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Old Nov 15, 2017 | 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by JamieBass
I installed a throttle body spacer and it really made a big difference.
A throttle body spacer on the XJ is a complete waste of hard earned money. Spacers work on throttle body injected vehicle and the XJ is multiport injected, MPI. Meaning instead of the fuel spraying directly into the throttle body it is sprayed through multiple injectors directly into the intake manifold. A spacer helps a TBI vehicles by increasing the amount of air inside the intake manifold that the fuel has to mix with, more air = more power. Since the injectors on a XJ are located right at the ports for the head, a spacer will not increase airflow or give any H-power benefits.
Old Nov 15, 2017 | 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by XJwonders
The cleaning made the big difference, not the spacer. All you did was to add weight to the 4.0
Unless you drill it and turn it into a throttle body injector for emergencies. lol
Old Nov 15, 2017 | 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by XJwonders
The cleaning made the big difference, not the spacer. All you did was to add weight to the 4.0
Well regardless, collectively of all three things that I did, it was a big improvement.
Old Nov 15, 2017 | 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Dumajones
A throttle body spacer on the XJ is a complete waste of hard earned money. Spacers work on throttle body injected vehicle and the XJ is multiport injected, MPI. Meaning instead of the fuel spraying directly into the throttle body it is sprayed through multiple injectors directly into the intake manifold. A spacer helps a TBI vehicles by increasing the amount of air inside the intake manifold that the fuel has to mix with, more air = more power. Since the injectors on a XJ are located right at the ports for the head, a spacer will not increase airflow or give any H-power benefits.
There's Duma... I'm going to add one fabbed into an optional throttle body injector supplied by a rubber bulb windshield washer foot pump off an old Ford just for emergencies. lol
Old Nov 15, 2017 | 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Dumajones
A throttle body spacer on the XJ is a complete waste of hard earned money. Spacers work on throttle body injected vehicle and the XJ is multiport injected, MPI. Meaning instead of the fuel spraying directly into the throttle body it is sprayed through multiple injectors directly into the intake manifold. A spacer helps a TBI vehicles by increasing the amount of air inside the intake manifold that the fuel has to mix with, more air = more power. Since the injectors on a XJ are located right at the ports for the head, a spacer will not increase airflow or give any H-power benefits.
Look man, it wasn't something that I blindly walked into and thought that it was a good idea, I read a lot of reviews and out of those reviews I figured I'd give it shot. I have no reason to take the throttle body back off, so it is what it is....for now.
Old Nov 15, 2017 | 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by JamieBass
Look man, it wasn't something that I blindly walked into and thought that it was a good idea, I read a lot of reviews and out of those reviews I figured I'd give it shot. I have no reason to take the throttle body back off, so it is what it is....for now.
Look man Whatever!! I was just passing info..but if you want to go around in life being misinformed,, fine by me..
Old Nov 15, 2017 | 09:33 AM
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Let's all calm down here, shall we?

The problem you'll find with reading reviews is that most people don't know what they're talking about. It won't hurt anything to have a TB spacer on there, but if get a refund if it's an option for you. To be quite frank, it was a waste of money. But whether or not you're okay with that is your decision. We all live and learn
Old Nov 15, 2017 | 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Dumajones
Look man Whatever!! I was just passing info..but if you want to go around in life being misinformed,, fine by me..
**** you. You oughta calm down before you get ***** slapped in the face with my glove.
Old Nov 15, 2017 | 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by NewKindOfClown
Let's all calm down here, shall we?

The problem you'll find with reading reviews is that most people don't know what they're talking about. It won't hurt anything to have a TB spacer on there, but if get a refund if it's an option for you. To be quite frank, it was a waste of money. But whether or not you're okay with that is your decision. We all live and learn
You too
Old Nov 15, 2017 | 09:44 AM
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**** you. You oughta calm down before you get ***** slapped in the face with my glove.
okay,That's it, I'm going to ban you again if you keep it up.. Ive been super cool and let you be who you are, never say anything to you.. But its starting to get annoying.
Old Nov 15, 2017 | 09:46 AM
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Me annoying? You are the one who's goddamn annoying. Everything was nice and quiet until you came back and started spamming everywhere with pictures of naked guys. It's really outrageous. I had enough of it!

Keep that **** in the closet, yo!
Old Nov 15, 2017 | 09:47 AM
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Me annoying? You are the one who's goddamn annoying. Everything was nice and quiet until you came back and started spamming everywhere with pictures of naked guys. It's really outrageous. I had enough of it!

Keep that **** in the closet, yo!
Then stop texting me asking for the pics geesh!
Old Nov 15, 2017 | 09:50 AM
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Then stop texting me asking for the pics geesh!
You must have confused me with Tim.
Old Nov 15, 2017 | 09:51 AM
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Mod fight! lol
Old Nov 15, 2017 | 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by BrawnyDog
Definite sloppage in the tail shaft. I'm going to replace the seal and bushing while I'm at the u-joints. Will I need special tools? From my research this can be done without them but I can't afford to get under there and not be able to finish the job that day.
You won't NEED special tools, but if you can rent a balljoint kit from the autoparts store, I'd highly recommend it. Makes removal and install a lot easier than beating on it with a hammer and socket to get them in and out.

Originally Posted by SirCyber
It's not a wiring issue. You have a mechanical speedometer cable that runs from the transfer case to the speedometer. Likely it's broke or not attached to the guage.

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check the speedometer gear. Easy to pull out and make sure the teeth aren't stripped
Incorrect. They stopped using the mechanical speedo in 91... the speedo in the 92 is electronic.

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