Has anyone heard of this before?

Can't remember where I read this, but I swear I saw something saying that a newer Dakota (63mm) throttle body will swap with the XJ. There was also mention about the intake or intake manifold for some reason. Anybody know anything about this?

Don't know about the throttle body, But I never thought that the late model Dakota came with a 4.0L I6 or a 2.5L 4 banger, because they didn't. So no, the intake manifold will not work.

What years Cherokee will it swap on to?

early dakotas came with 3.0 v6, 5.2 V8 or the base model with the 2.5.

epa tests for 97 dakota with 2.5

another reference for ya