hey guys, im sure all of you have seen the 4bt cummins in wranglers, but have any of you done it in a cherokee? or if anyone can find pics or build overview it would be greatly appreciated

 

i'm interested in this too and this is all i can find.... go to 4btswaps.com and maybe somebody has done it over there but i couldn't find anything, there might actually be a guy on here that has a build thread for a diesel cherokee i think its name is goat or something ?

 

I saw a 4bt XJ last year at Jeff Daniels Jeep show.. nice rig. Think there are pics on his site.

Theres also an MJ that i have seen at 4btswaps.com.

 

i just think it would be cool as hell to have the 4bt. i just noticed there3500 and up though for the motor

 

yup very expensive, they are in high demand apparently

 

i'm planning on building one. buy a 97-98 XJ and strip it down, do a fresh build. crate axles, new wiring. all that...
what are we talking about? get a 4bt, a nice turbo kit, call up my man Banks for a control module, get a bell housing adapter, stick with the stock tranny and transfer case. maybe a nice large radiator, large tranny cooler.
i figured about 10-12 grand should be a good estimate. have a fresh rig. i wounder if i can get about 250 hp and 350 ft-lb. torque out of the motor and still get decent gas mileage. maybe 22-25 mpg.

 

If you are looking for contact a local heavy equipment dealer that works on sky trac's and they might have one that is trashed but with a good engine. Most of them have the 4bt cummins in them. Since the start of the diesel craze many people have discovered that if they can't fit the 12valve cummins or 24 valve they can easy use the 4bt because of it's small size and it's ability to be modified to high output levels. There is a mud rail that is running a 4bt that is in the area of 800 hp with out propane or NOS. Another person is running a 4bt powered danger ranger drag truck that is pushing 1200 hp with a little propane. The 2.8L VM Motori diesel that was in the liberty also is another one to look at. I think that Banks makes a stand alone computer for it now. Our XJ's came stock with a 2.4L VM in Europe. Those from Europe are nearly drop in last I knew. I think you might need the ECM but it should run the same everything else as us in the states.