Case of the missing piston
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I'm in the same boat man, mine happened yesterday and I'm about to go pull the pan off to take a looksee. Best of luck to you, hope you can find a block.
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Well the machine shop said they could sleeve it so if I have to sleeve it why not go all the way right? The only thing is I don't want it to crap out in like 50k miles and be building another motor just don't know what to do
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The only times I've seen 5.0's being built is for prerunners, jeepspeed, those sort of applications. And I would imagine they rebuild frequently.
If you've got the money, then go for it.
IMO, i would only go up to a 4.7, but that's just my opinion. RPM Machine has a 4.5 kit for $1300 and ive heard good things about it. Thinkin about doing it while ive got my motor out.
If you've got the money, then go for it.
IMO, i would only go up to a 4.7, but that's just my opinion. RPM Machine has a 4.5 kit for $1300 and ive heard good things about it. Thinkin about doing it while ive got my motor out.
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In either case im kinda afraid of sleeping it but from all the research I've done you have to sleeve it to go with a 5.0 stroker but I'm not sure of the reliability of sleeping it especially with the hole I have in the cylinder being in the water jacket
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Oh ****, yeah I forgot about that. I would definitely NOT stroke it like that, you'll probably have the same thing happen pretty quickly. Sleeve it and keep it stock, or get a new block and stroke it. I would just toss the block period.
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91-95 are strong blocks as well the 96 to 01 blocks have a girdle for extra support. If you find a 91-95 block you can source a girdle and use washers to clear it under the increased stroked crank. Jeepstrokers.com have all sorts of info on it.
Hell if you find a 91-95 engine use the head too. It has the best flow. The intake manifold you want is the 99+ it also has the best flow cause jeep used it to counteract the stricter emissions crap they were forced to change to.
Hell if you find a 91-95 engine use the head too. It has the best flow. The intake manifold you want is the 99+ it also has the best flow cause jeep used it to counteract the stricter emissions crap they were forced to change to.
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Will a 318 bolt to my aw4? It seems I can find them all day long but can't find a 4.0 block to save my life lol
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Thinking of selling my jeep I'm kinda tired of messing with it and getting nowhere. It's a 97 sport 163xxx miles 4.0 aw4 4 door everything is good minus the engine block if anyone is interested in making an offer
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Did you try WANTED on Craig's list? Free and maybe worth a shot. Here I'm smack between 3 towns, so its usually 80 miles for me to look at anything....
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Yeah most things I find is complete motors for 93 and down and I can't use nothing but the block for my 97 and it's 100+ miles just to look at it