XJ607

I have a 1997 jeep cherokee 2 door manual... The ******* before did a motor swap and hack jobbed the **** out of it.. it over heats there random wires everywhere.. just a mess.. but all the other parts and the price made it worth the headache. but what looking to do is swap the motor... what would be my best bet? to just put in another inline 6 or since i'm pulling the motor anyway should i go for something bigger/better like a v8.. let me know what you guys think would be best/ easiest/ cheapest.. thanks

Cane

I heard instances of people putting a 350 in a cherokee, but you'll have work on your hands. No clue if anyone here has done it though.

V8XJDavid

Novak has everything you need. It's not an easy swap unless you are pretty good and have good shop and tools. The guy I bought mine from did it. I am enjoying having the power of a V-8.
http://www.novak-adapt.com/

Power73

cant have them all, best-v8, easiest-I6, cheapest- I6 if you have to buy another v8. i would go with a 5.3/6.0

DirtRoadXJ

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1007477

read through this

SeriousOffroad

That guy is freakin' Brilliant....and quite handsome too!

jbsjunk

I did the traditional small block swap in mine. I built my mounts because swap mounts from anywhere were blood money. Have time, patience, fab skills and money. These don't happen quickly, small block or LS1. Check my build for any ideas.

XJ607

i think i am most likley going to stick with the i6... my budgets a little tight but keep the ideas coming

Juan4you

What about stroking out the I6? Ever thought about that route?

Donnie_K

go ahead an find your old carb'd V8 and fiddle with the float bowls in off camber positions. Lemme come take that 4.0 off your hands.

XJ607

Yea ive thought about that. Its just either way I wanna swap this motor even if its with another i6 because the kid I got the jeep from hacked the **** out of it.. theres no sensor . Its all screwed up. But i will look into stroking it

xj_maniac_newb

If you're gonna have to work with the wiring anyways.. why not just fix the wiring in your xj? Pull a harness from a same year junker and splice it into yours.

XJ607

yea true but its so bad id almost rather start over

Garvin

Even if you swap a V8 in, you won't be starting from scratch. I have the TPI 350 in my Comanche and spliced the original and Camaro wiring harnesses together. No donor will have all the wires you need for the swap and you will have to retain parts of the factory harness for things like lights, starter, wiper motor, and the like. That said, no V8 swap is going to be cheap either and is very time consuming if you build everything yourself (like I did).

Aljay

[QUOTE=SeriousOffroad;2276598]That guy is freakin' Brilliant....and quite handsome too!


Holy smokes im about half way thru this build link WOW and funny to boot. Read the long arm build awhile back . Jeeze

Im setting at almost 200k and been thinking what would I like for a new power plant ? Told the wife I would not swap a 4 BT cummins into it DAMN the luck. Ls Juan is looking real sweet. You sir are a trooper that thing is bad to the bone.