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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 10:18 AM
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Hey Ol"Blue, that Vette engine is a direct bolt up right? Yeah I wish.


Do you have a write up on that install? How long did it take you ?
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by DJKnightmare
Hey Ol"Blue, that Vette engine is a direct bolt up right? Yeah I wish.


Do you have a write up on that install? How long did it take you ?
Now you should know I wouldn't put a Bow-Tie in a Mopar, right? I found that pic in this thread. Super charger? - Page 3 - Jeep Cherokee Forum
No offense cause it looks great and almost factory.
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 10:30 AM
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Go the whole 9 yards and drop a HEMI in there. It can be adapted as the guys on Xtreme 4x4 did with that TJ.
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by BlueXJ
Go the whole 9 yards and drop a HEMI in there. It can be adapted as the guys on Xtreme 4x4 did with that TJ.
Anything is possible. Here's a BB Mopar in an XJ. As you can see, it takes a lot of fab. work.
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 10:50 AM
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buddy of mine is currently building his xj for the 3rd time. But he first bulled the 4.0 and swapped in a 350. That is now gone and a 396 big block sits in its place. anything is possible with enough fab work
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by ol"blue
Or the 5.9 HO that was available in '98?
The 5.9 is just the Mopar fuel injected version of the 360, so now you're back to where the OP started.
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by jaqattack02
The 5.9 is just the Mopar fuel injected version of the 360, so now you're back to where the OP started.
The OP referred to the AMC 360 which has nothing whatsoever in common with the Mopar small-block.
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ol"blue
Or the 5.9 HO that was available in '98?
HEMI
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Old Jun 12, 2009 | 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by ol"blue
Man your giving me many tempting ideas. I'm pretty familiar with the "bolt on" area of ls1's and now have ideas of ditching the stroker when my 4.0 goes and putting in a 600+hp LS1..... I bet the unibody would look something like that double helix shape thing like they use to describe DNA... Oh the possibilities.... Go all out and drop in either a fully built 632,(chevy) or a fully built 540 HEMI
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