Heres the deal. I am fighting an exhaust leak ever since my stroker build in my 2000 XJ. I use the 2000 HO intake, Edelbrock 4.0 head (which has the old exhaust ports) and currently a Banks shorty header for a 2000 XJ. This means the header doesn't really match the exhaust ports on the head. If I need to switch to a pre-1999 header to get a better match I need to make sure the pre-1999 header tubes will fit under the newer intake manifold. I know people swap the HO intake into their older XJ's so I thought I would ask about the fit?
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Will a 98' Banks Header fit under 2000 intake?
- Thread starter nicpaige
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davidwulf
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Knoxville Tn
I've got the newer intake manifold on my 98 and had no problems with the exhaust header .
- Location
- Lakeside, CA
I've got a borla + a 99+ intake on my 95 HO stroker, everything fits fine. The new intake on the older engines are a popular "upgrade" which really wakes up a stroker with cam and head work.
sinat01
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Preston county, WV
not to highjack, but here is my question, ive looked at headers and they have em usually split up 97-98 00-01 and then 99 is by itself, what's different with the motors? and if mine is an early 99 would it use a 98 header?
davidwulf
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Knoxville Tn
The stock header .
- Location
- Lakeside, CA
The difference is the pre-cat header and that they raised the exhaust ports on the 00+ head (0331). Putting an older head on it exposes the bottom of the port and creates an exhaust leak. The other problem is that since it's a pre-cat you will have 4 02 sensors. the earlier headers don't support that configuration. There's a thread on here where someone made a "spacer" to fix this mismatch and was selling them. https://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=919384
- Location
- Lakeside, CA
What year is your jeep? I assumed 2000+.
sinat01
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Preston county, WV
mine is an early 99, I was just curious what the diff in years was. Been thinkin about snagging a header for a while now
Yes it is a 2000 XJ
