JP Magazine did a write up on the new mil-spec J8 being made in Cairo. It uses our 2.8 but the air intake is a different animal:

http://www.jpmagazine.com/featuredvehic ... to_04.html

Wow, sure is. I just got the parts in to convert to a 3.7 intake. I'll have to settle for that.

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'05 Liberty CRD B100, SEGR - SOLD

'01 Beetle TDi B100, EGR delete
'83 Mercedes 240D B100, no EGR

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Pretty sweet! It's got a snorkel of sorts built right into the hood. I'll bet that that big honking Sahara desert air filter ain't none to cheap to replace either. Of course it is rated for 100000 miles and can run 5 hours in a zero visibility sand storm.

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I really like the way this thing looks, but it's hard to give up the comfort of the liberty... meh!

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06 CRD Limited. IMII, GDE TCM, Carter transfer pump, Upgraded oem primary, 2 micron secondary, 3 inch mandrel straight pipe.
Transgo shift kit, EHM, fcv butterfly removed, egr plated off. 19 3/8 solid flex fan, no electric fan, 10k lb aux trans cooler.
Frankenlift II, Mopar skids, allj's rails, 235/85 km2 on stock rims

That is a cool military spec snorkel, but since we'll probably never have a hi-flow intake I'll stick w/ my 02 airbox mod and amsoil filter.

Compared to another J8 engine pic I had found from Diesel Power Mag I think? it does look a bit different: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/q_onPHw58RSJ6hw4EyUJCQ?feat=directlink
*Also looks like they moved the fuse box up against the firewall, brake fluid reservoir, the alternator mount looks different; and oil dipstick is on flip side, and is that the AC hose running across the top of the motor???

I wonder what type of fuel head/filter setup they have but haven't found a pic...
Think it has a lift pump??

Doubt it has a crankcase vent hidden behind all those hoses. But looks like it has a MAF sensor?!?!

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06 Jeep KJ CRD Sport full Mopar skids, front tow hooks, rear hitch shackle, Magnaflow muffler, Samco Sport CAC hoses, 02 Airbox mod, Unique series 42 steel wheels.

That is exactly what I've been waiting for. I'll try to find out more about it.

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2005 CRD Limited Flame Red w/ Renegade rock rails & light bar, AirLift 1000. 225/75R16 MT/R's on cheap black steel wheels, dual MOPAR subwoofers, Ipod kit & seat covers, Samco hoses - totaled and gone. 2008 WK Laredo 3.0L diesel - AirLift 1000, wife won't let me mess with it much. 2013 JK Sahara on order.

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I took the road less traveled. Now I'm LOST.

The J8 uses the "new" engine that's currently found in the KA/KK/JK/RT. This engine uses a piezo injection system that is quieter, more precise, and offers better combustion characteristics as compared to the solenoid injectors on the KJ-era engine.

The fuel filter head looks identical to the KJ piece but without the hand primer.

It does have the crankcase vent system as all the other engines have.

Trans is the 545RFE, 4.10 gears limited slip front and rear, Dana 44 front Dana 60 front. It's a pretty unstoppable vehicle.

If it has the same filter head minus the primer, does that mean that they have wised up and put a LP in the tank?

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Manure green 2005 CRD sport4x4, GDE Hot tune, Cat Gut, OE skids, Draw tight hitch, Duramax lift pump, 160K on multiple varieties of fuel, XM radio, Escort live with Redline, fog light mod, GPS, Icom IC7000 all band radio call sign KC9QPF, Grabber AT2s on Soft 8s, FIA grill blanket.

Well, it's an entirely different injection system with a different high pressure pump, so you can take that for what you will.

Thanks MrMopar. By "high pressure pump" are you referring to a lift pump or the IP? Last time I checked, the same Bosch CP3 IP is used on all of the VM M RA 428's (the piezo injected one) and R 428's up through the 2009 production line.

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Manure green 2005 CRD sport4x4, GDE Hot tune, Cat Gut, OE skids, Draw tight hitch, Duramax lift pump, 160K on multiple varieties of fuel, XM radio, Escort live with Redline, fog light mod, GPS, Icom IC7000 all band radio call sign KC9QPF, Grabber AT2s on Soft 8s, FIA grill blanket.

Some of pics were of the Jeep special vehicles "Sarge" concept that debuted in Moab this year (sensored word child of a J8, a JK, and toy army men) and some were of the actual Cairo-produced MilSpec J8, I'd expect some configuration details to have been "tweaked". The Sarge also has the interior from the JK, so I wouldn't be surprised if things had to be move to accommodate the AC or something.

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2005 Silver CRD Limited
245/75R16 GoodYear Duratracs
Fumoto drain | ProVent CCV Filter
Stanadyne FM100 filter | Cummins fuel pump
GDE Eco | SEGR | BoulderBars | FrankenLift | Frankenskids

I was referring to the injection pump.

The R428/R2816 (engine in the KJ) - this engine stopped being put into Chrysler vehicles as of the 2007 model year in the KJ and the RG. This had the Bosch CP3 with ZP18 gear driven lift pump.

The RA428 Panther engine - not yet seen stateside - has a newer version of the CP3+ pump without the gear drive pump (has electric pump instead).

Ah good. same old CP3 without the retarded gearroter supply pump. The current Chrysler voyager models still use the Gen II R428 (pre-panther engine) but I have not been able to ascertain whether they use the updated CP3 w/o the supply pump on the shaft.

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