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Offline chardrc

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« on: July 06, 2006, 05:48:10 PM »
just when i thought i had the oil leak problem on my jeep solve and actyualy start fixing my dash and moving on to electical problems.. but then i notic.. o darn its leaking oil agian.. it looks like a rear main seal is leaking so that means take the motor oit again..(i jsut had it out during christmadss brake... so i will proably rebuild the whole motor cuz it wasnt runing at 100% anyways and sometimes back fireing.. but darn it makes me mad.

ow ya and the poll is jsut a after thought.. im asuming keep the 2.5 will winm sence ita a 4banger web site.. but i realy do have the chevy 4.3l v6 (non vortec) in my garage waiting for a home in 1 of our jeeps...
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1990 YJ 4cly, ax5, 2.5 inch BDS lift, 31 MTr\'s,  Powertrax-lockers all around, track-bars removed, boomerang shackles, warn m8000 winch, electric fan. [sold but not forgotten]

2007 jk Rubicon 2dr

Jesse-James

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« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2006, 06:34:44 PM »
Is that the Vortec? If it is that's one stout V6. I have one in my van.
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SMC4WD

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« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2006, 10:25:18 PM »
It's all about the money...   The 2.5L could be fixed for less money than it'll cost to get into a Vortex V6.  If you could afford it, or get it done correctly, that's my vote.

I bought my Jeep with only one this in mind.  Hard top and doors.  I could care less about the motor, because I figured if I blew it up, I'd put the same V6 inside.  But I'm building around the engine I've got, because if I ever do blow it up I want to be sure the rest of the drivetrain can handle it.  

You need to make sure your addressing that too.
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zeitlerusmc

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« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2006, 10:01:15 AM »
Is the rest of your drive train going to be able to handle the 290 ft lbs of torque that bad little bowtie motor puts out? if money isn't anything to you, you should fire in  front and rear dynatrac axles too!! you know what as you were!!!! skip the 4.3 go to teraflex.biz and look into the hemi conversion kit!!! yeah!!!!!!!
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Offline chardrc

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« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2006, 06:29:51 PM »
hehe i love the responses....

unfortunitly the v6 isnt vortec:( .. but we did bore it out a bit...

and as far as new axels go we have a dana 44 and a ford 8inch in my back yard looking for a home also...

we have this stuff cuz we have another cj2a we were / are going to sup up wioth big motor,, axels ...ect.. but we ciould just do that to my jeep...
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1990 YJ 4cly, ax5, 2.5 inch BDS lift, 31 MTr\'s,  Powertrax-lockers all around, track-bars removed, boomerang shackles, warn m8000 winch, electric fan. [sold but not forgotten]

2007 jk Rubicon 2dr

Offline chardrc

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« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2006, 11:33:35 AM »
just as an update.. it still leaks but this morning i was going to drive it intto work cuz my bro couldnt drive me.. so i take the softtop down and quikly jump init to leave cuz i was runing late and i put the key in turn it and what do you know it wont start.. it pulls over but wont fire... so i had to drive our cherokke.. ill have to look into htis problem after work to get r back on the road.

scratch that.. in my rush i didnt wait long enough befor pulling the motor over so there wasnt enough fuel presure yet for it to start:(
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1990 YJ 4cly, ax5, 2.5 inch BDS lift, 31 MTr\'s,  Powertrax-lockers all around, track-bars removed, boomerang shackles, warn m8000 winch, electric fan. [sold but not forgotten]

2007 jk Rubicon 2dr

rkcohen

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4 popper v. 6 banger..
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2006, 06:07:06 AM »
have had a Jeep in one form or another since 1977.  got my most recent Jeep ride, a '06 TJ Wrangler.

hang on to your hats - I ordered it stripped!

the guy here in Germany at our post just couldn't believe it!  it was the only Wrangler they had ever ordered bare.

I can tell you that I've been having a hoot!

found a great set of 5 Grizzly cast factory wheels, put on a set of Cooper 235/75-15s and have not looked back.

run it with synthetic in the crank as well as both axles and normally get 21-22 miles per gallon.  it only has 6000 miles on it and I suspect the mileage will increase.

the 2.4 has good enough power in it's stock form in a light TJ and have found out on a tip from a buddy of mine - there's a bunch of stuff the PT Cruiser guys use that will work on the same motor in my rig.  we'll see.

until then, the top goes down and we have a lot of fun on forest trails!
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Offline chardrc

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« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2006, 11:32:30 AM »
my jeep has over 150 thousand miles on it and the motor has only had the top half of it rebiult once.. also its a 1990 so it has the 2.5l which is less powerfull and it was tbi so it losses even more power and milage.... and it backfires when i shit sometimes.. but ill stick with it tell it blows
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2007 jk Rubicon 2dr

Offline chardrc

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« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2006, 06:59:28 PM »
well i finaly got under my jeep again and found that the oil leak or at leas some of it was coming from the oilpan cuz the bolts were lose so it was seeping out around the bolts... kinda imparising:wall: to have lose oilpan bolts.. i dont know how that happend  :nothing:
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1990 YJ 4cly, ax5, 2.5 inch BDS lift, 31 MTr\'s,  Powertrax-lockers all around, track-bars removed, boomerang shackles, warn m8000 winch, electric fan. [sold but not forgotten]

2007 jk Rubicon 2dr

j-freak153

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« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2006, 08:48:03 PM »
do the swap...if you have the motor and want something a little more unique, then go for it...just because this is a 4-banger web site doesnt mean that it should hold you back...no offence to anyone here of course, but jeepin is about community...its a lifestyle...and it shouldnt matter what engine you have in your wagon, just that your wagon is a jeep...i plan on swapping in a 350, SM 465 tranny, and Currie 9" axles...and just because i do does not make me any less of a person doing it or make my jeep any less of a jeep for doing it either...as it should be for everyone else... :? sorry for the rant...but a jp is still a jp

congrats on finding the leak...i put some leak stopper stuff in my motor and it has worked wonders...
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Guardian7

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« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2006, 12:17:37 AM »
Have you researched the cost of the swap? The deciding factor for me would be time & money to do the swap. If you do the swap would you be interested in selling the tired 4banger. I would love a project rebuilding a 2.5L without having my Jeep down for the whole time and putting some nice performance parts in as time and money permit. Bore the block 30 over, new cam, lifters, double roller chain, maybe some head work etc. Then when it's all ready 2-3 days to do the swap!
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Offline chardrc

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« Reply #11 on: August 14, 2006, 07:15:37 PM »
ya if i do the swap( ill warn you it would proably be about a year from now befor it would be done at least).. i would be happy to sell the motor i would have no real use for it... but im in minnesota and looks like your in cali so that could be interesting geting it from poitn a to point be...

the cost of the swap would be just the trany (whichever one i would go with... might just put a ax15 so i have 5 gears so i can go highway rather than the 4speed trany i have laying around) and a adapter kit for it to go to the trany and the motor.. but my dad has a freind that biulds race car motors and has a shop so he gives us a good deal on machine work...

but then again there are all the hiddin costs of gages and such... (thats what im afraid of is the electronics.. although i could use the same speedo cuz has nothin to do with motor
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1990 YJ 4cly, ax5, 2.5 inch BDS lift, 31 MTr\'s,  Powertrax-lockers all around, track-bars removed, boomerang shackles, warn m8000 winch, electric fan. [sold but not forgotten]

2007 jk Rubicon 2dr
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