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Is the 4.0 clutch swap worth it?


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Yeah, but I can't get bolts if I don't know what supposed to be there. My donor transmission was without the clutch and flywheel.

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Yeah, but I can't get bolts if I don't know what supposed to be there. My donor transmission was without the clutch and flywheel.

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I just reused my existing hardawre.

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I asked this question in another thread, but yet to get any answers..

Can anyone tell me the bolt size on the clutch pressure plate to flywheel connection?
What year is the donor vehicle?

WildBill - seems like that other guy was being funny - I think he was saying yes that he's done it on a 2.8 and that was a pic of one...when my clutch goes I will have the 4.0 upgrade done as well...definitely from what I've read its the way to go.
 

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I just reused my existing hardawre.

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There was no hardware to be had from the donor and the original was an auto...

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What year is the donor vehicle?

WildBill - seems like that other guy was being funny - I think he was saying yes that he's done it on a 2.8 and that was a pic of one...when my clutch goes I will have the 4.0 upgrade done as well...definitely from what I've read its the way to go.
Hope so because the part numbers are exactly the same for both kits, so I was like ok, so if you can't do it on the 2.8L then someone must be bluffing on the 2.9L then because they're the same parts. :icon_confused:.

Really not much difference in the 2.8L and 2.9L really.
 

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More than you think just by looking at it
What's the big differences? I've been told that its mostly just a difference between the 2.8L being carbureted and timing gears, and the 2.9L being fuel injected and timing chain? I mean there's going to be slight differences in piston sizes and bores due to being a bit larger in liter size but what else am I missing?
 

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Donor was an 88 B2, sir.

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So, if it was an 88...I would assume (that's a mistake I've learned when working on cars) that the hardware would be what would work for the 88?

With all the stuff these guys have done on here someone will be along that knows.
 

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I hope so.

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