Guest vzehler Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 I've been flirting with the idea of swapping a 4bt in place of the 4.0? Anyone ever considered it or have a line on an ol' Frito Truck? I've seen it done in Wranglers and Cherokee's, never a Comanche though. Every 4bt I've came across is priced at a fortune though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpong Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 I know a guy who is swapping one into a tj. So far he is in about 2 grand for the motor. He just got a NV4500 trans... not sure what that set him back., but for that price a v-8 crate motor isnt very far out of the price range :nuts: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroader461 Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 i have thought about it alot...especially putting one in the XJ when the motor poops out :brows: but the price of desiel is ridiculously high could always run BIO-Desiel :D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89eliminator Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 MJ4BTA from this site has done the cummins swap. he has a write up somewhere, but i don't feel like searching for it :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 Diesel jumped in price here again. I'm considering selling my dodge cummins. Now isn't the time for a diesel swap, IMHO. Otherwise it'd be cool. (It now costs me about $200 to fill the dodge, maybe more. Which gets me about 1000-1200km without towing anything and having the truck totally unloaded. Diesel is going up in price faster than gas too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vzehler Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 From what i've read you would get better gas mileage out of the 4bt to the tune of 26-30 miles per gallon. On the other hand you get 18-20 on the 4.0. Just seems to me that you would break even if nothing else... Plus, you could always go veggie too... I agree though its probably not realistic for me or most because it seems like the swap itself is pretty intensive and not something I feel like tackling. Especially since I only have 96k on the odometer.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpong Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Not really on the swap question, but when I bought my 3/4 ton truck I looked at getting a deisel, but there was a 9k difference in price so I got the gas motor, and got made fun of :oops: but that was right after Katrina hit New Orleans, and gas spiked. Fast forward 3yrs and now deisel is almost 5 bucks a gallon, plus the 9k buy in Boy am I glad I got the gas motor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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