freegdr

Its early 3.4...lol

ckain

Ill have to start looking into it . Thanks for the link

freegdr

No prob 3.4s are dime a dozen seems much simpler than 4.0 swap.

ckain

Might be but I've never swapped an engine but I have friends that have

Firestorm500

I think it would be easier to buy a later model Jeep and have it painted brown like yours.

Either that or buy an S-10 engine and do a direct swap.

Slim357

Maybe just get a new tstat housing thats what I had to do. Unless its the block side thats busted then I say do a motor swap

Reddskie

4.0 motor swaps aren't bad at all just do ur research ! You'll get to keep ur rig and you'll have knowledge from experience . I swapped one in a day (had to replace a lot tho) with the right tools and 2 buddies

Slim357

I have done 3-4 in the same because we had to keep putting motors in it cuz my buddy ordered a "turn" key motor from autozone. Motor swaps arent that hard just take your time doing them and I suggest taking lots of pix for reference

Firestorm500

Autozone advertising line: "Our parts are a crapshoot. That's the reason we are cheaper."

salad

Into an XJ with a 2.8? Most people don't want to modify the firewall...

xj_maniac_newb

Or play guess and check hacking apart the wiring harness.

ckain

First attempt FAIL time to try again

Slim357

2.8 swap to the 3.4 is really easy just did that swap on my brothers s10 blazer everything goes in the same spot on the 3.4 that it went on the 2.8 only thing is you have to run 4.3 injectors and advance the timing a few degrees. Hell of a power increase and well worth it. Just get a motor out of a 98 firebird

ckain

Firestorm500

Is that DexCool or rust down in there?