3.0 liter WK grand Cherokee diesel in a JK

[jksmith93]

A daily driven JKU with a 3.0L diesel from a 2009 WK Grand Cherokee. I rode with the guy and the power is ridiculous... It's full time all wheel drive with a low gear, running a Dana 30 up front and a Dana 44 rear, geared at a 3.73. The guy took a few of us from out local Jeep club M&G. Sounds incredible and it was rolling 90 in no time and it felt like it was riding on a cloud. The engine barely fit and he was running the battery in the back of the Jeep in the storage area. As you can see from the front coils, the bad boy under the hood is heavy. Crazy, first diesel JK I've seen in person and it's no "rattletrap." It's a daily and he wheels it regularly. Enjoy gentlemen!

(Sorry for the dark pictures, its rainy and cold in North GA but i thought some of you might like to see it as much as I did.)

 

[Sharkey]

Interesting. Not my thing but interesting nonetheless. Not sure how he gets any articulation with those front springs nearly compressed on flat ground. Props to him though for trying something new in the motor department.

 

[Indefatigable]

Now that is awesome.

I want

 

[Linebacker]

OMG!! There it is. My dream Jeep.:yup::thumb::rock:

 

[jelliott076]

Looks like a JK. That's a rare bird, I've never heard of the WK.

 

[jksmith93]

Looks like a JK. That's a rare bird, I've never heard of the WK.

WK is a type of Grand Cherokee, the '09 bodystyle. It's what he pulled the motor from.