The Jeep 4.0L HO Lives!
Great news Joe!
Did you have to pay the penalty for not having plates on it for a while? Sounds like a joy to drive and I hope it just gets broke in and runs better & better!
Kim
Yeah man, they soaked me for a 75 buck penalty. More than the plates cost for crying out loud. :angry7: The dang DMV is only open from 8-4, I had to take the morning off and get reamed for the penalty too. :axe: peckerheads.... She had no interest in my documentation of the build and the fact that Colorado has a much more efficient vehicle on the road, lol.
I have a whole 25 miles on it but it's nice and quiet from the valve cover but the exhaust certainly has a performance tone around town. Oil is clean as a whistle (just checked it). All in all I'm very happy with the build. I'm kinda looking forward to getting this thing down to sea level on my trip to WI. :-D
BTW, the idle was just a little bit erratic to my ear at first but cleaned up quite a bit after a good thrash. :-D
What would have I done different so far? I would have used the Lunati cam I mentioned in the build, just reamed the 8mm guides out to 3/8" with quality SS valves in 1.92/1.60 with single square style keepers plus associated retainers and had the heads machined for the recommended Lunati valve springs. I think the OBDI computer would have no problem with the afformentioned changes and I feel that I left maybe 10-15 hp on the table by not doing this. :read2: Maybe an adjustable fuel presure regulator would have been required and the off idle performance would have been diminished a little bit, but I think it would have been a good trade off (right now it's a neck snapper, might be tough in the snow).
NBD, I have your poster too. :-D It just came in yesterday. :bootysha:
