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Performance, Sound, and Simplicity Under the Hood. When it comes to breathing life into your 1997–2006 Jeep TJ Wrangler, few upgrades are as simple and effective as a cold air intake. The aFe (Advanced Flow Engineering) cold air intake system is a go-to choice for Jeep owners looking for better throttle response, improved airflow, and …
The jeepfan.com 1978 CJ-5 has an AMC V8 engine with a converted HEI distributor. This conversion is a nice boost in performance along with proven reliability. Several conversion distributors are available with the HEI DUI distributor from Performance Distributors being the top of the line. The jeepfan.com CJ was converted using a custom distributor using …
Almost all modern vehicles since the late 60’s that run on gasoline use a charcoal fuel vapor venting system. Put simply, vapors from the fuel tank are run to a charcoal canister, typically found in the engine compartment, that absorbs the vapors. When the engine is running and at certain times the vapors are pulled …
Continuing from Part 1. Installing a Holley Sniper 2 on the jeepfan.com 1978 CJ-5 AMC 360 V8. A log time ago the jeepfan.com 1978 CJ-5 had a Holley Pro-Jection throttle body injection (TBI) on its AMC 360 V8 that worked quite well, until it didn’t. At that point the TBI was removed and an old …
Continuing from Part 2. Installing a Holley Sniper 2 on the jeepfan.com 1978 CJ-5 AMC 360 V8. A log time ago the jeepfan.com 1978 CJ-5 had a Holley Pro-Jection throttle body injection (TBI) on its AMC 360 V8 that worked quite well, until it didn’t. At that point the TBI was removed and an old …
The jeepfan.com 1978 CJ-5 AMC 360 V8 was upgraded from a Holley Pro-Jection throttle body injection to a Holley Sniper 2 fuel injection system, simplifying the fuel system and eliminating the need for off-road carb tuning.
The jeepfan.com 1978 CJ-5 was our regular trail Jeep for 10 years but it’s hard trail days are over. While there still could be a “fun drive through the woods type day” this Jeep will not see difficult stuff again, at least while we have it. Anyone with a V8 equipped Jeep knows that listening …
Continuing on from part 1 we have completely removed the old exhaust from the manifold to the tail pipe including the old O2 sensors in the manifold. Now starting from the engine we assemble the new aFe system. The new O2 sensors were installed in the manifold and the y-pipe before any parts were started …
The jeepfan.com 2004 TJ Unlimited has 195K miles and might have the original exhaust still on it. The check engine light had been illuminated for a bit, the code had something to do with a fault in the emissions system. It just seemed like a full replacement of the system plus all new O2 sensors …
Obtain a release bearing based on the above measurement and install it on the fork. Be advised that forks with the flat type spring require that the tips of the fork AS WELL AS THE TIPS OF THE SPRING are installed in the groove of the release bearing. This chart shows the length of the …
