Jeep Liberty CRD
 

Thought i would share my rig. The liberty CRD’s are fairly rare in the US and are one of a handful of modern diesel suv’s. It has a 2.8L inline 4 that makes 160hp/300 ft-lbs stock.

Mines turned up a bit. I have a custom built GTB2060 turbo in the stock CRD housing and do my own tuning. It should be around 220hp/400 ft-lbs now, and that is at 6500’ above sea level.

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Some mods:

Suspension:

-OME lift
-4 link rear
-sway bar disconnects
-Upper control arms
-TJ Rubicon wheels with 265/75R16

Protection:

-Engine/Trans Skids
-Rock sliders
-ARB Bull Bar

Lighting:

-Morimoto MiniD2S Bixenon retrofit
-Morimoto XB LED fogs

Engine:

-GTB2060V turbo upgrade
-Self tuned
-Custom Bell Intercooler
-ARP head studs

Future mods:

-Taurus electric fan conversion
-Ball Bearing GTB turbo
-S300SX-E compound turbo so I can run 30 psi at 11,000’.

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Looks good! My buddy bought one new and still has his.

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Just saw this post 2 months later. My dad had a CRD Liberty and I love that thing. It's the only way I would drive the Liberty, I'm not a fan of the body style but it's a diesel so that makes it cool.

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I like it! Forgot they made a few diesels. Slushbox or row your own gears?

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They were only available with the auto. I wish they had a stick.

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Looks great, as a former JK owner I love to see people do things with the "other" Jeeps as well.

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That looks pretty cool! Much better than the new Jeep truck for sure!

Jeep Liberty CRD
 

Forgot about this thread.

So the bad news. This thing threw a rod back in november. Well, really it was just knocking and I thought it was a dropped valve, which is very common with this motor, so i tore it down to see the damage. When i pulled the head, all valves were in tact so I got the head freshened up and started bolting it back together.

Well, when i first tried to crank it over once it was ready, the rod finally fully let loose and windowed the block. This thing had always been a pain in the ass so I decided to part it out instead of trying to fix it and hope it didn’t cause me more headaches.

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I ended up replacing it with a 2011 Lexus GX460 with 72k miles:

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The GX460 is based on the 5th Gen Toyota 4Runner, but has a 4.6L V8 and full time awd system. All of the suspension and a lot of the skid plating and armor is cross compatible with the 4Runner so there are tons of aftermarket goodies out there for it.

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That sucks. I had a coworker with a CRD a few years ago. Dont think he had more than 50k miles on it when the turbo went out.

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They are really crappy. I put a lot of “love” into mine and had done all of the preventative maintenance, but still crapped the bed at only 125k.

People said i would miss it. Not in the slightest. It was a cool vehicle but not worth the headaches.

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@mass-hole the Lexus looks super sharp and I have heard about the underpinnings being basically a four runner. Looks like a good deal. Any mods so far?

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Nothing so far besides a F-sport grille and an auxiliary transmission cooler. I used it to tow my travel trailer and, while the coolant never even hit 200, the transmission was in the 240’s multiple times.

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Thats the top of Wolf Creek Pass here in Utah at 9600’. It does well.

Its almost time to buy tires so I am trying to decide if I wanna move up to a 32 or 33” and new wheels.

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Surprised the trans runs so hot. Don't those newer Lexi already have a decent sized external cooler?

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No external cooler. It has a liquid to oil cooler in the radiator end tank. After that tow I added my own air cooler and welded up a bracket:

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I also bought some blizzaks in a 255/70R18 which is a 32.1” vs the stock 30.5”

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You need to resize your pics

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Nice upgrade! Can't wait to see what you do with that 460.

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Your Jeep looks great!