2doorlover

This build has been going on for a couple months. and i didnt take to many pics... sorry guys.

anyway for the details

sold my s10 and bought a 91 cherokee 2 door 5 speed
had 125000 miles on her, painted a hideous black almost looked rolled on.
so i got her home drove it stock for a while. earliest pic i have. i put the safari rack on it and the lights on front



first thing i did was a sound system.
2 12 kicker comps 1100 watt amp

2doorlover

I fixed misc things as i drove it. being in highschool and part time job at safeway! it stayed this way for a while.

finally when i got some money i got tired of the paint so i took a da and got it all down to where i could paint it. bought 8 cans of rustoleum camo green and sprayed away! it turned out alot better than i was expecting!


as you see the bumpers are different than the first pic. i got backed into at school and just put new ones on

i drove it that way for almost 3 months, added things here and there. such as cherry bomb glass pack, and fixed some lighting.

2doorlover

one day i was driving home from school and went to brake. heard a loud POP got out, brake fluid everywhere, my drivers side rear wheel cylinder exploded. destroyed backing plate and drum.

instead of fixing the brakes i found this a great opportunity to change gears from 3.07 to 3.55. so i picked up a dana 35 from an automatic and swapped that in. hopefully in the future ill go 8.25.

after fixing that i swapped in a hp non disco dana 30 3.55 to get my 4wd back!

2doorlover

id been looking on craigslist for a lift kit when i found this

its a 87 cherokee with a 3.5 inch lift and 31's. picked it up for 400$ cause it was wrecked on the passenger side.

started pulling parts off it and got what i needed, sold it to pick n pull for 250$ haha

then i started on my jeep after 3 full cans of pb and many cuts and bruises she got installed


i then sold my old wheels and tires for 100$ so im in the lift and tires 50$

2doorlover

painted my rockers, and rear quarters as you can see in the pic above.

now i need to save up for an sye. tired of the vibs lol

want to do lockers and re gear to 4.10 so i can add another inch or so and run 33's

fixed my saggy headliner and added a homebrew intake with a cone filter and exhaust tubing!

this will be updated just slowly as moneys tight

let me know on ideas etc

XJwonders

Ur off to a good start! Keep it up and don't give up!

2doorlover

Thanks! its come a long way.

2doorlover

any ideas on mpg increase?

looking at neon injectors but im not a fan of junkyard motor parts....

XJwonders

Oh yes u can use 703 neon injectors... U can buy a set from a lot of people here, programbo is a well known injector seller here. He rebuilds them and test them. Average 65 a set, u won't regret it!

U can also check your throttle position sensor and o2 sensors. I fixed both on my xj and my mpg improved, because the sensors was getting to be old.

XJwonders

By the way adding "cold air intake" using a cone filter and a piece of pipe doesn't really work. U gotta bring in cold air from outside the engine compartment to actually increase anything.

I did the cowl snorkel intake and increased .5 to 1 mpg. In addition to 2 mpg I got from the neon injectors.

2doorlover

ya i know it doesnt. lol i want to do a snorkel, when i bought it the guy had the whole intake system ripped out so i used some stuff i had layin around

XJwonders

Was making sure


A snorkel will look good on your xj, that's for sure

2doorlover

i'm just not sure i want to spend the money for one quite yet

XJwonders

U can always make a budget one

2doorlover

so today i decided to cut n fold my front fenders to get rid of rubbing on full turn! heres a pic of how it turned out
looking at this pic i really need to paint my wheels black or just buy d windows when i buy new tires