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  1. mnkyboy

    LS4+TF904?

    mnkyboy replied to CheapXJ's topic in The Pub

    I found them on Ebay looks easy enough to make, but he's only asking $95 for the kit.
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    LS4+TF904?

    mnkyboy replied to CheapXJ's topic in The Pub

    That's good to know, I've seen home made brackets but nothing that was being produced.
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    Another puzzle piece showed up, now i need to set this up on the crank pulley and relocate the crank sensor to read it. I also picked up a new laptop just for tuning and various electronics projects, it's fancy enough to run everything i need but cheap enough to hang out in the garage. Now I'm waiting on some cables and a breakout box so i can start playing with sensors on the Speeduino.
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    It will be a minute, I've still got a ton of research to do,i also still need to get the Continental out of the garage to make room for the MJ. I did order some IDC40 ribbon cables to build the adapter to make the Speeduino plug into the 91 MJ harness, once i make it, i will have the boy design and 3d print a housing to attach the connector to the housing i got to hold the Speeduino. I also got the 36-1 trigger wheel ordered to put on the crank since the Speeduino can't read either of the available 2.5l trigger patterns off the flywheel, (FYI there is code to support the 4.0l HO pattern so it will be easier for someone to convert a 4.0l.)
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    The Speeduino ECU showed up today, now to figure out how to wire it up and get it to work.
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    I don't know many shops that are still running up your way, you might try John at Auburn auto repair and offroad. He's pretty active in the offroad community and i can't recall ever hearing anything negative about his shop.
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    I've been out there several times since it's only about 40 minutes from home, it's a newer area and is growing, it's currently not a very big OHV area but it's still a good time. 4XNation is working with the forest service to improve and build the area, the club does clean ups and work parties up there as well as lots of wheeling trips, so check them out. They are more active on Facebook but also have a forum.
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    It's pretty simple really, there's also many write ups and videos about the conversion. You can find kits with wiring and all for $50-$60, or source the parts yourself for around $20, even less if you can snag a used regulator and plug.
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    Still waiting on the ECM to show up, and I still need to get my Continental moved out of the garage to make room to work on the MJ, so not much of an update. I did get an external voltage regulator since currently my alternator is regulated by the Chrysler ECM and the Speeduino doesn't have the ability to regulate it. I also liberated an ECM plug from a 93 YJ ECM, it was a pain to get out but i should be able to wire it into the Speeduino making it plug into the Chrysler MPFI harness, once i get it wired up i will probably 3D print an enclosure for it to live in.
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    Most of the 2.5l mods you will see, like the 4 port injectors or 4.0l TB are for the 91 and newer MPFI 2.5l. The 86-90 TBI 2.5l is a great engine but you won't find much as far as performance parts, just get it running well then gear the axles correctly for whatever tire size you want and run it.
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    LS4+TF904?

    mnkyboy replied to CheapXJ's topic in The Pub

    Something to consider, although the LS4 will bolt up to the bell housing it does not have any starter provisions. The LS4 was designed to use a bellhousing mounted starter, 2.5l/2.8l Jeeps use a block mounted starter so fabrication and some creativity will be necessary to mount a starter on it, this is a big reason that you don't see a lot of LS4 swaps.
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    I put an AGR super pump on my MJ with a 4" overdrive pulley, it seemed to help with turning the 37s, i also ran a larger remote reservoir and installed a cooler. I recently tapped my box for assist and picked up a PSC ram, with all the other upgrades already done it will be an easy install to go hydro assist.
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    $3000 for those axles probably isn't bad with everything done, just be sure that D44s are going to be enough axle for your build, you could spend that same $3k and be sitting on 1 tons. Also, personally i would much rather have a built D44 rear over your current 8.8", strength is similar between the D44 and 8.8 but a D44 has much better ground clearance, an 8.8 has roughly the same clearance measurements as a D60.
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    Seems to be a decent set up, i stumbled upon it as i was looking for Arduino stuff for my son a while back, it seemed like a fun project so i figured i would give it a shot. I have a few other projects that would benefit from it too once i figure it all out.
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    They are good little cars, I've had a ZX3 and two ZX4s, never had any major issues with any of them. I also have 3 Zetecs and some high performance goodies sitting around for swaps into some of my other Ford projects, you can make some decent power with those engines if you want to build them.
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    After hours and hours of reading i pulled the trigger on a Speeduino kit to play with, looks like the MJ may finally be going full stand alone. Should be an interesting project.
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    Very sad to hear, I've had many great conversations with Don over the last decade. Definitely going to miss him.
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    UPS brought a present today, now i need to get everything mounted and make a couple hoses.
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    Should make a huge difference.
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    Tinkering on the MJ a little bit. I ordered a hydro assist ram, and set up one of my spare boxes for assist, also planning to finally set up the sector shaft support since i will have everything apart anyway.
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    I'm good on the Fireball, it took a while just to not feel sick from the smell of it. I can drink it now, but it doesn't even sound good anymore.
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    I put 91 stuff into my 89, the HVAC and most of the stuff under the dash was plug and play, i didn't even pull the dash out for the swap, the cluster will need swapped. You definitely will want the fuel pump/ sending unit, the sending units sweep backwards between Renix and HO, i had to swap the fuel lines too for my swap. I seem to remember the wiper motor plugs being different so you may want to pull it or at least keep the plug to it. Also make sure you get the entire harness or you will be splicing the rear harness into the dash harness, the plugs are different between Renix and HO,i didn't get the 91 rear harness and had to splice mine. Probably more that I'm forgetting but that should help some.
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    Personally, i would spend the time and money elsewhere on the truck, the 4.0l is plenty of engine to get started. Once you have a built rig with axles and such to support a V8, swap one in if the 4.0l isn't giving you the power you're looking for.
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    It's something like 2.62" vs 2.76" . Some TJ D44s are supposedly the same as the D35 but MJ/XJ D44s are definitely a larger diameter.
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    On the road my 2.5l has always got a few mpgs better than my 4.0l Jeeps. Off road my 2.5l typically gets significantly better than the 4.0l, after long trail runs when the 4.0ls in the group are near empty, I've still got quite a bit of fuel left and just top it off each day.
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