Transforming A TJ: Unbelievable Engine-Transmission Fusion!

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  • Опубліковано 17 лют 2024
  • Successfully got a Chrysler 318 V8 mated to a Jeep Cherokee AW4 transmission. So now it's time to shove it in the jeep and see if I can make it all work out. Lucky the Jeep previously had a body lift so fitment should be relatively easy!! Enjoy!! Previous episode's below.
    Part 3 • I May Be The First To ...
    Part 2 • Upgrading My Jeep Tj W...
    Part 1 • V8 swapping a Jeep TJ ...
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  • @2CabrasLocas
    @2CabrasLocas 5 місяців тому +6

    You'll love that TJ when you get it out top & doors off on a nice day. Then, HOOKED!! 😎

    • @tylerbuhite5432
      @tylerbuhite5432 5 місяців тому

      please help me convince this man lol

  • @jeepguy04
    @jeepguy04 5 місяців тому +5

    Man I have a 98 tj with the 2.5 want to do the v8 swap but it’s about 10000 or more for a shop I can drop off my Jeep next sept if u want another Jeep to do a v 8 swap lol love the channel

  • @pronounchecker
    @pronounchecker 5 місяців тому +7

    I'm digging the swap. I put the drivetrain and axles out of a early 80's wagoneer in my 97 XJ. 360 from 79 Cherokee punched 40 over with Lunati Cam... its down right now had the transmission rebuilt and its just sitting at the moment.

  • @spoonz7057
    @spoonz7057 5 місяців тому +2

    you are the jeep mad scientist! when you get your motivation back and finish it post the wiring hack. I love my tj and would love to drop a 5.9 in it

  • @James-yp5dn
    @James-yp5dn 5 місяців тому +2

    I love Frankenstein vehicles 👍👍 it takes a true understanding of how everything works to make it 💪😎

  • @LittleMikeStarCraft
    @LittleMikeStarCraft 5 місяців тому +1

    Once you get this process down, you can start making a bunch of hot rod TJs. Haha.

  • @XxggxX8
    @XxggxX8 5 місяців тому +2

    Hope you get feeling better man , sucks being sick

  • @Dmowery5036
    @Dmowery5036 5 місяців тому +3

    Best sounding tj I’ve ever heard!

  • @janetbrowder6685
    @janetbrowder6685 5 місяців тому +2

    Ellie (Husky) was asking who you were talking to. She couldn’t see anyone else in the shop. 😜😜😜😜

  • @shozdott
    @shozdott 5 місяців тому +1

    funny,during timelapse only watched water bottle movement lol

  • @oddballfactor4307
    @oddballfactor4307 5 місяців тому +1

    Idk about a aw4. But I had a few 4l80 swapped cars and would read incorrectly on the trans dip stick. Finally found fluid level was 1/4” above the pan gasket to transmission. Took the pan off and manually adjusted the dip stick to that. Just food for thought.

  • @paulwatts905
    @paulwatts905 5 місяців тому

    great build 👍👍

  • @michaelwhitehead5591
    @michaelwhitehead5591 5 місяців тому

    Really enjoy your content,it's always interesting!

  • @shozdott
    @shozdott 5 місяців тому

    i knew it... " probably gunna drive it " lol

  • @jeremyhanna3852
    @jeremyhanna3852 5 місяців тому +3

    Aw4 with no computer starts in 2nd gear you need that computer behind the kick panel

    • @justinchandler5436
      @justinchandler5436 5 місяців тому +1

      Keep posting this so he will see it he dose read the comments. I bought a one of one hat off his merch website and went to the most recent video he put out asking for him to sign the hat and he did

    • @ayejimmay6547
      @ayejimmay6547 5 місяців тому

      Pretty sure a aw4 with no computer starts in 1st, and 2nd is electronically controlled?... mechanical 1st and 3rd, 2nd and 4th are electric?

    • @jeremyhanna3852
      @jeremyhanna3852 5 місяців тому +1

      @ayejimmay6547 this is all I can tell you for sure I have a 92 cherokee and I did the swap to grand cherokee master cyclinder and I got the swap mostly done and I wanted to test it and so backed it out of the shop and but it in drive and it was it was either in 2nd or 3rd rembered the trans computer behind the kick panel which was on shop floor shut down the jeep went and grabbed it installed it and it took off in 1st gear after that again and all fine

    • @ayejimmay6547
      @ayejimmay6547 5 місяців тому

      @@jeremyhanna3852 ahhh I see. In the D/3 position, the auto will be in 3rd. If you pull back to 1-2 itll be in first, makes sense. Dex did a video about it, how to manual wire up the aw4 so that 2nd is on a switch. Makes for great fun when wheeling!

    • @jeremyhanna3852
      @jeremyhanna3852 5 місяців тому

      @ayejimmay6547 oh OK might have saw that video but I might have been slightly Inebriated and don't rember exactly how to wire it

  • @williamwhite9321
    @williamwhite9321 5 місяців тому

    Dex you are the man amazing watching your ability 👍

  • @danieljohnson8437
    @danieljohnson8437 5 місяців тому

    Good fer,
    what ales ya!
    Thank you Dex.

  • @johnrushenberg100
    @johnrushenberg100 3 місяці тому

    I like the music.

