Blackbettyjr

sub'd

mountaineerjeff

back all finished up, and whats left of the dash

mountaineerjeff

so much room, and all the extra stuff that my jeep came with

mountaineerjeff

next trip to the scales, and Im really mad at myself for doing this, but I wasnt thinking and got gas right before we went, so race weight would actually be 27xx lbs, because I only race with a gallon or 2 of gas in the tank

mountaineerjeff

Figured I really needed to officially drop below that 2800 mark so I got my new wheel put on. Its cheap, but I really like it. good look for the jeep, lightweight, and is smaller so it feels sportier.

PocketsEmpty

Awesome. Another onlooker here. Neat way to show the ricers who's boss, not that it really takes much anyway, the soccer moms make them look like wimps. Great start so far!

What's the story on that intake? Also, my XJ has that same crapola on the cargo area and partly on the fender wells. Did you just take an angle grinder to it to get it off?

anywhere & everywhere

I love my lifted Jeep, but now I want a race Jeep. That's a b.a. build.

mountaineerjeff

As far as getting it off goes, the best approach I found is a heat gun and some way scraping it off. I used a thin, short pry bar. From there its a matter of how far you want to go. on the floor I used a disk on the grinder. Then just prepped and painted. Ther rest I just painted over, since they wont get any abuse anyway. But thats for the RaceJeep. I normally give it a coat of bedliner spray.

The intake is just a velocity stack through the hood for now, but we will be getting into the performance stuff here real soon....patience is key.

CobraMarty

Gotta love more 'RaceJeep's. 2 doors rock. 'RaceJeep' in every state.

What is your plan? drag, street, autocross, Lemons?
Mods?

mountaineerjeff

drag/street/autocross. In that order. The focus is Drag, while tearing it up the street, but be light enough to autoX.

As far as mods go, we are getting there.

mountaineerjeff

New header arrived, turned from a 2 piece into a one piece.

mountaineerjeff

plugged up the egr port and then coated it in silver

mountaineerjeff

Started rapping the header with titanium wrap

XJwonders

Just curious, what's the purpose of this?

mountaineerjeff

Multiple reasons. The main purpose is to keep heat in the header. This has the benefits of increasing exhaust velocity, which increases scavenging and power. It also keeps underhood temps down...this is very important in jeeps due to the head design. Heat is the number one enemy if the 4.0l