SatiricalHen

I’m pretty sure the 1.9 TDI makes more power in stock form than the om616, and the 1.9 has a decent bit of aftermarket support with higher stage tunes that can be used. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What grand Cherokee did you get door seals off of? My doors don’t seem to seal that well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Oh and I ordered it a new exhaust manifold last night. Sounds like mine has a decent sized leak and I had already tried welding it up once so I’m going to try the new route and see how it goes for it. Maybe I’ll get lucky and discover the intake wasn’t fully seated and fix my idle issue at the same time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not a bad day for the Comanche Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Got a shot of the setup with the new to me pitman arm. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I know you said you don’t want to do a shade tree engine rebuild, but one of the guys I know pulled the motor out of his truck in the apartment parking lot, put it in his living room. Rebuilt it inside then swapped it back in. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My exhaust pipe seems to be factory judging by looks, but everyone seems to say that 2.25” exhaust is standard and the ID of my tail pipe was 1.8” and the OD was 2” Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Running cav fab cross over steering under the pitman arm, with an RE frame side track bar bracket and an over the axle track bar bracket. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah, I wish it was that simple, but unfortunately for me it is not. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Used the zj pitman arm on my xj today Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’m running a mid 90s throttle cable. I don’t remember which year exactly, but I think it was a nickintimefilms video that told the year to find. I have a good return spring and I have the extra spring manual jeeps have on them. The throttle does close completely. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If you’re speaking to me, the distributor is properly indexed according to cruiser, and the last I checked it was 180 psi across all cylinders. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Is that a rear fog light switch? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Mine idles between 1250 and 2k and I haven’t been able to figure it out. It usually idles at 750ish for a minute or so and then it goes up. No matter what by the first stop sign it’s at 1250-2k and I don’t know why. I’m wondering if maybe the o2 sensor is to blame, or maybe the auto computer even though it was said to work in a manual. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It’s been up to or past redline quite a bit. It pulls past 3k more than it does in the lower rpm range. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My Comanche will randomly not start. Not sure what causes it. Once I do start it, it will always start the next time I try. I’ve just put it in gear and roll started it when it acts like that. It’s happened maybe 2-3 times in a little over a year. The guy I bought it from installed a toggle switch to start it with since it happened to him, but I pulled that out since it was so rare that it happened, and being a manual I can roll start. Worst case scenario I could always use a jumper wire and jump the starter. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I could do this as well. Personally I can’t cut straight to save my life. I figured printing with holes would guarantee straight evenly spaced holes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My jeep fits in that .01% you describe, but from what I saw there weren’t any kits for a Comanche, and I’m going to have the tube bent by the muffler guy I’ve always used. My Comanche sounds MUCH different than the stock 4.0 in my Cherokee. I’ve driven both with the exhaust cut before the cat. The Cherokee I crushed the cat offroad and cut it off to get back the power to drive it home and to the exhaust shop, and the Comanche when I swapped in the HO front pipe. The cam makes a big difference in sound. Also, “sounding good” is all relative. I’m sure those guys who drive around with fart cans think they sound good... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This may be just me, but you are trying to narrow the track width because the new tires won’t rub where the old tires rubbed. I personally would just leave the 1” spacers on the truck. It’s not like you have .5” spacers and are trying to get 1” spacers so you can clear tires. Everything clears right now and everything works, so why not just leave them? I personally see extra clearance and wider track width advantageous for greater stability and since tires are rubber they will flex so even if they clear while sitting still and on level ground they might could rub in strange circumstances. I know my friends only rub when full lock backing up, but full lock forward clears and full lock sitting still clears. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I was looking at the 50, but man that price tag. The 44 is $85 and the 50 is $140 (for the super, not sure what the big difference is between the super and the delta flow, HD, and big block mufflers) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You say that 2.25” is fine for these engines, and that’s what I’ve seen everywhere, but wasn’t sure if the higher flow TB, intake, and head with the slightly larger cam would make a difference. If 2.25” is still fine with that, that’s the route I’ll go. I actually think the exhaust on it now is 2” at the tail pipe because I seem to remember the 2.25” pipe slid right over it when I last had the exhaust repaired. I’ll have to actually measure it and see what the numbers say. I have a 44 on my Cherokee and it’s a little loud for me, but it’s also been beaten, abused and is dumped over the axle which makes a difference in sound. I’ve heard people like the magnaflow stuff on these, but I haven’t looked too much into them yet. I figured pretty much all headers are the same. I don’t see a huge gain coming from a banks, borla, or whatever other expensive brands enough to justify spending 3-4x the amount so I’ll probably end up getting one of the $100ish amazon or eBay specials. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So with tax season here I would like to finally give my Comanche a nice exhaust that doesn't leak. I plan to do header and all. I'd like some opinions from ya'll about what route I should take with the truck. The motor is a renix block bored .030" over with a 7120 head, a comp cam 68-115-4, 746 injectors, 99+ intake, and 62mm TB. The truck is a 2wd daily driver with an ax-15, 3.55s and 29ish" tires. I currently have a Thrush Turbo muffler on the truck and it is a little quieter than I would like. I want to hear the vehicle, but I want to be able to do long highway drives without wanting to bash my brains out. So with that background, I would like a new header, new muffler, and what pipe diameter should I go with for the truck? The truck will not have a cat, and the pipe will be fully mandrel bent. So, what pipe diameter, what muffler, and what header? Also, should I have the factory routing duplicated, or exit in a different location? Any and all tips and suggestions welcome. I'm sure there is someone on here that knows a lot more about exhaust flow and mufflers than I.

Did you ever get the idle smoothed out? I noticed you said you did the 89-90 computer swap. Was it from an auto or a manual? I’ve been chasing an idle issue with mine and I had swapped the computer and wonder if that might have a little something to do with it. You’ve seemed to fix and replace a lot of parts I’ve been eyeing for mine. I’m just tired of throwing so many new parts at it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I wouldn’t do tons unless you’re running 40s really. Those things will grab every rock with the pumpkin. If your plan is 35-37s stick with smaller axles. I run 35sand almost every jeep I Wheel with is on 35s. On a stock 8.25 and a d30 with stock shafts. I’ve broken a couple shafts, but I also don’t have chromos. With a dana 44 front and rear you could comfortably run 37s without much worry and still have good ground clearance. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

started working on a panel that would go where the fog light switch panel goes, I was talking to someone and they mentioned wanting to put a gauge in that location. Figured I’d give those panels a go as well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk