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Old 06-28-2015, 01:51 AM
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Hey fellas, I currently have a 96 xj, that runs a distributor, but the body is rotted out. Just bought a 98 that has a clean body, but a blown engine, hole in the side of the block.
The idea is I wanna swap my entire driveline from the 96 into the 98 and have a good running, solid body xj.
Problem is, the 98 has coils, not a distributor. Do I need to find an engine that's set up to run on coils? Can I make the 98 run with distributor, or make the good engine run on coils? What would you guys do?
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If your 98 has coil packs and no distributor the engine isn't original. They didn't start with the coil packs until (i think) 2000. I do know for a fact that the 98 does have a distributor.
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Dammit. So... If my 98 originally had a distributor, I could get a 98 ECM and harness for a distributor. Then just put all that onto my 96 engine and it should be good?
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