TJ Engine Replacement Project

[Chevtech]

Skip all that bullshit and do it right.

4.6/270hp Jeep Long Block | Golen High Performance Engines

Buying a reman or crate engine misses the entire point of wanting to do a rebuild...

Would be kinda fun to turn it into a stroker while you were at it though. Do it just to make all this BS you are going through worthwhile!

 

[wct097]

Would be kinda fun to turn it into a stroker while you were at it though. Do it just to make all this BS you are going through worthwhile!

I've been reading up on 4.0 strokers. Looks like you can do a budget build for cheap. I'm thinking that one of the 4.5L builds wouldn't be much more than the rebuild.

 

[abqtj]

That's a lot of miles to just slap in unless you are going to do a stroker.

Or I'd find a better engine to swap in, too.

 

[wct097]

That's a lot of miles to just slap in unless you are going to do a stroker.

Or I'd find a better engine to swap in, too.

Like I said, the 180k engine is a temporary solution while I take the time to rebuild the original 4.0. I'm very interested in doing a stroker, but the bottom line is that once the original engine is rebuilt, it'll be a "zero mile" engine that's completely rebuilt.

 

[Chevtech]

I've been reading up on 4.0 strokers. Looks like you can do a budget build for cheap. I'm thinking that one of the 4.5L builds wouldn't be much more than the rebuild.

Do this and we shall forgive this moronic multi-swap BS due to the claim that it was buying time to build a stroker.

 

[wct097]

Do this and we shall forgive this moronic multi-swap BS due to the claim that it was buying time to build a stroker.

Since I already intend to have it bored and to install a fresh cam & lifters, I think the only added expense would be the 4.2L crank and larger fuel injectors.

 

[abqtj]

Go Hemi or go home

 

[chris c96]

Go Hemi or go home

ls based > hemi garbage...

 

[wct097]

Go Hemi or go home

The problem with full-on custom swaps like that is that you'll always have issues to deal with. Ignoring the cost, a stroked factory engine will almost always be a cleaner and more reliable option than a V8.

 

[abqtj]

ls based > hemi garbage...

Oh hell yeah!

If I had $10k laying around that would be on the list of shit to blow it on.

 

[Nadeaux]

That ZJ engine is gonna go pop before you get the old engine rebuilt.

 

[themonk]

Maybe you can find a rusty stroker for sale cheap.

 

[chris c96]

Oh hell yeah!

If I had $10k laying around that would be on the list of shit to blow it on.

10k? i researched an ls1/6spd swap for the c3. found donor trans ams and camaros for $4000..

can prolly pick and pull a ls1/6spd for $4k...

5.3's are dirt cheap

 

[Jays89YJ]

I love it when everyone claims a GM motor swap being a great, cheap option. Cost effective is the donor and possible rebuild.

 

[abqtj]

10k? i researched an ls1/6spd swap for the c3. found donor trans ams and camaros for $4000..

can prolly pick and pull a ls1/6spd for $4k...

5.3's are dirt cheap

I was thinking crate engine

 

[Jays89YJ]

I installed a GMPP crate motor in my YJ. To make everything function and handle just shy of 400hp, it cost me well over $10k. Shit, the motor fully dressed was over $6k.

Yes, install a crate motor to save money.

 

[wct097]

I love it when everyone claims a GM motor swap being a great, cheap option. Cost effective is the donor and possible rebuild.

I've seen some cheap redneck crap before, and I have no desire to deal with that. I'd want to do it properly and little things like my oil pressure not reading or my factory tach not working would drive me bonkers.

 

[Brock]

The problem with full-on custom swaps like that is that you'll always have issues to deal with. Ignoring the cost, a stroked factory engine will almost always be a cleaner and more reliable option than a V8.

Bullshit

 

[Justin]

$20K HEMI swap or stay home

 

[Hooligan]

Are you from New England? Every NEer I've ever met has been intent on keeping everything they own running until it literally falls apart. Doesn't matter if it's a car, a TV, a computer, a couch or a grandmother.

Friend of mine comes from a moneyed family on Cape Ann and yet he keeps pumping money into a Volvo 240 and his iBook must be nearing 10 years old.

Regardless, I will enjoy watching this