Made the final decision on paint, header will be flat red, intake is going to be titanium blue metallic I think its called, the valve cover will be fire red metallic possibly with some flat red accents from the leftovers of the header.

 

Just dropped the money pit off at firestone for emissions testing and took up a deal for a full inspection for 9.99+ tax I will be posting results on both after I get it back

 

Emissions results



Inspection suggestions



Estimated parts and labor cost



Good thing I do this myself or I'd be screwed lol it doesn't list it but I need upper and lower control arms on both sides and seals for the front diff pinion seal and the output on the transfer case and rear brakes need service as well, looks like I'm gonna be busy for a while

 

Heres the update from the head gasket job I did

 

What kind of headers did ya go with? Owning a 2000xj the stock ones are prone to cracking so I am looking into replacing them before that happens. Also one day my head will crack as well but the jeep was raised in Colorado and currently lives with me in the pismo beach area so I believe the weather has kept it safe for this long.

 

Sorry about the long time without any updates to those that follow this build, I'm currently looking for a short block to rebuild seeing as mine is toast but the head is like brand new so I'm pushing forward instead of buying a new vehicle and here's some pics of my header and valve cover getting repainted







The header needs one more coat to touch up some mistakes and the valve cover still has a ways to go until I'm satisfied but I'll be trying to keep this up to date when I can.

 

So are you doing a header and a high-flow cat with stock exhaust pipes?

 

I'm shortening the exit considerably and doing a universal chambered muffler and opening the exit size to 2.5", and of course high flow cat

 

No recent updates as I'm still getting funds together to get an engine to replace, also searching for parts xj's to kill multiple birds with few stones

 

Parts jeeps were a big bust here so I'm gonna just buy the junkyard block and rebuild, while I'm in there I'm gonna stroke it and possibly bore .020 over, might take longer to get everything together for this but it should be worth all the effort in the end

 

Got the block back from the machine shop, bored +.030, freeze plugs, cam bearings, and boiled



Ordered the rest of the parts to finish the rebuild

Attachment 230771













Possibly the best thing I've used my income tax return for So far lol