Offroad-Express

hello all just started here today, jeeps are cool

welcome aboard,

but remember toyotas are even better

yea they r ok too i guess...thanks 4 the fast welcom

Dont listen to him, he'll try to lure you to the darkside...

Welcome Waterlily, what do you drive?

welcome waterlilly, and before this gets outa hand zuks are the best!!

im one of those folks with a grand cherokee... with a few mods... its ok though

Welcome and don't listen to all these closet Jeepers (why else would they be lurking in the Jeep section?).

Jeeps are the best, all else are wannabes

Do you have any photos / details of your toy Grand Cherokee?

um... well its got the l6 4.0 motor with mopar race cam, head work(3 angle valve job and porting),jet chip, mod and spaced throttle body, extractors etc etc. basicly it has unlocked the upper rev range which hinders the standard 4.0.
I might pop out and get some trail photos this weekend if the weather is nice

Sounds interesting. Did you get the work done here (or did it yourself)? Where abouts in the country are you based?

speaking of rev range.... TJ when does your rev limiter kick in? Mine gets a hell of a workout, yet my mates 96 Grand Cherokee doesnt seem to even have a rev limiter...

all the work was "d i y'", it was easy the only trap that got me was i needed to rotate the dizzy about 40 degrees(i cut the tags off the dizzy) it turned out there is no timing to set the dizzy to but when cranked around the computer ajusts the spark timing. that took abit to workout, it must be a mopar thang... the rev limit is at the redline mark OH my poor viscus fan!!!

xj wrote:speaking of rev range.... TJ when does your rev limiter kick in? Mine gets a hell of a workout, yet my mates 96 Grand Cherokee doesnt seem to even have a rev limiter...

Mine start to kick in over 5200 rpm. I have pushed it to 6000+ without any apparent damage, but the rev limiter makes life interesting in that range.

waterlilly wrote:all the work was "d i y'", it was easy the only trap that got me was i needed to rotate the dizzy about 40 degrees(i cut the tags off the dizzy) it turned out there is no timing to set the dizzy to but when cranked around the computer ajusts the spark timing. that took abit to workout, it must be a mopar thang... the rev limit is at the redline mark OH my poor viscus fan!!!

Well, I don't have a dizzy on mine so the mod would be interesting if I go down that track. What else have you done to it?

where does yer taco turn red on a wrangler dude?

Well, I don't have a dizzy on mine so the mod would be interesting if I go down that track. [/quote]

yea that could be a sad end to a great project

waterlilly wrote:where does yer taco turn red on a wrangler dude?

I think it is 5500, but I'll check when I get in it next.

waterlilly wrote:

TJ wrote:Well, I don't have a dizzy on mine so the mod would be interesting if I go down that track.

yea that could be a sad end to a great project

Has it made any difference to low end torque? May be without a dizzy, it would be easier for the computer to re-learn?

interesting... whats the best mod you recon you have done to ur truck? I recon the best thing was a 82degree thermostat Cheep from repco was one of my best investments.

Has it made any difference to low end torque? May be without a dizzy, it would be easier for the computer to re-learn?[/quote]

its got a real smooth idle and a little blip on the throttle is all thats needed. it pulls hard from about 2 grand to redline. Im sure sumethin like a msd ign controler could be used.

waterlilly wrote:interesting... whats the best mod you recon you have done to ur truck? I recon the best thing was a 82degree thermostat Cheep from repco was one of my best investments.

Change of a driver, previous owner never took it off road in the 2 years that he had owned it

Seriously though, I would say so far the suspension has made a huge difference particularly when I am disconnected in the front (through JKS discos). Also rear ARB bar has taken a lot of load off my tailgate (i.e. spare tyre), now my tailgate does not rattle or squeak anymore.

I have on order JB Conversion Super Shorty SYE and Tow Wood rear driveshaft. They should be shipped in a day or two, can't wait.

I am also almost in line for a 33 Engineering High Clearance transmission skid (about 3" improvement on stock) and GenRight gas tank skid (that gives me 1" more clearance). Waiting for pricing to confirm the order.

waterlilly wrote:its got a real smooth idle and a little blip on the throttle is all thats needed. it pulls hard from about 2 grand to redline. Im sure sumethin like a msd ign controler could be used.

My accelerator is already very touchy, so a little more touchy response would actually be dangerous

Did you source the cam from Mopar locally or from US?

very cool dude sounds like you like to go over things rather than through them!!!lol

Well since I had managed to bend my stock transfer case output shaft on a recent "family" trip, I can't say that I like going over things better than through them!!! Oh well, great justification for upgrade in my case (my wife was on the trip with me, so she knows how it happened).

lucky u had a witness, theres nothing worse than getting home and saying oops i broke it!!!

Hey where abouts are you based in the country. Would be great to catch up if you are in Auckland somewhere.

sorry dude im in the lower north is,but its a small country

No problem, I do sometimes end up in Wellington (not in a Jeep - just using the big metal kite in the sky).