Shock357
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Springfield, MO
I got a offer to trade my 93 eclipse GSX for a lifted, stroked 97 xj, just one hitch...
"honestly it is the cat that is keeping it from running right now. It has so much torque that in 2 wheel drive you have to leave slow in the rain or she just sits and spins. We bored, stroked, and rebuilt the engine, and I have a feeling that my father in law left the distributer loose, and it wobbled when the motor was running. Eventually we discovered this and tried a new distributer, the Jeep ran fine but the new distributer wobbles when she runs. I am fairly sure that a new crank and distributer combo would fix that. I say another new distributer because the gears on this one might get chewed up before a new crank gets put in."
The clogged cat doesn't concern me, the other issue is a major one tho.
Does this sound about right? Every car I've ever worked on the dizzy ran off the camshaft. I've never had to work on my 92 xj's motor so I'm not too keen on the 4.0 design.
Its a really clean looking 4 door, 4.5 RE lift, dick cepek rims wrapped in MT ATZ's.
So naxja, should I go for it, or run away like a frightened shool girl?
"honestly it is the cat that is keeping it from running right now. It has so much torque that in 2 wheel drive you have to leave slow in the rain or she just sits and spins. We bored, stroked, and rebuilt the engine, and I have a feeling that my father in law left the distributer loose, and it wobbled when the motor was running. Eventually we discovered this and tried a new distributer, the Jeep ran fine but the new distributer wobbles when she runs. I am fairly sure that a new crank and distributer combo would fix that. I say another new distributer because the gears on this one might get chewed up before a new crank gets put in."
The clogged cat doesn't concern me, the other issue is a major one tho.
Does this sound about right? Every car I've ever worked on the dizzy ran off the camshaft. I've never had to work on my 92 xj's motor so I'm not too keen on the 4.0 design.
Its a really clean looking 4 door, 4.5 RE lift, dick cepek rims wrapped in MT ATZ's.
So naxja, should I go for it, or run away like a frightened shool girl?