#1 reason to keep a 2.8 in your jeep: you can say you have a V6 cherokee and all the know it alls will come rushing in screaming "no its an Inline6" and you can pleasurably slap them down.
Love your still doing the Cherokee stuff Ronnie. Like watching your videos. Up here in NH its a little hard to find a rust free xj. They are out there but pricey. I have a 1986 jeep xj two door near mint body. Bought a 1996 jeep xj as a winter beater. Ran it for three years with little work. 102k on the dash. the 96 came from Maine and the floor is all about gone. The 2.8 to 4.0 swap is coming end of winter/spring. After measuring the Noses they are the same length. Its mostly about the hood latch change to side latches and of course the firewall. With the donor jeep this should be made "easier". 1986 2.8 a904 trans np228. 1996 4.0 ax15 np 231.
Getting ready to do a 2.8 to 4.0 swap. I do have the donor vehicle. It’s not as hard as Ronnie makes it out to be. I have the entire wiring harness from the donor, as well as all of the necessary body parts.
The old ones do not have a shorter front end. The upper radiator support is further forward, which is why you need the 4.0 hood. The 2.8 has the latch in the center, and the 4.0 has one on each side of the hood.
I’m not sure but I had an ‘86 AMC Jeep Cherokee with the 2.8L V6 and spent a lot of time under the hood “unflooding” the carburetor every time it stalled and refilling power steering fluid. That engine bay was pretty full. I had a Wrangler with the 4.0 as well and couldn’t see how the 4.0 straight six would fit in the ‘86 XJ Cherokee.
@@obxjeepguy Oh that is awesome! I love the nostalgia and retroness from the 86’s exterior and interior styling. A better engine in that package would be amazing.
I just picked up a 1984 Cherokee carbureted 2.8L wit 241K that runs great. I had a Firebird and Fiero with the 2.8L. They were both fuel injected. The engine never gave me any problems, it was everything attached to them.
Hi, someone knows what is the original differential ratio in a 1984 cherokee V6 2.8L with a manual transmition? Ive read that its 4.10 with a D30 and D35.... thank you!
I love my 2.5 ... I have a 94 2 door with 4.11 diffs no rust... but now I want a 84 2.5 with a carb and a rhd mail xj why I thought I was over this when I was done building the toyota 4X4 PUs but now its XJs... whatcha gonna do??? Talk about the tough lil 2.5 How about rare XJ variantes like the grand 2wd or the aforementioned right hand drive mail XJ the spidy eye wagoner would be good too good show mate keep it up from the inland NW
heres what i know about swapping them, the 2.8 and 4.3 have a different bell housing bolt pattern on engine, but if its manual trans you can change the bell housing, you will need a bell housing off a 4.3 manual trans or even a v8 chevy bell housing will work from that era, they also make an adapter plate but i think they are around 100 bucks.
by his tag county number hes in franklin county ohio, (thats where i grew up) so better beware if you pull next to a red cherokee looking to race, just kidding, ive never pulled up to a jeep looking for a race
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#1 reason to keep a 2.8 in your jeep: you can say you have a V6 cherokee and all the know it alls will come rushing in screaming "no its an Inline6" and you can pleasurably slap them down.
My yj had the 2.5, swapped a 4.3 in it and i love it!!!
I fully agree. Just save and get a Cherokee with the 4.0. If any swap at all do the LS swap. Just my opinion.
Love your still doing the Cherokee stuff Ronnie. Like watching your videos. Up here in NH its a little hard to find a rust free xj. They are out there but pricey. I have a 1986 jeep xj two door near mint body. Bought a 1996 jeep xj as a winter beater. Ran it for three years with little work. 102k on the dash. the 96 came from Maine and the floor is all about gone. The 2.8 to 4.0 swap is coming end of winter/spring. After measuring the Noses they are the same length. Its mostly about the hood latch change to side latches and of course the firewall. With the donor jeep this should be made "easier". 1986 2.8 a904 trans np228. 1996 4.0 ax15 np 231.
Swapping my 85 2 door with a straight 6 right from a 95 right now. Its difficult but its worth it
A guy I know in MA has a 86 Wagoneer with 100k miles….2.8l… thing runs smoooth…. Body in great shape… she’s a beauty!
Getting ready to do a 2.8 to 4.0 swap. I do have the donor vehicle. It’s not as hard as Ronnie makes it out to be. I have the entire wiring harness from the donor, as well as all of the necessary body parts.
I just picked up a 1984 chief with the 2.8. It only has 37k on the clock! It starts up great and is super quiet but yeah sadly a bit slow..
The old ones do not have a shorter front end. The upper radiator support is further forward, which is why you need the 4.0 hood. The 2.8 has the latch in the center, and the 4.0 has one on each side of the hood.
I’m not sure but I had an ‘86 AMC Jeep Cherokee with the 2.8L V6 and spent a lot of time under the hood “unflooding” the carburetor every time it stalled and refilling power steering fluid. That engine bay was pretty full. I had a Wrangler with the 4.0 as well and couldn’t see how the 4.0 straight six would fit in the ‘86 XJ Cherokee.
@@highoctaneadventure I just did the 4.0 conversion in mine. I could tell you all about it.
@@obxjeepguy Oh that is awesome! I love the nostalgia and retroness from the 86’s exterior and interior styling. A better engine in that package would be amazing.
@@obxjeepguy I would love to know how to do this. Found a pristine '84 two door AND have a built '97 donor.
How can I find out more?
I just picked up a 1984 Cherokee carbureted 2.8L wit 241K that runs great. I had a Firebird and Fiero with the 2.8L. They were both fuel injected. The engine never gave me any problems, it was everything attached to them.
2.8 to 3.4 is the only way to go
2.8 V6 Runs perfect, sounds great, no misfires, but has random stalls , it loosed all power then stalls…..any help?
out of Lost Creek here always cool to find a fellow mountaineer
Good info
Hi, someone knows what is the original differential ratio in a 1984 cherokee V6 2.8L with a manual transmition? Ive read that its 4.10 with a D30 and D35.... thank you!
That is typical. There is also a tag (if it hasn't rusted off) that should tell you bolted on to the diff cover.
I love my 2.5 ... I have a 94 2 door with 4.11 diffs no rust... but now I want a 84 2.5 with a carb and a rhd mail xj why I thought I was over this when I was done building the toyota 4X4 PUs but now its XJs... whatcha gonna do???
Talk about the tough lil 2.5
How about rare XJ variantes
like the grand 2wd
or the aforementioned right hand drive mail XJ
the spidy eye wagoner would be good too
good show mate
keep it up
from the inland NW
heres what i know about swapping them, the 2.8 and 4.3 have a different bell housing bolt pattern on engine, but if its manual trans you can change the bell housing, you will need a bell housing off a 4.3 manual trans or even a v8 chevy bell housing will work from that era, they also make an adapter plate but i think they are around 100 bucks.
So how do we get the most out of the 2.8 what can we do of we have the weak engine lol
I have one too bro
lmao took me 10 min into the video before i noticed the 1911
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by his tag county number hes in franklin county ohio, (thats where i grew up) so better beware if you pull next to a red cherokee looking to race, just kidding, ive never pulled up to a jeep looking for a race