WTF am I gonna do with this thing??
#11
Kinda thin frame gauge to take much right foot from an LS I'd think, at least long term. The Defender frame is much thicker walled. My Chevy truck's C channel frame is like a twisted smile from a tiny little 5.3 that lives in the wild on 285's. How much work went into the wild DII you've seen besides the motor swap? I'd imagine after a couple of years the back 3 doors won't fit their jambs because of the torque. It's about the same difference as putting 40's on a Dana 44..... snap goes the axle.
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Out of stock at the moment.
The frame argument is a reasonable one. I'm not much of a heavy skinny pedal guy but maybe a good point.
Still don't know what the hell I'm gonna do w it. I just spent all weekend doing scheduled maintenance on my truck and I'm already thinking...man I wasted a whole weekend not wheeling. Lol. Maybe just let it go to the next Rover guy.
Out of stock at the moment.
The frame argument is a reasonable one. I'm not much of a heavy skinny pedal guy but maybe a good point.
Still don't know what the hell I'm gonna do w it. I just spent all weekend doing scheduled maintenance on my truck and I'm already thinking...man I wasted a whole weekend not wheeling. Lol. Maybe just let it go to the next Rover guy.
#15
I’ve seen V8’s slapped into TJ/LJ, JK/JKU’s and I never saw the frame reinforced. Also the D2 is body on frame vs uni-body. I doubt you’d have any issues with doors opening closing like say you might experience on an XJ/ZJ/WJ with a uni-body setup.
4.8L is more than enough for a D2, and if you have an older 99-02 I’d honestly grab an HP24 vs the HP22 so it can handle the added torq.
4.8L is more than enough for a D2, and if you have an older 99-02 I’d honestly grab an HP24 vs the HP22 so it can handle the added torq.
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