Ahh ok, good to know, thanks. I knew the ports were different but
didn't know the headers were. So only the short block will swap then.

Man I got this 258 with a new crank sitting in my garage and an 88 4.0
getting tired..... Stroker, mmmmm......

Mike

Will Honea wrote:
>
> The intake and exhaust aren't the same. The 92 used the HO head and
> the mainfold/headers won't match up. Just looking at my 88 next to
> the son's 91, nearly everything else will swap. I looked at this idea
> a couple of years ago and decided that the only really easy way was to
> swap heads onto the good block.
>
> On Thu, 19 May 2005 12:15:12 UTC Mike Romain >
> wrote:
>
> > The engines are the same basically so you could just swap over the
> > electronic parts to the 89.....
> >
> > I would just swap over the 'engine' and leave the intake and exhaust
> > headers including the fuel rail, distributor and parts and alternator
> > from the 92 in there.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> > chevycruser_03 wrote:
> > >
> > > I need a '92 engine for my '92 cherokee. The one I have is '89 engine and
> > > does not mach up with the computer system. '89 has a new crank sensor
>
> --
> Will Honea