Have fun getting the wiring sorted out to make your gauges work. In Kalifornia we wouldn't even be allowed to attempt it, no engines made before the model year of the vehicle was made can be installed.
I have a 350 small block available to me, but have you ever heard one of these old motors? Practical or not, the odd-fire thing has a grip on me for some reason. Sounds like a Harley motor to me. Just rad.I think it would be cheaper and more efficient to put in a 4.0 I6 from another TJ.
I mean honestly, if you're going to go through the nightmare (especially the wiring) of swapping in another engine entirely, why not just put in a V8?
I have a 350 small block available to me, but have you ever heard one of these old motors? Practical or not, the odd-fire thing has a grip on me for some reason. Sounds like a Harley motor to me. Just rad.
LOL!!!!!!
Good lord! You'd have to run a triple spring set up and still have sagging:meparto:
Lol, right!? They are actually much lighter than they look though. I think the 50 HP version weighs in at about 800 pounds or so. I'd have to look it up. But just think, no radiator or cooling system. You could listen to all that cooling and intake air whistling around as you drive down the road at a very slow speed. IIRC, some of the smaller ones even come with compression releases and a hand crank!Good lord! You'd have to run a triple spring set up and still have sagging:meparto:
Really go free range!
Deutz air cooled diesel engines!
Sold!Well, as long as we're going completely off the rails, how about a nice Allison 250 turbine? 420 HP, light weight, fits in the engine bay, and has a - um - unique sound. Sure, the 25 gallon per hour fuel burn rate is a little excessive, and you might have to upgrade the drive shafts and a couple of other things, but running the exhaust stacks up through the hood would look awesome, right?
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Ran a Deutz tractor for about a month when I was a kid ....... that tractor was an unforgivable waste of iron ore.Lol, right!? They are actually much lighter than they look though. I think the 50 HP version weighs in at about 800 pounds or so. I'd have to look it up. But just think, no radiator or cooling system. You could listen to all that cooling and intake air whistling around as you drive down the road at a very slow speed. IIRC, some of the smaller ones even come with compression releases and a hand crank!
...and just imagine! They're all made in China now.Ran a Deutz tractor for about a month when I was a kid ....... that tractor was an unforgivable waste of iron ore.
Madeline Kahn's later quip from 'Blazing Saddles' kind'a sums up my thoughts of the engineer that designed the Deutz ..... teutonic twit !