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Old 03-11-2019, 01:54 PM
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Thanks guys! I think I am going to go ahead with the 89 engine and swap heads. At this point I hope it will be the less expensive route.
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Why swap heads?
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Bcause of what SatiricalHen posted in my thread:
As far as 89 engine fitting and this or that engine fitting. The renix 87-90 the head will not line up with your intake because of the intake and exhaust ports, but you can swap the head of your engine onto that block. The 91-95 engine are drop in same head and everything (not sure if there were any sensor changes really, but rule of thumb is use the long block keep all of your sensors and accessories just in case), the 96-99 had a different head and only some have the temp sensor hole at the back of the head for the gauge or dummy light, but this can be worked around, and 00-01 are not desirable because of their head cracking, but would work in your vehicle technically. Or in my case I have an 87 block with a 93 head, with a 99 intake with a comp cam. It's all cobbled together. Jeep 4.0s are kinda like legos almost.
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Use the intake manifold for your vehicle and the gasket for it and it works fine. No worries about swapping heads.
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Will the exhaust manifold work too? I just put a brand new one on my current engine.
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Will the exhaust manifold work too? I just put a brand new one on my current engine.
Absolutely.
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