CRD JEEP Cherokee

Step out of the ordinary and look to the future! Garette and Aleaha Cruzan did just that. Garret came to PMP with an idea of somthing bold and new, A Liberty Diesel in a JEEP Cherokee. With its lightweight characteristics,abundance of aftermarket parts and easily modified suspension components it would make for an excelent conversion vehicle. The engine and transmission was sourced from a 2005 JEEP Liberty CRD, the stock Cherokee 231 transfer case was retained with the exception of a slip yoke eliminator kit. We also retained the front axle with its 3:73 gear ratio, Rubicon Express upper and lower control arms were installed to help stiffen the front suspension, a Rubicon Trac bar and heavy duty bracket was installed along with 3' lift springs and ACOS 1.5' adjustable coil spacers. In the rear we decided to go with a Ford 8.8 rear axle with disk brakes, 3' leaf springs and 1.5' shackles.

To make everything fit in the Cherokee I fabricated custom engine mounts and a tubular cross member. Slight clearancing was done to the firewall do to the engines rather tall hieght. The 2.8L CRD remained intercooled with use of a custom aluminum intercooler and custom intercooler tubes. An aluminum radiator was modified to work with the intercooler setup.

The last big obstacle was the wiring harness which is a feet in itself, Garret being a heavy equipment diesel mechanic skilled in wring decided to take this on himself. The wring turned out excelent and had PMP's seal of aproval.