Jeep Cj V8 Swap Wiring

This video is broken up into three parts sorry for the need to watch multiples. Ford v8 s the small block ford v8 can be installed in most jeeps although generally not as simply or economically as the chevy v8. Fuel delivery fuel pumps have evolved from low pressure 4 12 psi mechanical engine mounted units for carburetors good at pulling fuel over a distance to medium pressure 13 18 psi electric in tank pumps for throttle body engines to high pressure electric in tank pumps.

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One of the most significant things an installer can do to speed the conversion process along and keep the headaches at bay is to have their factory gm harness simplified and modified.

Jeep cj v8 swap wiring. My donor vehicle is a 3 4 ton chevy van i have all wiring and computer also i have the cj 7 harness all i need to know is what wires i keep from the jeep harness and also i need to know what wires i need to connect to the gm harness what i was really hopeing for is someone who has i write up also i just wanted other peoples opinion on what the best way to go on wiring this also i feel since i. I really had a lot of anxiety about this because i feared it would be very hard and i would screw it up and the jeep would never run again but this wiring harness is very user friendly. This video we bring life back into a friends project cj 7 that has been sitting for nearly 20 years awaiting a early ls swap. Mopar s got a special plug n play kit just for that.

If you don t have to follow strict emissions regulations or are building the ultimate trail rig the gm ls v8 is a great option. A lift is not required for the jeep cj to perform the engine swap but may be done for reasons external to the swap. Wiring when swapping a 1998 or newer xj 4 0 into a yj with 4 2. Xj yj red red red red with white tracer yellow.

Wiring harness pcm programming services for the gm generation iii engines. View profile view forum posts. Next time it will be a cj with a v8. The ls motors 4 8 5 3 5 7 6 0 and new 6 2 and the 4l60e transmissions are readily available and provide a fantastic platform for a v8 swap into your jeep.

I f you re reading this you are probably considering swapping a v8 into your jeep cj or yj. The ford small block series are the 260 289 302 and 351w. Jeep cj offroad. V8 jeep drives for the first time in 20 years.

I did my swap in a cj7 but most of. Mopar will sell you its sema jeep concept s hemi v8 swap kit want to drop a modern 5 7 or 6 4 liter hemi v8 into an old jeep. 03 09 2014 01 27 pm 2. I m lumping the cj and yj together because they are so similar.

The biggest problem with the ford v8 is that the engine is longer than the chevy v8 which is a problem on cj s up through 1971.