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Scott in WY
04-24-2012, 12:50 PM
So anyway, picked up a 85 cherokee, this has been sitting for 14 years.
2.8L w/auto, 2door, body and interior are in great shape.

What should I do with it?

Keep engine stock?
strip all the BS to bare engine? no inspections here.
swap engine/trany?

get it running and sell it to fund something I can do more with?

I would prefer not to have a computer in whatever I end up with.

I'm so confused.

I'v striped down SBC for race cars, but not sure this will work for the jeep.

Scott

msmoorenburg
04-24-2012, 01:01 PM
If it was my choice it would depend on what i have laying around

if i had chevy v8 or v6 "4.3only" with tranny and transfer case i'd do the complete swap. If not i would look into the 3.1 camaro swap

4.3LXJ
04-24-2012, 09:04 PM
Yes som of that depends on what you have available and what kind of smog laws you have to contend with. If none, SBC with a carb would be a great swap with a 700R4 or TH350