JPOR: need help with engine conversion (fwd)

[Obi-Wan <bvh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A local friend has this question:

> 	I am in need of help desperatly.  I am doing an engine swap in my
> 95 jeep wrangler from a 2.5 to a 4 liter.  I noticed that the motor mounts
> on the frame are located in different spots between the 2.5 and 4 L.  I
> have been searching the internet for a conversion kit but I only find kits
> for chevy small blocks and buick V6 engine.  For some reason I can not find
> a Jeep to Jeep conversion kit and I am now going to be forced to abort my
> project.  Now normaly that wouldn't be that bad except I have already spent
> about 2,000 dollars getting an engine and parts for the project, and the
> 2.5 is ready to be pulled.

Does anybody sell conversion mounts?  I didn't see anything from MORE.

I compared my 4-cyl with another friend's 6-cyl.  The 6-cyl's driver side
mount is 5" farther forward than the 4-cyl's, and the passenger side is
4" farther forward.  This seems to me like the 6-cyl oil filter will
interfere with the 4-cyl's frame-side motor mount if it's left in place.

Is the best solution just to cut the mount off the frame and weld it
on the new location?

				-- Obi-Wan
				   '95.5 YJ, '77 Wag

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Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth                             obiwan@jedi.com
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