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Old 03-01-2019, 09:15 PM
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had a tree fall on my winter beater xj only thing good was drivetrain its a 1998. was wondering about swaping my 98 4.0 into a 00-01 xj. is there any problems id run into?
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Differences in the exhaust manifold, I can't remember the specifics.
They say the blocks are compatible, so I'm assuming the 00-01 sensors will work on the old block.

The big difference between 00+ and -99 is the distributor vs coil rail, so I'd figure out what needs to be done to deal with that.
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that's what im worried about distributor to coil
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