Re: Eagle engine swap?

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: ramblerfreak <ramblerfreak@xxxxxxxxx>
" 
" 
" Howdy! i had a quick question i searched the archives as much as i could
" but i didn't find exactly what i was lookin for, i have a 1986 Eagle
" with a annoying engine ticking noise and worn rings that are allowing
" major blow by (this thing emits smoke in vast quantities at around 65
" mph)   Anyway i was looking in the junkyards and no one has any 4.2's
" that are worth anything but ive been coming across plenty of 4.0's will
" the 4.0 block bolt up to the 998 tranny? and will i have to modify
" anything like the int/exh manifolds to use the 2bbl carb set up? or
" should i try to get the EFI stuff to go along with the 4.0? and if i try
" to use the EFI will it work with a non computer controlled tranny?

yes; it's been done.  surprisingly the 4.0 block does have the eagle
diff mounting lugs even though they were never used.

cherokee autos up to '95 or so had independent controllers; wranglers
up to some date had non-electronic trannies.  an engine from those
years won't mind the 998.

it'll bolt up to the 998 but you'll have to relocate the cps if you go
with efi, or you could get the 999/32rh from a wrangler.  it's a
variant of the 998.

imho your easiest swap would be a wrangler 4.0 + tranny; up to '00/01
or so they were all 3sp like the 998, and the wrangler has a centered
fan like the grand chero but unlike the cherokee.  and i'd go with efi
- you'll love it.  the only hitch is intake/booster clearance; a
smaller booster is a good idea.  and if you get the whole pkg it
doesn't matter if the tranny is electronic [32re]; the ecm handles it.

belated thought: cherokees weigh pretty similarly to eagles but are
usually geared lower - nothing taller than 3.07.
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