very cool on that shelby...

did some more research on this swap. there are two versions of this motor. the oldsmobile verison and the caddilac version. caddilac is a northstar, generates more power

as far as i can tell the swap has not been done, but all the research has and the conclusions were that the engine bolts directly up and will fit between the fenders on a trooper. a small relief will need to be cut in the bell housing to accmodate the starter, but should not cause any issues. biggest issue is that the 4.0 is rated at 260ft-lbs and isuzu rates the 4L30E at 258 (not 285 as i said before)

both 4.0s have electronic fuel injection so the ecu would have to be brought over or a new one would need to be created. our factory trans sends a signal to our engine right before shifting to limit the power in order to save the wear, so its likely that motor would drastically reduce the life of our auto trans. however the mua5 manual trans that has been swapped into a vx sucessfully will mate up just fine and that problem would be solved.