I used to have an 86 XJ with a low milage 2.8L and 5 speed tranny that I was happy with. It got good milage and I didn't have any trouble with it. Then it developed an idling problem, so I just turned up the idle a little. Then I moved to CA. The smog police got after me and I tried to get carb parts to fix it. I guess it can't be done for that year anymore. The state kindly offered to crush it for me, but I just couldn't crush a perfectly good vehicle. So I decided to upgrade a little with a 4.3L Chevy and a jeep T5 tranny. Lots of stock parts and should have been fairly easy to install. The smog police got involved again and said I needed an auto from an 93 to put behind it. On and on it went. So here is how it goes:
No Chevy is complete without a set of headers and a great exhaust system. A set of smog legal JBA headers, slightly modified, a true 2 1/4 header pipe with true radius mandrel bends into a formed Y pipe and 3" high flow cat. We want it breathing properly.
Also shown is the Advance Adapters flange and shaft for the transfer case.
Next, I got the bright Idea I wanted a 4 speed Atlas behind it. So here it is. The cat approved of course.
Here it is clocked on the engine.
Almost ready to go in. The tranny has been rebuilt with kevlar bands and racing clutches and will be running Red Line high temp synthetic oil.
No Chevy is complete without a set of headers and a great exhaust system. A set of smog legal JBA headers, slightly modified, a true 2 1/4 header pipe with true radius mandrel bends into a formed Y pipe and 3" high flow cat. We want it breathing properly.
Also shown is the Advance Adapters flange and shaft for the transfer case.
Next, I got the bright Idea I wanted a 4 speed Atlas behind it. So here it is. The cat approved of course.
Here it is clocked on the engine.
Almost ready to go in. The tranny has been rebuilt with kevlar bands and racing clutches and will be running Red Line high temp synthetic oil.