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Miller88 · 12-19-2013, 11:31 AM

Excellent! One thing I hate about living in NY is these diesel swaps are nearly impossible on vehicles that have not rusted into oblivion.

Very neat that you are pushing 30MPG with it. Wonder if the fuel mileage will get better with the more powerful 617 swap. I know the 617 are somewhat popular in the Jeep community.

I thought the Astros were a unibody / "uniframe" design similar to the unibody Cherokees / Grand Cherokees? But you did a body lift and the body is completely removed in the one picture.

Did you divide by zero and body lift a unibody vehicle??? Haha.

My guess is it's some sort of hybrid unibody / full frame like a Jeep Comanche?

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Miller88 Master EcoModder Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: NY state Posts: 501 XJ Cherokee - '00 Jeep Cherokee Sport 90 day: 12.96 mpg (US) FoFO - '11 Ford Focus SE 90 day: 36.78 mpg (US) Thanks: 1 Thanked 51 Times in 38 Posts	Excellent! One thing I hate about living in NY is these diesel swaps are nearly impossible on vehicles that have not rusted into oblivion. Very neat that you are pushing 30MPG with it. Wonder if the fuel mileage will get better with the more powerful 617 swap. I know the 617 are somewhat popular in the Jeep community. I thought the Astros were a unibody / "uniframe" design similar to the unibody Cherokees / Grand Cherokees? But you did a body lift and the body is completely removed in the one picture. Did you divide by zero and body lift a unibody vehicle??? Haha. My guess is it's some sort of hybrid unibody / full frame like a Jeep Comanche? Last edited by Miller88; 12-19-2013 at 11:37 AM..