Needed more HorsePower!

Beafire

New member

• Dec 10, 2014

• #1

I have owned my Tj for many years and grew tired of the 4.0L so with the blessing from the wife I just completed a 5.3 L33 swap.
Here is the old on the hook.

Sure looks empty.

Chop chop, to the stock harness.

In with the new all aluminum Vortec 5.3.

I used Sanderson block hugger headers to clear the Tj frame.

Total build time was right at 60 hours. I think it looks good, but driving it is such a Blast!

Like I said, I am a lucky man and my wife understands my love for my Jeep!

 

SFNick

New member

• Dec 10, 2014

• #2

Looks Badass. Maybe one day ill get some Chevy power under my hood. Good clean job on the install. Congrates!:clap2:

 

JKbrick

Active Member

• Dec 10, 2014

• #3

Looks good man, that pile of wiring harness would scare me off of that job

 

Dune Crawler

New member

• Dec 10, 2014

• #4

How does it feel when you turn it on? Nice and manly

 

Beafire

New member

• Dec 10, 2014

• #5

Dune Crawler said:

How does it feel when you turn it on? Nice and manly

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Lol, why, Yes it is manly and so much fun to drive.

 

nmwranglerx

Caught the Bug

• Dec 11, 2014

• #6

Wow!!!! way to go. This is the kind of thing I dream about doing to my JKU.

 

Beafire

New member

• Dec 12, 2014

• #7

nmwranglerx said:

Wow!!!! way to go. This is the kind of thing I dream about doing to my JKU.

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Thanks! You know that you can get most of the how to do it right off of Pirate 4x4 5.3 thread. I read it from start to finish and the rest was easy to do.

 

jman_12

New member

• Dec 12, 2014

• #8

Wow that's awesome! Sounds like a huge project but I imagine the added power is worth it