i have a ho motor out of a 94 cherokee im planning on making it into a 4.6 stroker is the ho motor a plug and play in the 88

 

Block is the same but you will need the HO electronics and HO exhaust to swap everything. Other solution is you keep the head and manifolds of the Renix engine and you swap just the block.

 

On my Dads 88' Cherokee he had them put in a 4.0 HO engine out of a 93'. He did it when it was flipped in 96'. The insurance was paying for the repairs and engine replacement. The Jeep dealership that was doing the job offered the upgrade for only an extra 1200, because they found someone selling a whole engine computer and wiring harness in the local classifieds and dad had to be OK with the no warranty. Engine still runs strong to this day. We used synthetic oil in it too.
I wish i knew all the mods they did , but I'm told they used the 88 exhaust and manifolds and just changed the engine, computer and wiring harness.

 

Use the head, intake off the HO use the block off the 88 if its rebuildable the renix use knock sensors which is plus for strokers because a lot of people run into issues with the compression ratio with the strokers. JMO

 

so what sould i do to that 94 ho motor to convert it into a 5 speed motor cause my 88 cherokee has tht crappy ba 10/5 tranny and planning on upgrating to the ax-15 and use the 8.25 axle set from that donnor jeep

 

well at this point he can stroker the renix and leave the HO where it is...

 

I stated that because of the better design of the HO head evry little bit of power helps

 

I put a 96 HO 4.0 in my 88 and kept my Renix Intake, Exhaust, and Distruber. Have no issuse with it at all.