helliphinon8
Well-Known Member
Just got the dart for a Xmas present. I have a great running 1998 jeep grand Cherokee 5.9 litre with 195,000 miles on it. Just wondering how hard it would be to swap the 360 into the dart.
Welcome to FABO!
Bomber's suggestion is right on-there are also plenty of folks here on FABO who've done the swap and can offer helpful advise-use the search function-it's your friend.
If I had all the pieces to do the FI swap when I received my 5.2 Magnum for free, I would've made the swap. I did it in my Mustang...single worst part was modifying my fuel system to run the high pressure but I mimicked the factory style fuel system principles, just with AN fittings and high pressure braided lines (read: expensive). Apart from that-the electronics, wiring, sensors, et al to convert it aren't that difficult to figure out with a few cups of coffee and a multimeter.
Carbs are certainly simple, and I won't tell you the idea is foolish or anything like that-but I would encourage you to look into using the FI, especially since you have all the parts readily available to you. JMO though...
Tried the searching, not much I could find. Maybe terrible keywords? 5.9 magnum swap? Seems good for me. What I've found is that a problem may lie with intake choices for carberated Magnumswap. I plan on keeping the magnum heads untouched, maybe replace the head gaskets but cracks are not a concern since it will be a strictly street daily driver. I do hope to replace the cam with a very streetable cam with a good lope. Experienced input needed badly as I plan to finish this before the dreaded Arizona summer begins starting in April lol.
I bet a Dart with a warmed up 5.9 good gearing and suspension would be capable of a solid 12 sec ET
That Dana 44 in the zj I believe is the dana 44a. There is very little after market parts for them. If you have a 98xj it should have a 29spline 8.25(comparable in strength to a 44)im running 36" tsl on my 99xj. unless you have abs, then its a Dana 35(weakness). Did you plan to swap over the link setup and ditch your leafs too?