam
> "Tornado 6", that pissed oil all over the road, unless pampered
> shamelessly
> from new.
>
> If you really have to do this, at least get a spiffy looking Magnum decal
> or
> emblem for it.
>
> Earle
>
> "Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:HTt_f.106451$no3.39924@tornado.southeast.rr.c om...
>> I'd hate to read a post in which you WERE trying to discourage someone,
>> Earl.
>>
>> lol
>>
>> Spdloader
>>
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:443a5dca$0$14906$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>> > The 1995 V8 is a Dodge Truck Magnum V8, from a totally different line
> from
>> > the 4.2L and the 4.0L engines. In principle, you could take the
>> > engine,
>> > transmission, and transfer case from the GC, and drop the whole mess
> into
>> > the Sahara. Hook up the drive shafts, exhaust pipes, electricals, etc.
>> > and
>> > you are done. However it is likely that no one, in the history of
> Jeeps,
>> > has done this before. Certainly no one has posted the results on any
>> > bulletin board, news group, or magazine article that I have seen. The
>> > difference, is like comparing the 4.0 to driving west from Washington
>> > DC
>> > on
>> > I-70, versus being Lewis and Clark in 1803 with the V8.
>> >
>> > I am not trying to discourage you. Rather, if you have your own
>> > machine
>> > shop, and exhaust pipe bending equipment, and an acute eye for detail,
>> > then
>> > your success is all but assured. I thought of doing something similar
>> > about
>> > six years ago, but instead I elected to learn a foreign language from
>> > scratch, become reasonably fluent in it, and survive for six months in
>> > a
>> > non-English-speaking country, learn the customs, make friends, etc. It
>> > turned out to be easier.
>> >
>> > I vote for the 4.0. If you decide to do the Magnum V8, by all means
>> > get
>> > at
>> > least a magazine article out of it.
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > <OctaviousMonk@optonline.net> wrote in message
>> > news:1144645288.055496.281480@z34g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
>> >> I have a 90 Sahara witha 4.2L engine that has just died on me. I am
>> >> planning on doing a motor swap soon and I was looking for a 4.0L.
>> >> Today
>> >> however I got the option of picking up a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo with
>> >> the V8 and only 75k that was hit in the rear for only $500. I have
>> >> done
>> >> a ton of research and have all the info I need for the 4.0L swap, but
>> >> I
>> >> haven't been able to find much on this type of swap. Is it any more
>> >> dificult then the 4.0 swap, what type of money am I loking at, or is
>> >> it
>> >> even worth it to do in the first place?
>> >> Any info, sugestions, opinions or even a finger pointed in the right
>> >> direction would be greatly appreciated.
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Randy
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
04-10-2006, 11:43 AM
#18
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: 1990 wrangler V8 swap question
Okay, let me rephrase, if we're going to be technical.
Ford with Ford,
Chevy with Chevy,
and Jeep with whatever the factory bought from somewhere else to put in
them.
I had a '63 Wagoneer with the "Tornado 230" in it, and a two speed
transmission.
That was a bullet proof motor. Mine was, I'm not speaking for all of them,
but I was told that it was a Pontiac design.
Spdloader
"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:443a7522$0$14914$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> My approach is better than leading people on, and then having them abandon
> the project half way through. The GC engine is not really a Jeep engine;
> it
> is a Dodge truck engine. Of course, the 4.0 is not really a Jeep engine
> either; it is a Nash Rambler engine. Even my 2.5 litre "Jeep" engine, is
> a
> shortened version of the same Nash Rambler engine. I think that the last
> real Jeep engine, was that horrid F-head thing. No, it was the overhead
> cam
> "Tornado 6", that pissed oil all over the road, unless pampered
> shamelessly
> from new.
>
> If you really have to do this, at least get a spiffy looking Magnum decal
> or
> emblem for it.
>
> Earle
>
> "Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:HTt_f.106451$no3.39924@tornado.southeast.rr.c om...
>> I'd hate to read a post in which you WERE trying to discourage someone,
>> Earl.
>>
>> lol
>>
>> Spdloader
>>
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:443a5dca$0$14906$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>> > The 1995 V8 is a Dodge Truck Magnum V8, from a totally different line
> from
>> > the 4.2L and the 4.0L engines. In principle, you could take the
>> > engine,
>> > transmission, and transfer case from the GC, and drop the whole mess
> into
>> > the Sahara. Hook up the drive shafts, exhaust pipes, electricals, etc.
>> > and
>> > you are done. However it is likely that no one, in the history of
> Jeeps,
>> > has done this before. Certainly no one has posted the results on any
>> > bulletin board, news group, or magazine article that I have seen. The
>> > difference, is like comparing the 4.0 to driving west from Washington
>> > DC
>> > on
>> > I-70, versus being Lewis and Clark in 1803 with the V8.
