4.0L HO Jeep Engine Build
Man, you have come a long ways since I last checked on this thread!
There is SO much good info here! I am going to print the thing when you are done and stick it in a file!
Thanks for putting in the time to take pics and tell us what you are doing.
I can't wait to hear it run either.
Thank you 340! Where the heck you been hiding anyway? :clock: How's Duster the dog doing?
Monday night was a wash as I had to do laundry and go get groceries then deal with some work stuff.
Last night I drilled the the fuel line bracket so it would fit on the later manifold. All I had to do was remove the bracket from the lines, drill a single hole then bolt it on the lines and manifold.
Installed one new trans line. These use quick connect snap fittings and they came out relatively easy and seemed to be in fine shape so I don't expect any leaks.
I started torqueing the control arm bolts and one snapped. It was a tight fit to get the torque wrench on there with the engine in and I think I just had a bad angle on it. The rest of the bolts torqued just fine. I suppose it could've just been weak too. If it was, better to find out now than on the road. It still pissed me off though and the dogs went running out of the garage while I let loose with a stream of profanity. Hopefully I'll have a chance to drop by the stealership today so they can ream me for 20 bucks for a bolt.
I also installed a section of vacuum line as the vacuum taps are not in the original location. After that I put in the new power steering lines. The originals fit fine after a bit of hand bending so they wouldn't hit the ps pump resevior, airbox or fuel lines. It took maybe 5 minutes to get it right, no big deal.
I expect to have this thing running this coming Saturday morning if all goes well. I want to be fresh and ready to react if something goes wrong. Nothing should, but there's always that chance.
As far as how it will sound, I'm expecting it sound very stock as far as the idle is concerned. It will still be music to my ears after all this hard work though and should have a bit a of rap to it with the tighter lobe centers, increased compression and free flowing exhaust when on the throttle. It's no cammed small block so don't be too dissapointed guys.... :read2:
Like I said earlier, stock SAE hp rating on these was 190hp. I would be thrilled to have 210hp at the crank and freakin' ecstatic to have 220hp. After all, that's late 80's mustang gt territory with a liter less displacement. :read2: I think the 220 mark could have been had with a cam change and I'm pretty sure that the hp achievable here is cam limited, so I think 210 is reasonable number. Maybe I'll have it chassis dynoed sometime in the future.
