FREE-CHEROKEE

So how's the 3.3 doing? Any updates? Hey did you ever make a video of this thing? You tube is seriously lacking in yhe 3.3 world...

Mine has a 3" lift i hope that will be enought to NOT modify the oil pan.

Ya would be cool to hear some feed back from this guy.

Ya as for the cam, i talked to Geoff the owner and he contacted the customer to get some feed back. I'll let you know when i find out more. Not sure what he charges but i guess his cams really wake up the 5.9 and ford 6.0l diesels. He was on one of those tv shows a while back promoting his cams. Ya an HX35 is what i have on my 5.9 cummins i think. Sounds pretty big but maybe be doable with a smaller turbo spooling it up? I'm wondering if the turbos on these things are already too big. If they are a generator or bobcat motor etc they'd b designed for full throttle operation all the time. I haven't researched what type of turbo is even on mine yet. Not sure what that govenor spring does as apposed to the mods you had done but the guy that put the spring in said it made a huge difference. Sounds like it's very similar to the VE pumps on the 5.9 cummins. Some of the same mods might apply. As for motor mounts i read that some guys were useing ford truck mounts that were used on their straight 6 engines?? I'll have to look into that. My Cherokee has 355 gears and i'd really like to use the existing AW4 Auto if i can make it work. I think that will help it out in the acceleration department. More research needs to be done there first though. I think there may be one other guy that tried the auto. How heavy would you say that trailer is you're hauling? I'm thinking mine wouldn't be over 3500 lbs but i'll be in the mountains lots so i really have no idea how this engine would perform?? I have to rebuild mine completely if i do this swap so i'd be looking at porting the head,maybe stiffer valve dprings etc to gain so hp out of the motor but in the end it's mainly the tourqe i'm after. Well ya if you make a video towing or accelerating let me know. You Tube is definately short on them.

You still on here Jeep Guts? That's a cool build. Would be nice to have some updates on it if u still have.

Would be nice to hear a towing comparison too with the stock engine vs this 3.3.

Oh and the company for the cams was "COLT CAMS". Lots of guys have really good things to say about his work.

Hi! I joined this site (first post) just to post on your build up! Very awesome by the way i read the whole thing. GREAT JOB MAN! So i have one of these 3.3's as well. Plan was to swap it into an old 69 International scout i had. Then i picked up a "free cherokee" so i thought i'd install in that. After seeing your build i think I will hold off just because of the work involved and i need the jeep for a year long trip that i plan to be on in the next 6 months. Anyway back to your 3.3 build. So I see you are looking for more power.( aren't we all) lol i just read somewhere that someone took a stock governor spring from a VE pump off an early 5.9 cummins and it made a huge difference apparently? Was that you? They said first they tried bolting on the whole pump but it over fueled so they tried the spring. Said it alloud the engine to rev to 3000 rpms. This may help in the hp department?? Also (i'm from Alberta Canada) there is a company in B.C Canada that makes camshafts for cummins diesels and they work awesome. They even made a custom cam for my 600 Grizzly quad and it made a big difference in power. Anyway i called up Jeff the owner and asked if he could build a cam for me for the 3.3 cummins. He said he was building one at that time ( about 3 months ago). I'm sure a cam would really wake that thing up. Also another guy swaped on a bigger turbo and i guess that helped too. Intercooler would be nice as well. So ya, if that wasn't you that did the spring swap maybe it's worth trying? And with our dollar so bad and you being in the USA i'm sure you'll get a cam built cheap if you bought it here. Lol One last thing, what about a you tube video? Do you have or can you make a few of it running and cruising down the road etc? There really isn't a whole lot of vids on that 3.3. I'll be following this thread. Take care.