>> >
>> > I am not trying to discourage you. Rather, if you have your own
>> > machine
>> > shop, and exhaust pipe bending equipment, and an acute eye for detail,
>> > then
>> > your success is all but assured. I thought of doing something similar
>> > about
>> > six years ago, but instead I elected to learn a foreign language from
>> > scratch, become reasonably fluent in it, and survive for six months in
>> > a
>> > non-English-speaking country, learn the customs, make friends, etc. It
>> > turned out to be easier.
>> >
>> > I vote for the 4.0. If you decide to do the Magnum V8, by all means
>> > get
>> > at
>> > least a magazine article out of it.
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > <OctaviousMonk@optonline.net> wrote in message
>> > news:1144645288.055496.281480@z34g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
>> >> I have a 90 Sahara witha 4.2L engine that has just died on me. I am
>> >> planning on doing a motor swap soon and I was looking for a 4.0L.
>> >> Today
>> >> however I got the option of picking up a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo with
>> >> the V8 and only 75k that was hit in the rear for only $500. I have
>> >> done
>> >> a ton of research and have all the info I need for the 4.0L swap, but
>> >> I
>> >> haven't been able to find much on this type of swap. Is it any more
>> >> dificult then the 4.0 swap, what type of money am I loking at, or is
>> >> it
>> >> even worth it to do in the first place?
>> >> Any info, sugestions, opinions or even a finger pointed in the right
>> >> direction would be greatly appreciated.
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Randy
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
Ford with Ford,
Chevy with Chevy,
and Jeep with whatever the factory bought from somewhere else to put in
them.
I had a '63 Wagoneer with the "Tornado 230" in it, and a two speed
transmission.
That was a bullet proof motor. Mine was, I'm not speaking for all of them,
but I was told that it was a Pontiac design.
Spdloader
"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:443a7522$0$14914$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> My approach is better than leading people on, and then having them abandon
> the project half way through. The GC engine is not really a Jeep engine;
> it
> is a Dodge truck engine. Of course, the 4.0 is not really a Jeep engine
> either; it is a Nash Rambler engine. Even my 2.5 litre "Jeep" engine, is
> a
> shortened version of the same Nash Rambler engine. I think that the last
> real Jeep engine, was that horrid F-head thing. No, it was the overhead
> cam
> "Tornado 6", that pissed oil all over the road, unless pampered
> shamelessly
> from new.
>
> If you really have to do this, at least get a spiffy looking Magnum decal
> or
> emblem for it.
>
> Earle
>
> "Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:HTt_f.106451$no3.39924@tornado.southeast.rr.c om...
>> I'd hate to read a post in which you WERE trying to discourage someone,
>> Earl.
>>
>> lol
>>
>> Spdloader
>>
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:443a5dca$0$14906$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>> > The 1995 V8 is a Dodge Truck Magnum V8, from a totally different line
> from
>> > the 4.2L and the 4.0L engines. In principle, you could take the
>> > engine,
>> > transmission, and transfer case from the GC, and drop the whole mess
> into
>> > the Sahara. Hook up the drive shafts, exhaust pipes, electricals, etc.
>> > and
>> > you are done. However it is likely that no one, in the history of
> Jeeps,
>> > has done this before. Certainly no one has posted the results on any
>> > bulletin board, news group, or magazine article that I have seen. The
>> > difference, is like comparing the 4.0 to driving west from Washington
>> > DC
>> > on
>> > I-70, versus being Lewis and Clark in 1803 with the V8.
>> >
>> > I am not trying to discourage you. Rather, if you have your own
>> > machine
>> > shop, and exhaust pipe bending equipment, and an acute eye for detail,
>> > then
>> > your success is all but assured. I thought of doing something similar
>> > about
>> > six years ago, but instead I elected to learn a foreign language from
>> > scratch, become reasonably fluent in it, and survive for six months in
>> > a
>> > non-English-speaking country, learn the customs, make friends, etc. It
>> > turned out to be easier.
>> >
>> > I vote for the 4.0. If you decide to do the Magnum V8, by all means
>> > get
>> > at
>> > least a magazine article out of it.
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > <OctaviousMonk@optonline.net> wrote in message
>> > news:1144645288.055496.281480@z34g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
>> >> I have a 90 Sahara witha 4.2L engine that has just died on me. I am
>> >> planning on doing a motor swap soon and I was looking for a 4.0L.
