225 engine upgrade

Does anyone know what engine will repace a 225 V6 with aluminum bellhouseing with out adapter. I am looking for a larger engine 4.3 liter V6 or 350 or other. Any help would be great thanks Cody

 

Buick 350 V8. But it's a big unit.

 

4.1 Buick v6 or like said the 350 Buick.

 

....but probably the easiest V8 to fit in a short nose Jeep though. and only 75 - 100 #s heavier than the 225.

 

Any of the small Buick V8s (300, 340, 350) will fit without changing the bellhousing or the motor mounts. The 225 is simply 3/4 of the 300. You'll need to move the radiator forward though.

I'd advise you don't do it though. Your transmission (T-86 or T-14) is not strong enough for a Buick 350 IMO. Keep the V6.

 

My tranny is strong enough i am running a T18A with my 225. What chevy engines work?

 

Chevy bell is different from a BOP (Buick-Olds-Pontiac). If you have an adapter bell, you'll need to buy a different one to run a Chevy. Or else use one of the (cheesy IMO) BOP-to-Chevy plate adapters that Summit or Jegs sells.

Swapping a Chevy V6 for the Buick V6 is kind of pointless IMO. A lot of work for that small a cid change.

 

Bear in mind also that he probably has in the range of 3.08 or something similar gears vs. your 3.73. That makes a big diff also. Nickmil

 

I have a 1960 CJ5 with 38.5 15 15 Boggers 30 spline dana 44s w/3.73 lockrites and T18 W/6.32 first. I haven't put the 38s under yet but i don't think the V6 will spin them so i am looking for an engine upgrade

What is involved in the Buick 350 upgrade?

 

The buick 350 swap is not all that easy unless you are fine with having a jeep that is hacked together and bound to break. My jeep started as one that I was just going to run STOCK from the JUNK YARD I bought it from, then noticed blow D27 front axle, put in scout 44's (4.88's front posi, rear spool) front and rear, and 35" boggers. Realized that the tired 225 was not enough. Then is when the REAL project began. The Buick 350 does fit right in if you want the week tranny bolted to it. But I didn;t want it to break so I went with a SM465 and then adpted it to a 1980 dana 300. This alone was weeks of work. Now you have to fine a radiator that will work, and a way to run a good enough elecric fan to cool it. The POWER difference will be well worth it though. Check out my webshots page as I have some older pics of my project junk yard jeepster. It has come a long way since those. Also, good luck getting exhaust run. That is one of my next steps. To hack up some hooker super comp headers that I paid 250 for used in order to make them fit. Lastly, if you end up doing it, take a lot of pics, take your time to do it right, ask these guys here they know what they are talking about, and buy a spare jeep to use for the year that yours is taken apart during your "upgrade" Zach

 

I am not saying that he is a hack. I am saying that I personally see it as hacking it if you just drop it in with all the rest of the jeep stock. I apologize if I offended anyone by my post and would be fine with it being removed if it does. It was more of a rant by me becouse I have had a torn up undriveable jeep for the last 2 years. But it will be Awsome when it is all done. Will try to post some new pics very soon. Zach

 

FYI i have the skills no prob. Is that all the major problems with the conversion? If so its like two weeks worth of work and most of that is custom making the headers. My radiator is big enough i went with over kill in the begaining and it is set up so i can move it back no problem ( i set it up at the start so if i wanted to run a V8 i could just move take out my spacer and move it back) Thanks for the input