altrocker1

yeah...I'm not really having any luck finding one...right now its about the lowest thing on the priority list though. i really need to worry about getting this thing up and running before worrying too much about details.

so besides adapting the motor mounts, i'm looking around for some other goodies... any ideas on where to look for a boost gauge from a td mj or xj??? i can easily add an aftermarket one, but i thought it would be cool to have one that was stock. most of the gauges will still work...i'll have to figure out a place to tap the temp gauge in. the trickiest part will be trying to find a way to do a tach...there are plenty of ways to do it...i just have to figure out the best way

well hello mr mj...meet mr xd2s in she goes... well the motor should fit nicely...i don't really forsee any clearance issues...though its tough to tell currently. mostly i wanted see how the turbo would fit and how much clearance there would be for an intercooler...I'm going to have to modify the exhaust pipe a bit, but it should work out well there is PLENTY of clearance for an intercooler if i have to move the radiator back. got a lot of work to do on the motor mounts...they didn't work out as well as i hoped, but it won't be hard to make my own set

Hello all...i already started a thread for this on a few other forums, but i feel like i'll get the most help here :) Decided to officially kick off this build. a few months ago i started kicking around the idea of building a turbodiesel comanche, but i know the renault motors that came in cherokees and comanches stock were not always the most reliable, nor the most efficient. one day while browsing craigslist, i came across this... this is an xd2s peugeot 2.3L turbo diesel. similar to hp stock as the renault, but over all a much better motor. they have a pretty standard bosch injection pump and overall they can be tuned a little better than factory to add a little bit more horsepower. the most important part, is that they came stock in some cars with a BA 10-5...and this one came with the stock tranny...score. then it came time for a suitable donor...i found a super cheap mj that was a little beat up...i needed new fenders, doors and the roof was crinkled from a rollover...but the pillars were straight, and it had the coveted (NOT!!!) ba 10-5 already in tact. i may be the only guy in the world actually looking for the puke goat, but it will hold up to this little turbo diesel much better than the 4.0. she wasn't pretty, but would serve my purposes just fine. i have a buddy who even volunteered to fix the roof for me, so all in all it wasn't a bad deal. heck for $250, it was just fine by me. fast forward a few weeks, when i was attempting to sell the motor in the mj that purchased (i wouldn't be needing it and it ran excellent) i stumbled upon someone who was going to convert a 2.5l 2wd mj into a 4.0 4x4 trail truck...however, he didn't want to spend any more money and he didn't want to beat up the nice mj he had...so i agreed to buy an auto tranny and transfer case for my mj and to do an even swap...so as of tomorrow this gal will be sitting outside of my shop so it was time to remove what i needed...since his truck is a manual as well, i only needed the necessites...tranny, t case and drive shafts. despite the bitter cold, after a few hours time i had my pot of gold overall, the tranny is in good shape. it was actually replaced about 2 years ago according to the original owner...and with the ease that it came out with i believe him. here are the two bellhousings next to each other...jeep on the right and peugeot on the left. the bolt pattern is identical, as i assumed it would be. the only major difference is the input shaft length...the jeep shaft is 1.25" longer. not terrible, but i will have to put a spacer in between the bellhousing and the tranny. it should be fairly easy to fab one or have it made, and it is just a spacer, not a full on adapter. the slave cylinder on the peugeot is only attached to the bellhousing, so there should be no issues with running a spacer. the spline count, shaft diameter and spline depth is all identical between both transmissions. there is just an extra 1.25" of unsplined shaft on the mj's tranny. so, my goal is to have this start going together asap...which means starting tomorrow i will be on the hunt for someone to machine me a spacer. i have my brothers father in law ready to go if i need him. he runs a machine shop and would do the machining for next to nothing if i can get the aluminum for him...so let this adventure officially begin!