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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 08:03 AM
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What is the best way to gain HP I have already put a performance intake , wireset , and coil what else do I do get performance fuel injectors ?
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 08:09 AM
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header exhaust stoker, the realization that its a box on wheels and will never be "fast" priceless
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 08:30 AM
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what do you mean, not gonna be fast? my stock 98 with235k miles on it will outrun my friends 1991 acura integra that is riced out.

of course a cherokee will never be mustang/camero or corvette fast. but they are fast enough to be fun.
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 09:16 AM
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Than his teggy is dead grandma slow, jeeps are grandma slow. Mustangs, camaros and vettes arent necessarily fast. Unless were talking 8 sec 5.0, WS6 or a Z

Stroke it, it wont be fast, but low end will increase dramatically.
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 09:28 AM
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get an ax-15. I blow other XJs out of the water
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 09:52 AM
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Buy a Mustang or a Camaro if you want to go fast, an XJ was never built for speed. They're kind of like the shopping cart with a bad wheel at high speeds. I would bet money on the fact that about 98% of the people that post on this forum asking how to go faster in a 15 year old XJ are under the age of 23. When the public sees some jackhole speeding around in a loud and muddy 4x4, it makes all of us in 4x4s look bad.
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 09:57 AM
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Yep, play to your strengths!
If you want to go fast for not much money get a BMW E30 and stick a stupid engine in it. People will be just as surprised, and you'll have a better chance of staying upright
Jeeps are great all rounders and quick off the mark (especially in 4FT) but you can't really call them fast.
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 10:15 AM
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What's is that ?
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 10:15 AM
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What's a ax-150
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 10:16 AM
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Ax-15*
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 10:16 AM
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5 speed transmission
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Bustedback
Buy a Mustang or a Camaro if you want to go fast, an XJ was never built for speed. They're kind of like the shopping cart with a bad wheel at high speeds. I would bet money on the fact that about 98% of the people that post on this forum asking how to go faster in a 15 year old XJ are under the age of 23. When the public sees some jackhole speeding around in a loud and muddy 4x4, it makes all of us in 4x4s look bad.
amen brotha.

I mean, I won't lie. Im 18, but when I talk about my XJ being "fast", I usually refer to those little off-the-line moments where Honda ricers wanna try and pass me where theyre not supposed to because they think my XJ is slow. Otherwise, I brag about how my Cherokee can crawl all over nearly all of my friend's trucks lol.
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 10:38 AM
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"Fast" is a relative term.

My XJ can beat Porches, Corvettes, and Ferraris all day long.

But... I get to pick the track.

Usually something with a lot of mud, rocks, bumps, or jumps...
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 11:39 AM
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just get a v8 it will increase HP
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