performance bolt ons
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From: alabama
Year: 1989
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
What are some good bolt ons or upgrades 2 do 2 a stock 89 4.0 is there a cold air kit throttle body spacer????? Need help don't want 2 waste money need stuff that works
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From: Flint/Asheville
Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 HO
Try searching around forums, there have been many threads about that.
Basic list:
99+ intake (if you have an older one)
60mm TB
header and exhaust system
neon injectors
intake
Basic list:
99+ intake (if you have an older one)
60mm TB
header and exhaust system
neon injectors
intake
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From: Oroville, CA
Year: 1995
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 with all of the noise and clatter
Then don't waste your money or time with spacers and cold air intakes. If you want more horepower that you can feel you need to go inside the engine and do some work. Better cam, up the compression a little, bore and stroke it, etc. Maybe your engine is just tired and in need of a rebuild.
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From: Shelbyville, TN
Year: 1993
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
So is a throttle body spacer a waste of time and money? I was thinking of getting one for my 93 XJ. It's got a good engine and no problems, but I am slowly beefing it up from stock and that was on my "to do" list.
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From: alabama
Year: 1989
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
My planns are 2 eventually make it a 4.7 stroker its a healthy 89 4.0 with 80xxx something miles on it was just seeing what's out there that would be worth investing in lol
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From: Broward County Fl.
Year: 1989 xj sport 2dr
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 12 hole bosch Injectors
neon injector upgrade will improve throttle response and idle ,header and free flowing exhaust ,cold air intake will let it breath a little better other than that stroker will improve greatly but its costly
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From: Roanoke VA
Year: 1995
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
Give it a good tune up as well. When I went to an MSD coil and larger plug wires I noticed a much smoother idle, better throttle response and it pulls hills much better than before.
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From: Stokesdale, NC
Year: 89XJ,98ZJ,72K10, 06 Tundra..
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Check my thread under the for sale section: Bored throttle body....and see what all my customers have to say about it.
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Model: Grand Cherokee
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From: Broward County Fl.
Year: 1989 xj sport 2dr
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 12 hole bosch Injectors
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From: alabama
Year: 1989
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Xj files I will and freegdr I want 2 get rid of my air box and go with a cone type filter what would I do withthe vacum lines and such which ones would I plug would I have 2 plum some into the piping.
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From: Broward County Fl.
Year: 1989 xj sport 2dr
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 12 hole bosch Injectors
hard to find ones for renix i did this, pep boys around 35 dollars total
Last edited by freegdr; May 12, 2011 at 02:00 PM.
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From: Broward County Fl.
Year: 1989 xj sport 2dr
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 12 hole bosch Injectors
i plugged the line that went to the lid the big line drilled a hole in tube and inserted as you see 87 thru 90 are renix model xj


