I have a 1997 jeep wrangler with a 2.5l engin, It has 3inch body lift and 4inch suspension lift and 33inch tires and it looks GOOFY. every things still stock. obviously everybody knows im under-powerd and barely putting around town. IM thinking of buying a wreckd dodge truck 04'to06' and pulling the motor but will my transmission fit the motor? are there adapters? HAS ANY BODY DONE THIS BEFORE? DID IT WORK? PLEAS somebody tell me something because Im about to put my jeep out of its myserie.  

sounds like a good way to blowup your D35.

dont know about the hemi.
I've read writeups on the web about using a 5.9 from a durango. I hear the 4.7 can be a bear to work with. there is always the SBC route.

why are you running a body lift too. you don't need it with a 4" suspension lift to run 33s. take it out.

The Hemi will fit but you have a bunch of wiring issues that will need to be adressed. If you are a backyard mechanic, you will be better off having a quality shop do the swap. Why not get rid of the body lift and make it look better and change the axel gearing for the 33" tires. The money you spend on the engin swap will be better spent on gas and gears.   

Hey thanks for the info, iv have been thinking bout' durango egines too. the reason i have the 3" body lift was because im eventually going to run bigger tires when i swap egines I have an explorer im taking the rear axle out of and a Bronco with a 5.0 I considered that egine  but thats a damn good truck I dont want to mess with it. thanks  

thanks for the info, what kind of gears should i use and will they still work with 35's if I decide to change tiress later down the road?  

Every body tells me that the 4 banger comes with 4.10 gears in the rear end. If you keep the 4 banger and use 35's you sill need at least 4.56 gears. The best thing that I can advise is to talk with the people that you are going to get your new gears from, tell them what you are going to use the rig for and the mods that you plan to make. They will sugest the right gearing for you.  

Sell it and buy one with a 4.0. It will cost less than doing an engine swap.

I didn't want to tell him that selling the 4 banger and buy one with a 4.0 would be cheeper and easier. I think that he likes spending money and watching his rig set in the shop wile the engin swap goes undone because of money or loss of intrest of working on it.  

A lot of pepole  have told me the same thing , thing is that when I bought the jeep I never thought Id go crazy on it I guess the jeep bug bit me. I bought the jeep for 8 grand and and spent 4 grand on it I bought all kinds of accesories for it, I tell you that jeep looks like a monster but its whats inside that counts, nobody will pay me for all the things id poure into it, Its too late now I cant turn back I gotta go all the way. 

Hey, Jdock, look up what sunk funds means.  

the 4.0 are lots more to insure. I wish I had bought a 2.5 then swaped in a stronger driveline. the insurance savings would have paid for lots of other upgrades by now.  

Ever hear the phrase, "throwing good money after bad?". If you sell, then you should get most of your money back. Depending on where you live, an engine swap may not be feasable. In california, you will have mountains of red tape to navigate to get your Jeep to pass emmisions, if at all possible. In other areas of the country, emmisions will be a problem also. If you do an engine swap and live near where emmisions checks are required, the value of you jeep will be near zero.  

I dont know what the emmision conrtol is in sw flordia but I dont think it should be a big deal cause' theres a lot of air boats and swomp buggies around here. I dont think any body will give me more than 10 grand for my jeep, prices are pretty high for cars down here especialy here in naples,there outragious. I got jipped on my jeep when I bought it, 8grand for 4 bannger what was i thinking! may be Im better off throwing in  a header in and lowering the gears and just call it quits.

Engine Swap?  -no.  Gears.  A 5.7 Jeep would be cool, but, you've got a 3" BL.  There's still some things you need to figure out before you rip the motor out.  First of all, that thing needs a rear axle, not a motor.  When you put an axle in it, gear the front to at least 4.56's with your 4cyl.  If you're going to bigger tires, go to 4.88's

Also, don't get too concerned about swapping a v8 in front of your stock tranny.  That AX-5 is questionable behind a 4cyl, it won't handle a 6cyl and it'll look like a beer can on the floor of a frat party if you try to stick a v8 in front of it.  Getting a whole truck is a good idea.  That way, you've got the computer, motor, trans, wiring, t-case, etc all at your disposal.  Not to mention things like emissions devices, fuel lines, pumps, filters, etc. 

3" BL?  why?  c'mon, ditch that thing.  At least cut it in half.  I know you wanna clear bigger tires but a set of 1" and your 4" suspension will allow you to clear 35's.  No need for that goofy giant BL. 

Sunk Cost-  Face it, Jeeps hold their value great, in stock form.  As soon as we take wrenches to 'em.  We devalue them considerably.  Jeeps are like purebred dogs, you bring 'em home, you take 'em to the vet, you feed 'em, you put all your time and energy into training 'em, and they're still not worth 1/3 of what you paid the breeder.  The kind of person that's buying a used Jeep doesn't care what you've done to it.  They're either going to un-do it, or, re-do it.  Either way, they'd rather have a bone stock Jeep.  Your "mods" can be expenses to a potential buyer.

If it takes $20K at AEV to get a V8 swap right into a I6 ... think about lots of labor, parts, and C-A-S-H!

I would love a V8 350 in my Sport TJ but ... the money and time it would take to get it right.

Hey!  JP Magazine!  Need a project TJ to work on and convert into a V8 jeep.  I know you've already done a few dozen articles on this topic but you can never do too many.  

Pimp up my Jeep TJ for ROCKS and HIGHWAY!