Pippobug
Full Access Member
Hi,
This will sound like a very odd question to a lot of you, but bear in mind I am not in the US, so thing over her in the UK are different and we get different spec of KJ over here.
My question is: how difficult is it to swap out in KJ Sport manual a petrol 2.4 to a 3.7 ? of possibly to a 4.7 ? keeping the manual 5 speed gearbox or even 6 speed.
You might ask why? Here is the reason:
1) In the UK only the very early KJ 3.7 came in Sport ie 2002 max 2003, almost all are Limited or Extreme Sport editions all AUTO and I don’t like them, prefer sport model. Our Sport models are only missing the leather seats and the coloured bumpers & wheel arches, we have all the other toys like power windows, mirrors, Aircon & EVC, etc.
2) All the KJ petrol 2.4 are manual over here, same as in the US, and come already with 4.11 axel ratio, so if it’s possible to put in the 3.7 you have already re geared to allow for 32’ tyres.
3) The other way of looking at it, am I better off de badging and swapping out coloured bumpers & wheel arches to a sport and re gearing a 3.7 to 4.11 axel of a 2.4? But I would still love to have a manual gearbox instead of an Auto!?
Sadly I missed out on a very rare KJ Sport 3.7 Auto on Ebay ( had head gasket blown )and I have found another one, but they are asking too much for what I want to do.
Any advise is welcomed.
Tks,
Fil.
(PS: I have posted the same question on LOST Jeeps for those how switch between forums ;-) )
This will sound like a very odd question to a lot of you, but bear in mind I am not in the US, so thing over her in the UK are different and we get different spec of KJ over here.
My question is: how difficult is it to swap out in KJ Sport manual a petrol 2.4 to a 3.7 ? of possibly to a 4.7 ? keeping the manual 5 speed gearbox or even 6 speed.
You might ask why? Here is the reason:
1) In the UK only the very early KJ 3.7 came in Sport ie 2002 max 2003, almost all are Limited or Extreme Sport editions all AUTO and I don’t like them, prefer sport model. Our Sport models are only missing the leather seats and the coloured bumpers & wheel arches, we have all the other toys like power windows, mirrors, Aircon & EVC, etc.
2) All the KJ petrol 2.4 are manual over here, same as in the US, and come already with 4.11 axel ratio, so if it’s possible to put in the 3.7 you have already re geared to allow for 32’ tyres.
3) The other way of looking at it, am I better off de badging and swapping out coloured bumpers & wheel arches to a sport and re gearing a 3.7 to 4.11 axel of a 2.4? But I would still love to have a manual gearbox instead of an Auto!?
Sadly I missed out on a very rare KJ Sport 3.7 Auto on Ebay ( had head gasket blown )and I have found another one, but they are asking too much for what I want to do.
Any advise is welcomed.
Tks,
Fil.
(PS: I have posted the same question on LOST Jeeps for those how switch between forums ;-) )