jeepjerry

Ive done this as well with no problems. I replaced a renix head on our 89 xj that had a burnt valve with an HO head. I gasket matched the head ports to match the renix though. Runs stronger than any HO 4.0 ive had..... :dunno:

The honcho/twister theme is awesome. Looks cool! here's some eye candy for you since you like J-trucks. My brothers beautiful 77 J-10 and my next project 77 J-20.

What an awesome truck!

Good thing you caught it before more of them snapped! Sounds like it was a heck of a ride.

It was about time to get the girlfriend something newer for a daily driver. She was driving a 89' Cherokee pioneer with a 6.5" lift and 35"s. I put a reman engine in it with pacesetter header and some other goodies so it ran nice and even drove good. Came across this '97 from Pat (jeepcomj) and she bought it. First thing i did to it was replace the little 2" lift with a 5.5" one with rough country super flex upper and lowers. Needed some brake work and other stuff and i took care of it slowly. Got it all ready to go into DD duty and had the pleasant suprise of a knock when the engine warmed up. Never was able to drive it around long enough from when we got it till it was ready to drive to notice the knock. It only got moved around the yard and into and out of the garage. Never knocked at idle. Tore the bottom end apart and found 3 spun main bearings!!... :eek: And a new oil pump... :rotf: I had a good short block in the garage so i tore the head off the knocker to go through and use on the new engine. Completely rebuilt the other engine to stock specs, got it ready and did the swap. Added a 99-up intake manifold in the process as well. After that, bought brand new 285/75r16" bfgoodrich all-terrains and mounted them on Cragar v-5s. This is how it turned out. Have less than $2000 in the entire jeep as it sits. Runs and drives great.

Not bad at all for $1k!

Is that the nose of an Eagle behind the MJ in the last pic???.... :cheers:

Thanks! Are you over on Ifsja??

Wow. that thing is cool!

That thing is sweet!

I'm also trying to build a '72 AMC Javelin. This is where most of my money goes. Been building an aluminum head AMC 360 for it which should put out around 450 hp. and ive patched all the rust and getting close to getting the body work done.

The renix in my girlfriends 89 xj proved more reliable than my moms 99 xj when the 99 didnt start over the winter in very cold temps and the renix fired right up. The 99 cranked over but didnt fire until the temp rose throughout the day. We got my girlfriends 89 in '07 and she has been daily driving it ever since.

I'm not too far from you. I'm right by lake geneva. My buddy from work got transferred to harvard ford a few months back. I didnt know whether to post in here or not...lol :doh:

My CJ-5. Hard to believe ive had it for 8 years. Never lost a street race with it... :yes: A full size cherokee i used to have. Should have never gotten rid of it. Got my waggy afterwards though.

You will have no problems. Just don't launch it at stoplights. I pulled my brothers 2000 silverado with my 91 jeep xj with a 4.0.