I have been mulling a few engine swaps because I am just not getting the performance out of my 401 that I want. It is running OK and I am sure I could throw more speed parts at it but I want daily driver-able/reliable. My Jeep is not an original 401 rig so keeping it "original" is irrelevant.
I know I could do a 454 swap for pretty darn cheap. I think I could get a lot more performance out of a 454 than I could this 401 but it's heavier and would not really gain me much in reliability or MPG so it's not totally worth the effort.
I could do a Hemi but I don't think it would be as cost efficient as an LS at this point.
The only down side I see to an LS swap for me would be value. I think I could sell my 401 and EFI stuff to pay for the entire LS swap (so it would basically be a zero sum game, which I am fine with) but I am worried it would drop the value of my rig when compared to a 401. I would plan to get a Chevy patterned TH400 and swap the guts with mine so I would not need any expensive adapters. I kind of think a quality LS swap would be more valuable than my 401? What do you think?
Why does this matter? Because my teenage son is driving it. He will most probably wreck it sometime in the next 2 years. When he does, I want to get the most $$ for it for my next FSJ. If he does not wreck it, I am going to chassis swap in a couple years anyway so the 401 will go away then, anyway.
Thoughts?
I know I could do a 454 swap for pretty darn cheap. I think I could get a lot more performance out of a 454 than I could this 401 but it's heavier and would not really gain me much in reliability or MPG so it's not totally worth the effort.
I could do a Hemi but I don't think it would be as cost efficient as an LS at this point.
The only down side I see to an LS swap for me would be value. I think I could sell my 401 and EFI stuff to pay for the entire LS swap (so it would basically be a zero sum game, which I am fine with) but I am worried it would drop the value of my rig when compared to a 401. I would plan to get a Chevy patterned TH400 and swap the guts with mine so I would not need any expensive adapters. I kind of think a quality LS swap would be more valuable than my 401? What do you think?
Why does this matter? Because my teenage son is driving it. He will most probably wreck it sometime in the next 2 years. When he does, I want to get the most $$ for it for my next FSJ. If he does not wreck it, I am going to chassis swap in a couple years anyway so the 401 will go away then, anyway.
Thoughts?
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