>> >> Today
>> >> however I got the option of picking up a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo with
>> >> the V8 and only 75k that was hit in the rear for only $500. I have
>> >> done
>> >> a ton of research and have all the info I need for the 4.0L swap, but
>> >> I
>> >> haven't been able to find much on this type of swap. Is it any more
>> >> dificult then the 4.0 swap, what type of money am I loking at, or is
>> >> it
>> >> even worth it to do in the first place?
>> >> Any info, sugestions, opinions or even a finger pointed in the right
>> >> direction would be greatly appreciated.
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Randy
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
04-10-2006, 11:43 AM
#19
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: 1990 wrangler V8 swap question
Okay, let me rephrase, if we're going to be technical.
Ford with Ford,
Chevy with Chevy,
and Jeep with whatever the factory bought from somewhere else to put in
them.
I had a '63 Wagoneer with the "Tornado 230" in it, and a two speed
transmission.
That was a bullet proof motor. Mine was, I'm not speaking for all of them,
but I was told that it was a Pontiac design.
Spdloader
"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:443a7522$0$14914$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> My approach is better than leading people on, and then having them abandon
> the project half way through. The GC engine is not really a Jeep engine;
> it
> is a Dodge truck engine. Of course, the 4.0 is not really a Jeep engine
> either; it is a Nash Rambler engine. Even my 2.5 litre "Jeep" engine, is
> a
> shortened version of the same Nash Rambler engine. I think that the last
> real Jeep engine, was that horrid F-head thing. No, it was the overhead
> cam
> "Tornado 6", that pissed oil all over the road, unless pampered
> shamelessly
> from new.
>
> If you really have to do this, at least get a spiffy looking Magnum decal
> or
> emblem for it.
>
> Earle
>
> "Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:HTt_f.106451$no3.39924@tornado.southeast.rr.c om...
>> I'd hate to read a post in which you WERE trying to discourage someone,
>> Earl.
>>
>> lol
>>
>> Spdloader
>>
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:443a5dca$0$14906$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>> > The 1995 V8 is a Dodge Truck Magnum V8, from a totally different line
> from
>> > the 4.2L and the 4.0L engines. In principle, you could take the
>> > engine,
>> > transmission, and transfer case from the GC, and drop the whole mess
> into
>> > the Sahara. Hook up the drive shafts, exhaust pipes, electricals, etc.
>> > and
>> > you are done. However it is likely that no one, in the history of
> Jeeps,
>> > has done this before. Certainly no one has posted the results on any
>> > bulletin board, news group, or magazine article that I have seen. The
>> > difference, is like comparing the 4.0 to driving west from Washington
>> > DC
>> > on
>> > I-70, versus being Lewis and Clark in 1803 with the V8.
>> >
>> > I am not trying to discourage you. Rather, if you have your own
>> > machine
>> > shop, and exhaust pipe bending equipment, and an acute eye for detail,
>> > then
>> > your success is all but assured. I thought of doing something similar
>> > about
>> > six years ago, but instead I elected to learn a foreign language from
>> > scratch, become reasonably fluent in it, and survive for six months in
>> > a
>> > non-English-speaking country, learn the customs, make friends, etc. It
>> > turned out to be easier.
>> >
>> > I vote for the 4.0. If you decide to do the Magnum V8, by all means
>> > get
>> > at
>> > least a magazine article out of it.
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > <OctaviousMonk@optonline.net> wrote in message
>> > news:1144645288.055496.281480@z34g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
>> >> I have a 90 Sahara witha 4.2L engine that has just died on me. I am
>> >> planning on doing a motor swap soon and I was looking for a 4.0L.
>> >> Today
>> >> however I got the option of picking up a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo with
>> >> the V8 and only 75k that was hit in the rear for only $500. I have
>> >> done
>> >> a ton of research and have all the info I need for the 4.0L swap, but
>> >> I
>> >> haven't been able to find much on this type of swap. Is it any more
>> >> dificult then the 4.0 swap, what type of money am I loking at, or is
>> >> it
>> >> even worth it to do in the first place?
>> >> Any info, sugestions, opinions or even a finger pointed in the right
>> >> direction would be greatly appreciated.
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Randy
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
Ford with Ford,
Chevy with Chevy,
and Jeep with whatever the factory bought from somewhere else to put in
them.
I had a '63 Wagoneer with the "Tornado 230" in it, and a two speed
transmission.
That was a bullet proof motor. Mine was, I'm not speaking for all of them,
but I was told that it was a Pontiac design.
