- Location
- Warsaw, IN
I am currently in the process of building a 1990 MJ for my oldest son. We have decided to do a full 2000 xj swap on it but have now found out the motor we put in it is no good so it's time for another motor swap.
I ended up picking up a 97 xj that was running to use the motor out of. I know that 97 was kind of an odd all year for the xj. With the wiring and motor we currently have in which is a 2000 with the precats, what would be the best and easiest swap to perform? I thought about just using the block from the 97 and using the sensors and everything from the 2000 but that would end up with having the exhaust ports not matching up and still being stuck with precats. Other option would be to swap the entire motor and engine wiring harness and ecu over from the 97. This way I wouldn't have any problems with the exhaust ports or deal with precats.
Does anybody know if there were any changes in the aw4 trans from 97-2000 that would prevent me from just swapping the motors over instead of complete drivetrain?
Or if anybody has any other helpful insight on best way to do this swap.
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I ended up picking up a 97 xj that was running to use the motor out of. I know that 97 was kind of an odd all year for the xj. With the wiring and motor we currently have in which is a 2000 with the precats, what would be the best and easiest swap to perform? I thought about just using the block from the 97 and using the sensors and everything from the 2000 but that would end up with having the exhaust ports not matching up and still being stuck with precats. Other option would be to swap the entire motor and engine wiring harness and ecu over from the 97. This way I wouldn't have any problems with the exhaust ports or deal with precats.
Does anybody know if there were any changes in the aw4 trans from 97-2000 that would prevent me from just swapping the motors over instead of complete drivetrain?
Or if anybody has any other helpful insight on best way to do this swap.
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