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<blockquote data-quote="Toms4x4Superstore" data-source="post: 475997" data-attributes="member: 10444"><p><a href="http://s76.photobucket.com/user/toms4x4superstore1/media/20150215_103121_zps69057b29.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j37/toms4x4superstore1/20150215_103121_zps69057b29.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>After a few months of clearing the stables so to speak...... we have turned our attention back to the Brute. We built this thing back in late 2010 from a pristine 1999 Jeep Sahara. It was wheeled pretty good for about a year or so and then it has been in storage pretty much for the last 2 years......actually sitting in a trailer at the park for much of this time. I am wanting to make a daily driver out of this thing. I have decided to rip out the stock 4.0 and replace it with a good low mileage 5.3 with the 4L60 automatic. My decision for going with the 5.3 was strictly fuel mileage. I will do this thread basically for anyone wanting to do this swap in a TJ. I will update the cost and time often and hopefully be able to keep a good record for anyone in the future wanting to do the same.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Toms4x4Superstore, post: 475997, member: 10444"] [URL=http://s76.photobucket.com/user/toms4x4superstore1/media/20150215_103121_zps69057b29.jpg.html][IMG]http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j37/toms4x4superstore1/20150215_103121_zps69057b29.jpg[/IMG][/URL] After a few months of clearing the stables so to speak...... we have turned our attention back to the Brute. We built this thing back in late 2010 from a pristine 1999 Jeep Sahara. It was wheeled pretty good for about a year or so and then it has been in storage pretty much for the last 2 years......actually sitting in a trailer at the park for much of this time. I am wanting to make a daily driver out of this thing. I have decided to rip out the stock 4.0 and replace it with a good low mileage 5.3 with the 4L60 automatic. My decision for going with the 5.3 was strictly fuel mileage. I will do this thread basically for anyone wanting to do this swap in a TJ. I will update the cost and time often and hopefully be able to keep a good record for anyone in the future wanting to do the same. [/QUOTE]
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