Spdloader
"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:443a7522$0$14914$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> My approach is better than leading people on, and then having them abandon
> the project half way through. The GC engine is not really a Jeep engine;
> it
> is a Dodge truck engine. Of course, the 4.0 is not really a Jeep engine
> either; it is a Nash Rambler engine. Even my 2.5 litre "Jeep" engine, is
> a
> shortened version of the same Nash Rambler engine. I think that the last
> real Jeep engine, was that horrid F-head thing. No, it was the overhead
> cam
> "Tornado 6", that pissed oil all over the road, unless pampered
> shamelessly
> from new.
>
> If you really have to do this, at least get a spiffy looking Magnum decal
> or
> emblem for it.
>
> Earle
>
> "Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:HTt_f.106451$no3.39924@tornado.southeast.rr.c om...
>> I'd hate to read a post in which you WERE trying to discourage someone,
>> Earl.
>>
>> lol
>>
>> Spdloader
>>
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:443a5dca$0$14906$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>> > The 1995 V8 is a Dodge Truck Magnum V8, from a totally different line
> from
>> > the 4.2L and the 4.0L engines. In principle, you could take the
>> > engine,
>> > transmission, and transfer case from the GC, and drop the whole mess
> into
>> > the Sahara. Hook up the drive shafts, exhaust pipes, electricals, etc.
>> > and
>> > you are done. However it is likely that no one, in the history of
> Jeeps,
>> > has done this before. Certainly no one has posted the results on any
>> > bulletin board, news group, or magazine article that I have seen. The
>> > difference, is like comparing the 4.0 to driving west from Washington
>> > DC
>> > on
>> > I-70, versus being Lewis and Clark in 1803 with the V8.
>> >
>> > I am not trying to discourage you. Rather, if you have your own
>> > machine
>> > shop, and exhaust pipe bending equipment, and an acute eye for detail,
>> > then
>> > your success is all but assured. I thought of doing something similar
>> > about
>> > six years ago, but instead I elected to learn a foreign language from
>> > scratch, become reasonably fluent in it, and survive for six months in
>> > a
>> > non-English-speaking country, learn the customs, make friends, etc. It
>> > turned out to be easier.
>> >
>> > I vote for the 4.0. If you decide to do the Magnum V8, by all means
>> > get
>> > at
>> > least a magazine article out of it.
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > <OctaviousMonk@optonline.net> wrote in message
>> > news:1144645288.055496.281480@z34g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
>> >> I have a 90 Sahara witha 4.2L engine that has just died on me. I am
>> >> planning on doing a motor swap soon and I was looking for a 4.0L.
>> >> Today
>> >> however I got the option of picking up a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo with
>> >> the V8 and only 75k that was hit in the rear for only $500. I have
>> >> done
>> >> a ton of research and have all the info I need for the 4.0L swap, but
>> >> I
>> >> haven't been able to find much on this type of swap. Is it any more
>> >> dificult then the 4.0 swap, what type of money am I loking at, or is
>> >> it
>> >> even worth it to do in the first place?
>> >> Any info, sugestions, opinions or even a finger pointed in the right
>> >> direction would be greatly appreciated.
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Randy
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
04-10-2006, 04:33 PM
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Re: 1990 wrangler V8 swap question
Hi Randy,
Your have a 94" wheelbase for plenty of room. I don't see a problem
other than finding someone that'll SMOG a lawnmower. I don't know where
you would find information on wiring your computers, maybe swap
harnesses and everything.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
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OctaviousMonk@optonline.net wrote:
>
> I have a 90 Sahara witha 4.2L engine that has just died on me. I am
> planning on doing a motor swap soon and I was looking for a 4.0L. Today
> however I got the option of picking up a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo with
> the V8 and only 75k that was hit in the rear for only $500. I have done
> a ton of research and have all the info I need for the 4.0L swap, but I
> haven't been able to find much on this type of swap. Is it any more
> dificult then the 4.0 swap, what type of money am I loking at, or is it
> even worth it to do in the first place?
> Any info, sugestions, opinions or even a finger pointed in the right
> direction would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Randy
Your have a 94" wheelbase for plenty of room. I don't see a problem
other than finding someone that'll SMOG a lawnmower. I don't know where
you would find information on wiring your computers, maybe swap
harnesses and everything.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
OctaviousMonk@optonline.net wrote:
>
> I have a 90 Sahara witha 4.2L engine that has just died on me. I am
> planning on doing a motor swap soon and I was looking for a 4.0L. Today
> however I got the option of picking up a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo with
> the V8 and only 75k that was hit in the rear for only $500. I have done
> a ton of research and have all the info I need for the 4.0L swap, but I
> haven't been able to find much on this type of swap. Is it any more
> dificult then the 4.0 swap, what type of money am I loking at, or is it
> even worth it to do in the first place?
> Any info, sugestions, opinions or even a finger pointed in the right
> direction would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Randy