Saving for an engine swap. Need your input

roadkill wrote:

I also have a 97 4.0 block but you will need to do extensive machine work to get it back in good condition (I think) plus its missing lots of parts. your welcome to it as well if you wanna undertake a rebuild

Sweet! I might take it. It would be a good learning project to tackle even though I don’t have any idea on how to rebuild an engine

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This is gonna get ugly...I just know it.

I'm opting jut to ignore him

so what did Veteran08 post? it got deleted b4 i could read it

if it was me i'd look for a 4bt. if i'd have done the math on my stroker build correctly i would have just opted to do the 4bt myself. 30 something mpg and more power then you could ask for sounds real good

any of them 4 wheel drive?

DangerMouse wrote:

What year block?

Not sure Ray but you can come look at it if you want call me David (210)219-0279

too bad then you could just take the entire drivetrain and computer and put them in your jeep instead of mixing and matching

I'm gonna keep an eye on this one, sounds interesting

http://blogs.jpmagazine.com/6667601/editorials/easy-jeep-vw-tdi-diesel-swap/index.html

http://www.hpamotorsports.com/tdijeep.htm

roadkill wrote:

I'm gonna keep an eye on this one, sounds interesting

http://blogs.jpmagazine.com/6667601/editorials/easy-jeep-vw-tdi-diesel-swap/index.html

http://www.hpamotorsports.com/tdijeep.htm

This is a nice find. I wonder how much it will cost

If i were you man I would follow closely to the VW swap. the Hp is about the same as an inline 6 and the torque is way better. Plus because its a turbo you could always put a slightly larger turbo on with almost no problems and see major gains in power. It would be simple and the engines cant be terribly expensive. You could probably find a junked TDI and yank it and use it for far cheaper than anything else. IDK man I have a jk and hell I would consider doing that for an engine swap on mine. Just saying.

Tyler

Does anyone have a dyno sheet for the TDI motors? I'd be interested to see what the torque curve looks like. Is it anemic at the low end and only starts to put out power as the revs go up and the turbo gets spinning?

Typically the torque curve is fairly flat on a diesel and falls off---thus the need for boost. It would be interesting to see though, I will do sum huntin'.

Well this isn't exactly a Cummins, which is why I was asking. Plus, I have no idea what size fans they're using and how quickly it spools up at the expense of ultimate power versus spooling up slowly so it can cram more air in at the top end.

2007 3.0 crd, not sure if it's stock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snZY6jzEKek&feature=related

JK_JOE wrote:

2007 3.0 crd, not sure if it's stock.
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I know where we can find one of those!!!!!! It's parked right next to a Hemi JK

Just got an update email from the TDI project, check out the website, $2,599 for the stage 1 package.

http://www.hpamotorsport.com/TDI-YJ-AX5.htm

Now you just gotta wait for the TJ kit to come out.

DangerMouse wrote:

Now you just gotta wait for the TJ kit to come out.

it works for me I have the 2.5L but I don't have the money, not for that right now.