Swapped in a Chevy 350 into my '88 some time back. Tons of work and money to do it right.
wrong, i did it for less than $400, One thing to consider is how low the engine will sit. The manifolds tuck down between the frame rails.
true, but they fit. The oil pan is very close to my drag link. You must have at least a 3" lift, or you'll have interference from UCA's. If you place the engine higher, you'll need a large hole in your hood, and most likely have to do fire-wall and tranny tunnel mods,
wrong again, no fire wall mods or trany mods, and the hood hole was for cooling and a 1/4 inch clearance dut to the K&N filter.as a matter of fact, i have tones of room under the hood behind the engine. You degrade rock crawling capability with all of the hangy-downs associated with V8 install
, no issues here but i did push the front axle forward 3 inches. It's my opinion that the D30 and a V8 will not get along.
mine does fine with 33"s but the D35 i have i worry about a little. Hopefully I can work through all of these, and other associated issues and get back the off road capability I had with my old, tired 4.0!
if you build it you will overcome! One thing for sure, on road capability has improved significantly. Maybe I should have left the Jeep alone and built a T-bucket for the street?