Jeep Cherokee Mods

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I thought I would create a new thread, and go over everything I have done and am going to do.

So far I have put a 3 inch suspension lift, taken off the front sway bar, put 30 inch terrains and put a custom exhaust (as well as some basic engine mods). Next on the list is to add either another 1.5 or 2 inches of lift making a total of 4.5 or 5. I am going to put a nice V8 in that is more than 300 cubic inches. Custom exhaust is going to go on, I want to make it go from the headers and cross and go into 1 pipe, then go to a catalytic converter, then to two pipes to exit out the side. Then custom front bumper...and that should do it for now. I may go ahead and put 4.10 or 4.56 gears in the axles so i could run 34-36 inch tires.

You going to add a locker in the rear? For wheelin and shit. I have heard Detroit Lockers are pretty good. When you getting some pictures? Just not sitting there either. On a back trail

oh yeah...well I get paid thursday...a digital camera it is
I will have a pic of it hill climbing.

Yeah lockers are going in the front and rear axle. I think i will get the CB radio this paycheck as well.

CB radios are awesome... A must have if your going off the beaten path... Make sure you got a decent cell phone too. Just in case... Also.. Dont abuse the CB.

lol...I use Nextel it is pretty good so far...and I keep short range radios as well. I will just set it to a police channel and listen to it on my way to work.

why would u take the front sway bar off?is there some sort of wierd 4x4 thing that i dont know about?with cars you want the thickest sway bar you can get (as long as your rear sway bar is just as thick)and why would you actually want to connect the 2 V exhaust pipes up together for 1 single cat, then break off to two pipes later?why not have twin cat's?..and remember, in countries other than USA, cubic inches isn't the most essential thing for power. the 1.3L (80cubic inches) 4 cylinder that is used in my car has been known to get up to 380 HP at the wheels (not in mine lol). so don't just wack in any huge engine, get find the best easy fit.there was a car here in Australia where the 6 cylinder jap spec engine absoultely ripped the V8 aus engine version. tuned technology! (nissan rb30, mother of the skyline rb20 / 25 / 26 etc)

sway bar limits the amount a car can flex. It holds the axle up so that there is no roll. I can put quick disconnects, which are much smaller than the normal sway bar and come off in meer seconds. I would go with those motors if. I had the money to even afford to have one shipped here and I would also have to mathc the transmission, transfer case, front/rear driveshafts, and would have to change the the front and rear axles to math the spline from the drive shafts from the drivetrain....way too much money that I do not have.

when do you want your car to flex?like seroius off road or something?....and i'm just saying get the most technological advanced engine that will be a drop in replacement for your car (ie match up to everything else...). maybe there is hardly any. or maybe you should look at getting yours turbo charged !

well here is my stituation.. My engine and transmission and the who driveline, has 200K miles on it as of today. At first I am going to have a carbed motor but come having more money I am going to put and EFI fuel injection system on it. I am looking for a V8 because it is simple to work on, so if something breaks on the trails I can fix it, if I go technologically advanced there are somethings I will need a computer to fix. Plus the whole deal of water proofing gets harder with the more electronics you have on board. As for the flex, yes it is what you want when you are offroading. If your vehicle has a good amount of flex there is a high percentage of all wheels staying on the ground...See if you go over some rocks and only 3 or less wheels are touching, you loose traction and increase the chance of a rollover, so taking the sway bars off allows the axles to freely move into and out of every bump and crack in the road or trail.

ah ok makes sensethanks for clearing that up

No problem, I am amazed at how well I explained that. Especially because of my concussion and flu.

Well no more v8 for me...I am going to use an exact replacement, build it up some before I put it in, and it will go good with the new custom straight pipe exhaust I have on my Jeep now.