Motor Swap ?

[vhenem]

I know this has probably been done to death but here goes.

 

I have access to a 97 cherokee sport, 140,000 Km's, AW4, NP231. I was planning to use this in my 88 to replace my current powertrain. (347,000 Km's with oil blowby issues that all the fixes suggested havent cured)

 

I also have access to a 92 cherokee for the wiring harness to do a HO swap. (I don't want to do a full 97+ conversion, I want to keep the interior as stock looking as possible)

 

Here are the questions.

 

To do a HO swap using the 92, I need every part of the wiring harness under the hood, dash etc ? ( after taking a look under the dash on it i stepped back and thought "crap that looks like alot of work" :eek:

 

To use the motor out of the 97 without doing a HO swap It appears that I can;

 

A: use my intake manifold on the HO block with a little porting ? and then transfer my sensors, dist, etc and drop it in.

 

B: make an adapter plate to allow me to use my renix Throttle body on the HO manifold ?

 

C: Try to fit my TPS to the HO Throttlebody ? I know about the Hesco kit, but 145 for a piece of aluminum and some screws seems high, and I can't seem to find a good link on doing this yourself

 

D: Swap my renix head onto the HO block ? would a 88 head fit on the 97 block

 

 

Thats about it I think

[kro10000]

The head should swap fine, but you might still have blow by issues. If it were me I'd try to mate the renix tps to the HO TB, hopefully someone will provide a link to it.