tcm glx
NAXJA Member #1033
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- Riverside California
This definetley sounds like a great idea, my XJ is the 1st non V8 i've driven.
So you would also need to re-build your suspension because of the weight right? I would think frame stiffening, new shocks, and springs would also be in order right?
So you would also need to re-build your suspension because of the weight right?
Just swapped in a 3.4 in our desert truck and yeah... The ls1 is lighter... Be you a chev or ford guy you have to admit the ls1 is a great replacement for the small block chev in our retro-fit world.•4.0L I6, 515 lbs
•GM Small Block V8 (LS1), 407 lbs.
You forget that the LS1 is all aluminum. Much lighter than the tank of a cast iron motor we got now.
I have a swap going in my head for the last few months... If I was going to do it, it would be a chrysler 4.7L V8 out of a grand cherokee, with the 45RFE trans. More power, and better MPG's. Plus I think it would be alot easier to get it approved by the smog referee. Chrysler SUV-chrysler engine/trans-chysler coumputers. it's basically plug and play if I find one out of 2000-2001 WJ. I could steel the one out of the wifes, but she might get mad.
There was a guy at the 25th anniversary Fall Fling in Moab with a LS1. Talk about a tight fit. The exhaust headers were 1/8th of an inch from the firewall and did show some contact when torque'd. Still would be schweet
From what i hear the 4.7 is too wide to fit in an XJ.
Nope... It will fit