[commodore_dude]

Wow, I know I've read some threads where people talked about getting the 2500 body panels but I didn't think it would be possible, this should be really cool!

[heinie_21]

what i could swear i see a turbocharger on there! SWEET! btw you have 2 beautiful golden retrievers!

[twomanyjeeps]

Insanely jealous, can't find a single MJ around here for decent price. Jealous of the motor. I will be watching very closely because I would like to upgrade my 01 xj with the chinese XJ trim, and dash. Keep up the good work. And by the way, I'm jealous.

[twomanyjeeps]

I've been trying to do some research as to how to get the 2500 parts but I'm still a little confused, could you provide some details as to how you accomplished this?

[ericson89]

what kind of engine is that? or did you already state that somewhere in the thread?



P.S. im jealous of both you build and your goldens(and you have two!)

[HilltopperYJ]

in anticipation

[Pete M]

Originally Posted by ericson89

what kind of engine is that? or did you already state that somewhere in the thread?

It's a CRD engine out of an '06 Jeep Liberty.

[zluster]

Originally Posted by Pete M

It's a CRD engine out of an '06 Jeep Liberty.

Close, its the CRD engine from a 2002-2004 export KJ. The 2.5 liter(mine) came with the manual trans, the 2.8 came with the autos, all 2005+ CRD are 2.8, either manual or auto.




Lots of extra metal on the fender that needs to be removed:

Here you can see the parts of the headlight support that need to be trimmed:



This will be my drivers side engine mount, its a engine mount for something, I just grabbed it off the shelf at autozone because it looked close, it has the right height to clear the articulation of the upper control arm. I just wish it was heavier duty looking.

This is going to be the passenger side engine mount, its very similar in design to the OEM KJ mounts, but it only about 3" tall, the passenger side engine bracket sits up much taller than the drivers side, so I have to use the shorter one on the drivers side.




This is the Oil filter location, when I got the engine it came with a cartridge style oil filter that stuck way out, it just wasn't going to clear the frame rail, I was worried I wouldn't be able to fit anything and would need to get an oil filter relocation kit. So today at autozone I brought my parts down and started looking at oil filters, of course the larger fram PH8A and the sotck PH16 work, but both are too large, I started grabbing some off the shelf and it looks like the one I picked works perfect, as it turns out it looks like its for the 4cyl XJ/TJs........lucky for me I will actually be able to get this oil filter on and off when the engine installed:

[twomanyjeeps]

Still hoping you let me in on how you got the 2500 parts.

[Pete M]

Originally Posted by zluster

Close, its the CRD engine from a 2002-2004 export KJ. The 2.5 liter(mine) came with the manual trans, the 2.8 came with the autos, all 2005+ CRD are 2.8, either manual or auto.

D'oh! that's right. I must have been thinking of the one that ended up being your dad's.

[BriansCJ]

What are you doing with the front clip. It looks cool.

Brian

[zluster]

Originally Posted by twomanyjeeps

Still hoping you let me in on how you got the 2500 parts.

http://www.alexparts.com/

[CaribouLouWJ]

That's so sweet, keep up the AWESOME work dude!!!!!

[twomanyjeeps]

Originally Posted by zluster

http://www.alexparts.com/

Suppose this is the best way? I keep hearing about groupbuy.

[Bama_WJ]

Very nice! I'll be checking back regularly!