Have a chance to buy a 2000 xj sport for $400 .. It's a two door and tranny blew out of it .. He said its got s bad u joint in the front too.. I was just wondering if the motor would fit without much problem in my 93 country??

 

Fit? Yes. Easy swap? Mmmmm.

Your '93 is not an OBD II engine and the '00 is. You'll have to swap over the '93 electronics to even have a chance of making it work.

If the '00 is in good shape aside from the tranny and joint, why not fix it? For $400, you may have a real good platform to fix at a decent cost, especially if you're doing the work.

 

I completely spaced that it has the OBD .. That kind of ruined my chances of a simple swap... I still can't pass that deal up though.... $400 bucks for a xj that's one hell of a deal.. I've got me a new project

 

Good deal!!

 

Just some stuff here I found laying around:


# @ Drivers side top edge

The heads that had trouble were the early #0331 heads (1999-2001WJ/TJ, 2000-2001XJ) before they were revised in late 2001 (revised heads have the "TUPY" foundry mark.)

1998 will have the #0630 head, which is typically subject to uncommon individual defects rather than a class-affecting problem.

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1984-1990 w/AMC engine are pre-OBD.

1984-1986 w/GM V6-173 are OBD-I (GM control setup.)

1991-1995 are OBD-I (Chrysler)

1996-2001 are OBD-II (Chrysler)

 

The difference in OBD systems isn't the biggest deal. On most swaps, you just use the longblock donor and swap your manifolds, flywheel, dizzy etc. The issue here between 93 and 2000 is some block changes including motor mount bosses and accessory locations.