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Originally Posted by GTO  Yup, they have a 2.5 DI Turbo. But fitting it with a 4x4 tranny is a problem due to the small size of the Classic. Plus, I much prefer the power delivery of the 2.1 XDP to the 2.5, and can use the gearbox + 4x4 tranny that are still lying around in my garage.
The 1.8 had decent pep, although no road burning capability thanks to the Jeeps inherent limitations. Unfortunately, there isn't a way to fit a 4x4 on it while the smell of petrol and overheating problems make it undriveable in the city. Plans are to fit a simple XDP on it and restore the Jeep to the way it was. |
Depending on how many kms you do in a year, you could consider putting in the 2.2 litre F-head "Hurricane" engine. Plenty of these can be found at cheap prices as almost all of the military disposal Jeeps had theirs replaced with diesels... The original tranny and transfer case could be reused in this case... The way I finally figured it out in my own case was, after marriage (and kids) my total amount of off-road use per year went down (in the city I drive a sedan) so the cost per km advantage of diesel ceased to be attractive... and there is something pure about a petrol engined Jeep, besides the inherent smoothness and better power to weight... One of the chaps at Indians for guns recently converted his Granddad's (1950's vintage) LHD Willys back to petrol and he's quite pleased with the result.
Cheers!
Abhijeet