What she drug home...
Most definitely.
This year has proven to be miles more progressive than last year. I had a lot of hang-ups last year that set us way back. Lots of injustice, but our work/ efforts to shut it down, put people in their place (Court and $17k attorneys are no fun) and being able to do what we really need and want to do with our money, is actually starting to show. So this is a nice change of pace for us.
This will be the first time in my life that I've had a running/ driving vehicle that didn't either get destroyed, taken from me or both. Between my mom, my ex and her mom, having Amy around is quite the contrast.
I decided to name it Winston.
Black, square back, first came out in 1984... No brainer.
I'm already looking into the following mods-
- IAT sensor relocated (reports of 1-2mpg)
Accurately richens mixture a bit, makes sense, because these things are tuned extremely lean from the factory and actually have an inherent problem with cracking exhaust manifolds.
- 2nd thoughts on later manifold, there is an article on a jeep shop with over 1000 hours on a dyno, over years, showing that this mod opens up intake runner volume too much, doesn't show any improvements on the dyno. What you gain in flow, you lose in velocity, so it's a wash overall, changes hp range up higher.
- Free flowing intake and better exhaust, each show about 3-4hp on the dyno, a little more when combined, both help fuel economy. The air box has a restrictor after it that can be taken out, but I'm going to build my own and put the IAT sensor up there with it.
- Bosch 4 hole injectors, not sure on HP, but they do help quite a bit with throttle response and atomization
- Electric fan... I'm going to do this for two reasons; 1- Every single Cherokee I've driven, including this one, that has older motor mounts, rocks enough to cause the clutch fan to contact the shroud. It's not too bad on this one, but if I take off up a hill, I can barely hear it. Sounds like I'm scrubbing a tire on gravel over pavement, but it's coming from up front. Another one that I test drove had more significant sounds coming from up front under torque/load to the point of exhaust rattling on the cross member. So I know this is happening.
2- A thermostatic electric fan has a lot less parasitic drag in town. It's not as noticeable on the highway, thanks to it being a brick and air entering everywhere, but at low speeds, it helps 1-3hp and helps in town fuel economy.
I'm also going to run some sea foam in it. It runs good, but I know improvements can be seen. It's getting about 18mpg highway and about 16 average right now, according to fuel receipts and the trip counter, keeping it around 1500-2k. I think the injector o rings may be weeping too. I haven't had it long enough to really tinker with it.
Most definitely.
This year has proven to be miles more progressive than last year. I had a lot of hang-ups last year that set us way back. Lots of injustice, but our work/ efforts to shut it down, put people in their place (Court and $17k attorneys are no fun) and being able to do what we really need and want to do with our money, is actually starting to show. So this is a nice change of pace for us.
This will be the first time in my life that I've had a running/ driving vehicle that didn't either get destroyed, taken from me or both. Between my mom, my ex and her mom, having Amy around is quite the contrast.
I decided to name it Winston.
Black, square back, first came out in 1984... No brainer.
I'm already looking into the following mods-
- IAT sensor relocated (reports of 1-2mpg)
Accurately richens mixture a bit, makes sense, because these things are tuned extremely lean from the factory and actually have an inherent problem with cracking exhaust manifolds.
- 2nd thoughts on later manifold, there is an article on a jeep shop with over 1000 hours on a dyno, over years, showing that this mod opens up intake runner volume too much, doesn't show any improvements on the dyno. What you gain in flow, you lose in velocity, so it's a wash overall, changes hp range up higher.
- Free flowing intake and better exhaust, each show about 3-4hp on the dyno, a little more when combined, both help fuel economy. The air box has a restrictor after it that can be taken out, but I'm going to build my own and put the IAT sensor up there with it.
- Bosch 4 hole injectors, not sure on HP, but they do help quite a bit with throttle response and atomization
- Electric fan... I'm going to do this for two reasons; 1- Every single Cherokee I've driven, including this one, that has older motor mounts, rocks enough to cause the clutch fan to contact the shroud. It's not too bad on this one, but if I take off up a hill, I can barely hear it. Sounds like I'm scrubbing a tire on gravel over pavement, but it's coming from up front. Another one that I test drove had more significant sounds coming from up front under torque/load to the point of exhaust rattling on the cross member. So I know this is happening.
2- A thermostatic electric fan has a lot less parasitic drag in town. It's not as noticeable on the highway, thanks to it being a brick and air entering everywhere, but at low speeds, it helps 1-3hp and helps in town fuel economy.
I'm also going to run some sea foam in it. It runs good, but I know improvements can be seen. It's getting about 18mpg highway and about 16 average right now, according to fuel receipts and the trip counter, keeping it around 1500-2k. I think the injector o rings may be weeping too. I haven't had it long enough to really tinker with it.
