Rat Patrol
Well-Known Member
After reviewing the thread so this forum - the one issue that seems to dog the swap of a 6.1 into an A Body is Alternator clearance.
Now from what I understand....some guys get around it by running a truck front cover?....but I think I have a simpler solution.
Below is a pic of the usual clearancing that has to be done to retain the car 6.1 alternator position -
But here is Gdemon's engine bayrayer:
.......with the alternator bolted with a "Nth-Sth" retaining bolt.
Gdemon verified with my that he used an 07 SRT Cherokee Alternator -
So all that remained was to verify that the timing cover was the same on both a SRT Passenger car and the SRT Cherokee.
Sure enough...they list under the same part # - 4792795AD
So it stands to reason that using an SRT Grand Cherokee alternator should be a viable way around having to clearance the frame rail when performing these swaps.
So what do people think......have I missed something?
(BTW - If anyone has a part # for the bottom Alt bracket for the Grand Cherokee - it'd be much appreciated )
Now from what I understand....some guys get around it by running a truck front cover?....but I think I have a simpler solution.
Below is a pic of the usual clearancing that has to be done to retain the car 6.1 alternator position -
But here is Gdemon's engine bayrayer:
.......with the alternator bolted with a "Nth-Sth" retaining bolt.
Gdemon verified with my that he used an 07 SRT Cherokee Alternator -
So all that remained was to verify that the timing cover was the same on both a SRT Passenger car and the SRT Cherokee.
Sure enough...they list under the same part # - 4792795AD
So it stands to reason that using an SRT Grand Cherokee alternator should be a viable way around having to clearance the frame rail when performing these swaps.
So what do people think......have I missed something?
(BTW - If anyone has a part # for the bottom Alt bracket for the Grand Cherokee - it'd be much appreciated )