My dad bought the jeep I have new in 1996. Same time I got my license. Oh, and same time "import tuning" got huge in California. A lot of my friends were huge in it, which brought me into it. My friend Kenny had a Honda del slow running 13.8 quarter naturally aspirated. Heavy *** car, his bro had a Honda crx running low 10's on street tires. I had an mx-6 that did 13.4 turbo'd. However, we spent a lot of time and all extra money on tuning. For the kids who just cut their springs, and throw fart cans on their exhaust pipe, since 1996 my jeep has Been eating them alive. Stock! Drag racing is 70% driver 30% car. Haha I remember making an old dude cry in front of his gfriend cuz his 350 chevy truck "got beat by my daddies jeep"

 

I don't like it either, lol. I think it's silly. But they enjoy it so what the heck. To each his own.
I had a pair of guys in a WRX do the rev-and-creep at the lights a few days back. I let' em go....Until I saw them high five each other over blowing me off. That tripped the normally well-suppressed "I-don't-think-so" response, lol. I was in my 383 C3 which seems to attract a lot of that stuff. Silly fools don't know what hit em still, I imagine.
I know where you're coming from...but an XJ really isn't the right vehicle unless you have big $$ to spend on it. It's a brick-shaped aerodynamically incorrect tractor-motored stump puller.
Tell 'em you'll race 'em right over there while pointing to the nearest mudhole.

 

I'm not seeing one.

 

Lol ya I should

 

Hahaha so true there would be no point in that except being a boring *** driver

 

You may find this article interesting, testing various mods for power/mileage increases:

http://www.jpmagazine.com/techarticl...ing_true_lies/


Summary:

Cold air intake: +5 to +10 HP
ECM changes: Don't bother
TB spacer: don't bother
62mm throttle body: +5HP
Hotter ignition: Don't bother
Cat back exhaust: +5 to +15
Header: +5 to +10
'99 up horseshoe intake on earlier year: 5hp loss (don't bother)

So...you already did most of the exhaust. Perhaps a good plan would be to remove the exhaust kink, then work on the air intake, throttle body and a good aftermarket header.

 

Quicker throttle response depends on ratio "% of throttle opening/inch of pedal travel"
More powerful cars have smaller ratio

 

Spending the money to regear will gain you more 'power' than any 100 dollar bolt on crap.

You have 31's. You complaining about power... This is a no-brainer.

 

100 is almost half my pay check per week.

 

you can upgrade the injectors to some ev6 style 4 hole injectors from a dodge neon or a 5.0 mustang. I'm not sure with years they come from but a lot of people have done it. if you want more fuel you can home brew a MAP sensor adjuster

http://go.jeep-xj.info/HowtoMAPsensor.htm

 

Tons

 

Gears may be half your paycheck now. But save the money you do have and put it toward them when you have the cash. Nothing else you do will have a serious effect like re-gearing.

The upwards slope on the "that Honda driver almost crapped his pants" line graph looks something like this /. You would be surprised. I had a 6cyl mustang long ago that I re-geared to 4.10 and put better intake and exhaust on. Made sure it looked as stock as you can with two exhaust pipes on a 6 banger.

I built it for no other reason than to go and antagonize GT mustangs of the same gen . If they were pretty well stock but dressed to the Autozone 9's then they were my favorite. A few asked me about it, I always responded "i don't know i just put a chip in it and wow!"

The 88 cherokee 4.0 I just purchased has a 4.10 swap in the rear from one of the previous owners. While 4x4 is completely useless to me until i swap the fronts it is pretty damned fast. It actually surprised the hell out of me (I have never owned but have driven a few cherokees) when I chirped into second and then third while trying to merge with albuquerque traffic.

 

 

You can also gain back some hp by taking the trottle body off and cleaning that and the IAC really good with some throttlebody cleaner. They get carboned up over time and choke it. Use TB cleaner though carb cleaner is to harsh

 

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