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Old Nov 7, 2013 | 02:12 AM
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Originally Posted by JLW_2K13
I am running the Flowmaster 44 and I have been asked if I had a V8 XJ. It sounds really good, not to annoying.
Is this basically what you're running?
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Old Nov 7, 2013 | 02:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Nick.koehler6
Dude. I'm sorry. I generalized it into a v6. Calm the **** down.
Good job. Don't let that hater ruin your CF experience. This is normally a good place.
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Old Nov 7, 2013 | 02:53 AM
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Originally Posted by jamorrowxj
If you open your hood and are half blind in one eye and fully blind in the other you can tell the difference between a v6 and a strait 6. Counting the number of fins on the back of your axle before you spend hundreds of dollars on gears is important. I don't mind making a jeep sound louder, just one of the things that grinds my gears is when people call it a v6, ahem auto parts store guy.
No you ask how to know if you had a HP or LP D30. Five seconds of searching would of got you the answer. Don't be a *** to the OP. You were just of a newb or even more when you joined.
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Old Nov 7, 2013 | 03:25 AM
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Originally Posted by warthog
I was about to say the same thing

On the other hand, Everyone on this forum has asked a question without searching for "dead threads". I have search numerous times using exact quotes for threads I knew existed, even ones I had created but could never find.

Stick with it, this is a great forum minus a few haters
Honestly the search function here doesn't turn up with great results. You'd have a better chance of finding the info you want on this forum by searching in Google with cherokeeforum: included in your search tag
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Old Nov 7, 2013 | 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by XJmike0122

He said 4.0L
Well... That's my lack of reading ability for the day
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Old Nov 7, 2013 | 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by stitch702

Honestly the search function here doesn't turn up with great results. You'd have a better chance of finding the info you want on this forum by searching in Google with cherokeeforum: included in your search tag
That's site:cherokeeforum.com. For example:
Best XJ exhaust upgrades site:cherokeeforum.com

Each forum has a URL extension. I don't remember most of them, but the old For Sale section was www.cherokeeforum.com/f11
With the right forum extension, you can search your local region, the write up section, for sale or wanted sections, etc. For example, to search for a write up on how to fix the common No Bus gauge problem in late model Cherokees:
"No bus" site:cherokeeforum.com/f51

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Old Nov 7, 2013 | 12:52 PM
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from my personal observation the 4 liter motors with no cat and loud/no exhaust sound a lot like cummins trucks, minus the badass power and smoke haha
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Old Nov 7, 2013 | 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by s346k
from my personal observation the 4 liter motors with no cat and loud/no exhaust sound a lot like cummins trucks, minus the badass power and smoke haha
The Cummins would also be an inline six isnt it? Just diesel obviously.
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Old Nov 7, 2013 | 05:25 PM
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my buddy has a ~$165 magnaflow canister muffler on his LJ (only thing that fit with the rear four link) and it sounds boss. kinda like an old school bimmer straight six. its a bit loud after a while, and he's not the biggest fan of it either but it sounds damn good when you get on it. i'd get myself one but its just gonna get dragged over a rock, so i'll deal with my FM 50.
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Old Nov 7, 2013 | 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by s346k
from my personal observation the 4 liter motors with no cat and loud/no exhaust sound a lot like cummins trucks, minus the badass power and smoke haha
How hard would it be to remove the cat? Also. Wouldn't the sensors keep the Check Engine Light on?
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Old Nov 7, 2013 | 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Nick.koehler6
How hard would it be to remove the cat? Also. Wouldn't the sensors keep the Check Engine Light on?
Difficulty? You have two hands, it's not hard.

Legality and forum rules, you're not supposed to do it or discuss it here. Period.

Yes, you'll get a light depending on your year.
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Old Nov 7, 2013 | 07:28 PM
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After driving a straight six for awhile, you'll realize why you get flamed for calling it a v6. Lots to learn, young Jeeper. But welcome to the fam
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Old Nov 7, 2013 | 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by ridinclassic
The Cummins would also be an inline six isnt it? Just diesel obviously.
yes , that's my point. no amount of exhaust work will put this motor in the same tier as a v8 soundwise.
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Old Nov 7, 2013 | 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by 94XjSport94

Difficulty? You have two hands, it's not hard.

Legality and forum rules, you're not supposed to do it or discuss it here. Period.

Yes, you'll get a light depending on your year.
Laws differ state to state. Texas for example, a vehicle becomes emissions exempt after 25 years. Until just recently a turbo counted as a muffler and only vehicles burning gasoline as a fuel needed emissions equipment (kerosene and LP were given as exempt examples) so depending on how laws were read by the inspector, you could get away with quite a lot on late model diesels.
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Old Nov 7, 2013 | 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by xjzaped
Laws differ state to state. Texas for example, a vehicle becomes emissions exempt after 25 years. Until just recently a turbo counted as a muffler and only vehicles burning gasoline as a fuel needed emissions equipment (kerosene and LP were given as exempt examples) so depending on how laws were read by the inspector, you could get away with quite a lot on late model diesels.
Its Federal law... Unfortunately, that will ultimately trump any state law or statue that is in place. It's also on the forum rules we all agreed to when we registered on the site.

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