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10 years old, 75,000 highway miles, a few wheeling trips. Good condition, no damage. Tall, more like 5" on my rig. 4.5" maybe if you have a winch bumper. I went down to RE 3.5" to level the rig for towing. course those are tallish as well.. Local pickup in Barre or Williston VT, your choice...

part of it is that my wheels are friggin heavy I think. I noticed it got worse when I replaced my worn out BFG MTs on alloys with cheapo ATs on steelies

Desertjeeper did the original buildup http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=914220 The rear disk proportioning valve is an XJ proportioning valve, should I replace it with something else? he didn't say anything about the extended brake lines; they appear to be stainless braided. the...

Could be... I usually buy premium semi-metallic pads but I don't remember what these are specifically, and lord knows "premium" might not mean much. Maybe after I bleed the piss out of it some more I'll try a known good pad rotor combo like black magic or something.

This looks like what I really want, but I have to save my pennies. Unless somebody is upgrading axles and wants to sell their used kit cheap hint hint :) http://www.shop.blackmagicbrakes.com/VANCO-15-Big-Brake-Kit-with-BMB-Pads-for-15-Rims-BBK-NDM15.htm

I'm rollin some heavy 33"s. I've got the dual diaphragm booster and a ford 8.8 rear with discs and a proportioning valve. My braking SUCKS. I have seen it written that I should be able to lock up the tires with this setup. NOT EVEN CLOSE. I'm a big strong guy and I can TROMP on that brake pedal...

I'll have to test this tomorrow morning at cold start.

If it was in open loop wouldn't the O2 sensor reading be constant?

O2 sensor reading at idle looks good on my analog voltmeter; that means it's OK and the ECU is in closed loop right?

Immediately after a cold start my 1990 XJ I6 feels like has more power and better throttle response than it does when it's warm. It's not a huge difference. But it's noticeable off the line. Those first few stop signs leaving my house in the morning; feels like it really twists right up and...

Lets start a write-in's for Darky campaign :)

http://swampland.time.com/2011/11/16/overshadowed-by-the-cainwreck-and-newtmentum-ron-paul-climbs-into-second-place/ Ron Paul is #2 in Iowa and New Hampshire. Yeah!

Welcome to the club! Cherokees are awesome. Glad you're coming over from those crappy imports :)

It's a double-edged sword. At UCSD I always got paid more than union employees because they always took years to update their contracts.

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