camjeep3 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Hey guys, been a while since I have posted or been active on the board.... Pretty much stopped messing with my comanche back in 2010-2011. Nothing has changed since then and It hasn't had too many miles put on it... Went and started my welding career and now opened my own shop doing that and CNC plasma cutting. seeing the jeep every day sitting there all sad. I can't take it any more! My plan is to do a mild restoration. take the bed off, paint under the cab, fix the few areas that have rust. lift the front more to match my SOA. put some non cut fenders and a paint job and have a truck to cruise around in again... Now my question. Ive never been a fan of the whole renix thing... Ever since I have had the truck I have never had a good consistent idle. etc etc. One thought I had in the past was to put an aftermarket intake on it, and a carb and do away with all the sensors and wiring. I had a cj5 for a short time in my board absence that had a 4.0 with just that... Then it just didn't make sense to me to go from fuel injection to a carb. After this I thought well, what if I got the clifford intake, and then ran an aftermarket fuel injection system. I have seen them put on small block chevys, and the guy said they are pretty simple. The computer is in the throttle body, it comes with a tuner to set it up for your engine, minimal wiring etc etc. I know guys spend lots of time to swap to the newer obdII system, but finding a donor and swapping it all in does not sound all that great to me... The newest wire harness I find is still 15 years old. So am I crazy for thinking of doing this, Money aside, any insight? I was also thinking of building a mild stroker, so tuning shouldn't be an issue with the aftermarket system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camjeep3 Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 I guess I should of done a different title for the thread... One more specific to the question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 I'm sure that would help :thumbsup: I don't understand the whole nostalgia over carbs. I've got 2 at my house and they are insanely finicky things and I hate them with a passion usually reserved for french transmissions. what have you done so far to fix the idle issue? it could be as simple as a vacuum leak and slapping a carb on it won't necessarily fix that. Of course new things should work better than used things, but the Renix system is a fairly basic fuel injection and the fixes are usually simple too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camjeep3 Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 yeah, the whole carb idea didn't last long. Its been a while. But i know I pulled the TB, cleaned it, played with some other sensors too... It would just never get consistent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 refresh all the grounds? clean out the C101? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camjeep3 Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 I did clean out the C101... Haven't looked at the grounds though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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