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Jeep Wrangler YJ
YJ General Discussion
Time to rebuild my 258 /4.2 engine and I'm wondering those of you here who have done it what would you do again what not to bother with?
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<blockquote data-quote="Scarry D" data-source="post: 434440" data-attributes="member: 20209"><p>Time to rebuild my 258 /4.2 and I'm wondering those of you here who here who have done it what would you do again what would you do different what would you not bother with?</p><p>It's a 1988 YJ I've owned since new I'm probably going to do a 4.0 head swap possibly an RV cam but I don't want to kill my fuel economy although right now I'm only getting 16 MPG . I already have the Mopar MPI kit. It's a daily driver a work vehicle I work on large Farms it's what's gets me and my tools around the place <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙂" title="Slightly smiling face :slight_smile:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" data-shortname=":slight_smile:" />it's not lifted and it's not going to be it works perfect with what I'm doing" I'd like more power wouldn't we all <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙂" title="Slightly smiling face :slight_smile:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" data-shortname=":slight_smile:" /> I pull stumps , logs, tractors out of the field and hay into the field for the animals . One more thing it has an NV 4500 under it<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😜" title="Winking face with tongue :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61c.png" data-shortname=":stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:" /> it was a hold my beer moment and I'm keeping it it's NOT !! for sale ..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scarry D, post: 434440, member: 20209"] Time to rebuild my 258 /4.2 and I'm wondering those of you here who here who have done it what would you do again what would you do different what would you not bother with? It's a 1988 YJ I've owned since new I'm probably going to do a 4.0 head swap possibly an RV cam but I don't want to kill my fuel economy although right now I'm only getting 16 MPG . I already have the Mopar MPI kit. It's a daily driver a work vehicle I work on large Farms it's what's gets me and my tools around the place 🙂it's not lifted and it's not going to be it works perfect with what I'm doing" I'd like more power wouldn't we all 🙂 I pull stumps , logs, tractors out of the field and hay into the field for the animals . One more thing it has an NV 4500 under it😜 it was a hold my beer moment and I'm keeping it it's NOT !! for sale .. [/QUOTE]
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Time to rebuild my 258 /4.2 engine and I'm wondering those of you here who have done it what would you do again what not to bother with?
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