Hot engine pr0n!

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20 years ago

Sat, Apr 10, 2004 5:14 PM

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or not.

But it is *gasp* bare!

Horrors!

.. Well, now it's time to do some cleanup and get ready to put the new exhaust header on. The old one just had one tiny hairline crack right on the collector weld but unfortuantly it runs right between the pipes so would have to be welded from the inside.

Normal deposits, cooked fuel in the intakes and soot in the exhaust ports. Could benefit from a seafoaming or some high quality injector cleaner. May pay the dealer to run the stuff that goes through the rail and cleans the injectors also.

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20 years ago

Sun, Apr 11, 2004 10:39 AM

If you can find a good welder, Doug, they can weld around the outside of the tube, then run the weld up between the tubes until they separate enough to get the welding tip through and then back down the other side. I had one done like that on my wife's first XJ, and it lasted for the remaining 3 years we owned the vehicle(heck, probably still going good). I think it might even strengthen the mainfold by welding the 2 tubes together. For my wife's YJ, I happened upon a used manifold with no crack, so I just changed it out. I am going to take the original and have it welded one of these days so I'll have a spare sitting on the shelf.

-- Old Crow '82 Shovelhead FLT 92" 'Pearl' '95 Jeep YJ Rio Grande ASE Certified Master Auto Tech + L1 TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51

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20 years ago

Sun, Apr 11, 2004 5:37 PM

Old Crow did pass the time by typing:

Not a bad idea, I may just have the original one welded up and keep it as a spare. Did get the Banks header to fit with just a "smidge" of modifications.

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Clearanced the motor mount a bit. Plenty of metal left so that shouldn't be an issue.

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20 years ago

Mon, Apr 12, 2004 8:40 AM

Probably could have taken a lot more off than that without problems. Don't think I ever saw a header install that didn't require some modification of something.

-- Old Crow '82 Shovelhead FLT 92" 'Pearl' '95 Jeep YJ Rio Grande ASE Certified Master Auto Tech + L1 TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51

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20 years ago

Mon, Apr 12, 2004 10:34 PM

Old Crow did pass the time by typing:

Yea, I tend to be conservative. My only worry was if the header would expand due to heat and hit the mount. So far so good. If it does I'll just jack the engine up and remove it from underneath then grind on it some more.

Talked to the engineering folks at Banks and they were interested in my feedback. Seems they never heard from any 93 ZJ install of this product. I'm going to send them the measurements and install pics so they can make whatever changes or include notes in the manual.