Good Deal??

[Centrevillemx]

OKay, is this a good deal?

I'm looking to buy my first jeep and I scope one in my friends frontyard, A '90 XJ Pioneer 4.0 w/ 157 k and a dent in the door.
I offered 500 and his mom wanted 800 because of "New Tires" I said: "fine keep the tires and throw em on your liberty" I'm going to pick it up some time this week for $500 get the tires switched with a set of 31x10.50's I Have and I have 3 questions:
1. Is This a Good Deal?
2. Will my 31's fit under there with fender trimming since I don't hav alot of cash for a lift at this time?
3. It doesn't pass emmissions. Are there any ways to do this temporarily if I plan to rip the cats off and run headers after it passes?

-MX

[Steelerfan]

Yes it sounds like a goo deal to me. As far as the 31's are concerned you will have to do a lot of trimming a budget lift would help along with the trimming. As far as the emissions test sis concerned I don't know.

[Eagle]

Emissions could be the O2 sensor, could be the catalytic converter, or could be something else.

DO NOT remove the catalytic converter. (a) It's illegal (yeah, I know, you're young and you don't think the laws apply to you); and (b) removing the catalytic converter has not been shown to improve performance, and many people have reported a loss of low-end torque w/o the cat.

Sounds like a good deal. The 31s will fit if you don't disconnect the sway bars.

[Centrevillemx]

Your right I am young and the laws don't apply to me. j/k
From whta I've heard you have to take them (the cats) off with the addition of headers? Do you have to dissconect the Sway bars if you add a budget 2" lift? one more thing: Could a new catylitic con. mean the difference between passing an failing an emm. test?

[gettinbetterXJ]

1) You still run Cats with Headers
2) Nope you can run the sway bar at least up to 3" cause thats what I run and it's still on there working fine...could go much farther for all I know 3 is just what I have experience with
3) Non jeep related experience tells me YES a new catalytic converter could mean the difference it was on My 1977 Plymouth Volare<-------POS for sure!

[ChiXJeff]

Originally posted by Centrevillemx
Your right I am young and the laws don't apply to me. j/k
From whta I've heard you have to take them (the cats) off with the addition of headers? Do you have to dissconect the Sway bars if you add a budget 2" lift? one more thing: Could a new catylitic con. mean the difference between passing an failing an emm. test?

No, you *DON'T* need to remove the cat to put on a header. The cat itself is several feet of tube away from the header. For instance, Borla's header comes with a new crosspipe, and ends with the same type of tube and location as the stock.

You don't have to remove the sway bars with a 2" lift. Personally I hate running without a front sway bar, and in city traffic it's just a bad idea. At 2", though, the stock links should be okay.

Yes, a failed catalytic converter can mean a failed emissions test (this is almost by definition :) ).

[Steelerfan]

I originally had my sway bars on with a 3 1/2 inch lift so you can leave them on with a 2 inch budget boost.
You also can run a cat with a header.
what you need to do is get it emissions tested. Then a place that repairs emmissions equipment can analizy why it's not passing. It may be minor like a tune up or something more major but at any rate you need something to work off of so that it can be analized.

[Centrevillemx]

WOOHOO! I GOT MY JEEP! YES YES YES YES YES WOOHOOO!
PARTY TIME BABY! WOOHOOO!

[Steelerfan]

Congradulations. Pic's when ya can.

[Centrevillemx]

Hey dude,
pics are up at:

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6387

[woody]

Nice Avitar :rolleyes:

[Centrevillemx]

http://www.naxja.org/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=42580

Theres my "Good Deal"

Only $700 running with 157k on it.

Thanks woody, Ilike the avatar too. WHAT IS IT?