4.0 head on 4.2 conversion
Hey guys,
I'm considering putting a 4.0 head on my 1984 cj7 4.2. Has anyone got any first hand knowledge/experience of this and is it worth the effort? I will continue to run the carb set up for a while, till I can gather enough nickels to buy the fuel injection package. I'm looking for more hp through better breathing characteristics. Any input is welcome.... Thanks, Charles |
Re: 4.0 head on 4.2 conversion
I did the conversion myself. There are a few good links to how to's you can
find on Google. Bill ------ has a link I'm sure. I got the head from a rebuilder who only wanted an inline six head in return as a core. So I gave him my 258 head and I didn't lose for that. I also got a header for $150 that, while its not a boorla, it works fine. Lastly I had to have a custom headpipe made to fit between the header and the muffler. Duotone in PB took care of that for about $50. The difference was incredible. I gained a ton of power and gas mileage also improved. I used JB weld and packing peanuts for the coolant passages and after 18 months everything is running fine. The jeep has seen daily driving and even a cross country trip last October. Would I do it again, absolutely. My only difficulty I had was with rods. Just be careful with the pushrods. I had guys tell me I can use the 4.0 rods and others said no I should use 258 rods. I had to have a custom set made. Fortunately, I was living in San Diego at the time and Crower cams took excellent care of me. If you want to know how to measure for them I can help you there. "Ervin Charles" <charleserv@charter.net> wrote in message news:iFScf.1241$Ae3.869@fe06.lga... > Hey guys, > I'm considering putting a 4.0 head on my 1984 cj7 4.2. Has anyone got > any first hand knowledge/experience of this and is it worth the effort? I > will continue to run the carb set up for a while, till I can gather enough > nickels to buy the fuel injection package. I'm looking for more hp through > better breathing characteristics. Any input is welcome.... > Thanks, Charles > |
Re: 4.0 head on 4.2 conversion
I did the conversion myself. There are a few good links to how to's you can
find on Google. Bill ------ has a link I'm sure. I got the head from a rebuilder who only wanted an inline six head in return as a core. So I gave him my 258 head and I didn't lose for that. I also got a header for $150 that, while its not a boorla, it works fine. Lastly I had to have a custom headpipe made to fit between the header and the muffler. Duotone in PB took care of that for about $50. The difference was incredible. I gained a ton of power and gas mileage also improved. I used JB weld and packing peanuts for the coolant passages and after 18 months everything is running fine. The jeep has seen daily driving and even a cross country trip last October. Would I do it again, absolutely. My only difficulty I had was with rods. Just be careful with the pushrods. I had guys tell me I can use the 4.0 rods and others said no I should use 258 rods. I had to have a custom set made. Fortunately, I was living in San Diego at the time and Crower cams took excellent care of me. If you want to know how to measure for them I can help you there. "Ervin Charles" <charleserv@charter.net> wrote in message news:iFScf.1241$Ae3.869@fe06.lga... > Hey guys, > I'm considering putting a 4.0 head on my 1984 cj7 4.2. Has anyone got > any first hand knowledge/experience of this and is it worth the effort? I > will continue to run the carb set up for a while, till I can gather enough > nickels to buy the fuel injection package. I'm looking for more hp through > better breathing characteristics. Any input is welcome.... > Thanks, Charles > |
Re: 4.0 head on 4.2 conversion
I did the conversion myself. There are a few good links to how to's you can
find on Google. Bill ------ has a link I'm sure. I got the head from a rebuilder who only wanted an inline six head in return as a core. So I gave him my 258 head and I didn't lose for that. I also got a header for $150 that, while its not a boorla, it works fine. Lastly I had to have a custom headpipe made to fit between the header and the muffler. Duotone in PB took care of that for about $50. The difference was incredible. I gained a ton of power and gas mileage also improved. I used JB weld and packing peanuts for the coolant passages and after 18 months everything is running fine. The jeep has seen daily driving and even a cross country trip last October. Would I do it again, absolutely. My only difficulty I had was with rods. Just be careful with the pushrods. I had guys tell me I can use the 4.0 rods and others said no I should use 258 rods. I had to have a custom set made. Fortunately, I was living in San Diego at the time and Crower cams took excellent care of me. If you want to know how to measure for them I can help you there. "Ervin Charles" <charleserv@charter.net> wrote in message news:iFScf.1241$Ae3.869@fe06.lga... > Hey guys, > I'm considering putting a 4.0 head on my 1984 cj7 4.2. Has anyone got > any first hand knowledge/experience of this and is it worth the effort? I > will continue to run the carb set up for a while, till I can gather enough > nickels to buy the fuel injection package. I'm looking for more hp through > better breathing characteristics. Any input is welcome.... > Thanks, Charles > |
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