  • @miguelon74table
    @miguelon74table 4 місяці тому

    wow congratulations for this job I have a jeep zj 94 whit the same engine, but this swap its amazing

  • @JuanGonzalez-xj5kt
    @JuanGonzalez-xj5kt 5 місяців тому

    Your my HERO!!

  • @tylerbuhite5432
    @tylerbuhite5432 5 місяців тому

    Keep up the sweet content, there's money in wranglers too 🙃. Also there's two switched 12v wires behind the glove box near the fuse panel that are for accessories, they should be labeled with white tags.

  • @cbforme
    @cbforme 5 місяців тому +1

    I had to chuckle a little bit. You were looking for constant power that didn’t shut off with starting. And I noticed the hood light doesn’t shut off.

  • @kevinclevenger8741
    @kevinclevenger8741 5 місяців тому

    Great build the tj going to be a beast.. I would love to see you put one in a jeep grand Cherokee wj

  • @Tpbmods
    @Tpbmods 5 місяців тому

    This is absolutely glorious, and I cant stand the wranglers

  • @MacGhee_2.0
    @MacGhee_2.0 5 місяців тому

    Doing Awesome with the Videos Dexs. Cant wait to hear your input on how the performance difference is.
    Like Nicks Garage YT channel based in Valdore Quebec Canada is the Dodge whisperer I prefer.
    Your whod id refer to people to watch for Jeeps Cartent

  • @dustinkile7705
    @dustinkile7705 5 місяців тому

    Loven it!

  • @bobbystalder3323
    @bobbystalder3323 5 місяців тому

    Recently at 39 in WV got my first jeep 07GC I really like it..I love your teaching and how you don't want to get caught lying and choose your words carefully.... I do seem sick here. Do you ever mess with the 05 to 10 WKs???

  • @j.finesseflights1403
    @j.finesseflights1403 5 місяців тому +1

    🤔 Those my channel locks?

  • @WadeBlackmon
    @WadeBlackmon 5 місяців тому +1

    I’ve got a 93 grand wagoneer with a 318 and at4, would that engine trans set up not have worked? I’m just curious as to why do all the mating?

  • @51-FS
    @51-FS 5 місяців тому +1

    8:48 did u knoe u can take a part a 20volt Dewalt battery and use the batterys for them harbor fright lights? Vape batters will wirk to. Just get a meter to find out witch end is positive and negative

  • @jasoneardley8113
    @jasoneardley8113 5 місяців тому

    I plan on 5.2 swapping my tj with some nv35 or ax15 with some super 30 an 35s till I build some 44s

  • @chrismiller6987
    @chrismiller6987 Місяць тому

    Will the 318 changed to carb and auto trans and transfer case out of the WJ Cherokee work in the tj? Or is the trans computer controlled?

  • @brendinredmond8569
    @brendinredmond8569 5 місяців тому

    11:40 👀😄

  • @howto-ctwxyzj
    @howto-ctwxyzj Місяць тому +1

    Love your content. Real quick thought for you on this build or for future reference. instead of hacking 2 wire harnesses to think its one, why not pull the interior wire harness out of the zj and fab it to fit the tj dash and clusters? I'm curious is all

    • @dexjs
      @dexjs  Місяць тому

      I’ll just have to video explain this one!

  • @AZABE1000
    @AZABE1000 4 місяці тому

    I have the same car and I am working on but 5.7 hemi in it do you think I need to swap the diff or I can keep it

  • @MobileGarage-gp6vj
    @MobileGarage-gp6vj 5 місяців тому +1

    Go check out the guys of overkill garage the have motor and trans mounts and headers for XJ LS swap

  • @swanson3k
    @swanson3k 5 місяців тому +1

    In depth 4.0 motor pull and tear down and reinstall for noobs? This TJ is badass tho.

  • @shozdott
    @shozdott 5 місяців тому

    immobiler , bypass purple/wt wire by grounding out

  • @wowchad
    @wowchad 5 місяців тому

    Dex I know you’re already doing a big fancy, all shiny, nice & new kit for ur 5.0 stroker kit, but I’d love to get together with ya to do a budget stroker engine. Searching for such a build is how I stumbled across ya several months ago. We both know it’s a hot ticket for the 4L. Not that you’re look’n for content specifically to drives views I don’t think, but being completely honest & selfish -I- want one for our ‘06! 😅
    Running a business myself along with raising 6 kids I sure ain’t got time myself. No idea how to get a hold of you, but if you’d consider such a thing you can find me easy enough. Chad at Tewco in Franklin, WI 👍

    • @wowchad
      @wowchad 5 місяців тому

      BTW DEFINITELY A WINTER PROJECT
      My wife would kill us both if that got tore into during summer driving time! ☠️
      😂
      Last year re-paint (Ford cactus gray) ran into May and it wasn’t pretty😳😆
      When salt is for sure gone off roads up here, it’s time for Jeep’n in Wisco😎

  • @davidchappelle6480
    @davidchappelle6480 5 місяців тому

    I Would like a V8 in my Grand Cherokee BUT it adds about 260 lbs.

  • @thomasgray8589
    @thomasgray8589 5 місяців тому

    Do you compete in racing

  • @shozdott
    @shozdott 5 місяців тому

    we care

  • @larrysmith4887
    @larrysmith4887 5 місяців тому

    What is that high pitch squealing

  • @dissociativecat7495
    @dissociativecat7495 5 місяців тому +1

    Dex you running for president of the United States ? You're awful forgetful