Can't a man love his XJ without being judged?talyn i believe he's referring to the exhaust manifold....![]()
Can't a man love his XJ without being judged?talyn i believe he's referring to the exhaust manifold....![]()
just don't leave the cover on it after you wash the engine.
I put a plastic bag around the one I used to have when I would wash the motor. Went inside to let everything dry one time and came back out in a hurry to run an errand. Shut the hood, jumped in and cranked it up, where it immediately shut back down. Opened the hood and the vacuum from my stroker's intake stroke had sucked that cone filter flat.
Swapped back to the stock air box with a quality paper filter and saw no real difference other than the lack of woosh noises.
Hmmm I used to run a K&N drop in filter (maybe thats my problem) with the stock airbox. Then I switched over to a K&N cone filter I got for cheap off a mustang. I felt a difference; do you have an aftermarket exhaust?
Mine is 2.5 all the way through (Ghetto fab)
Thats pretty much how I started with my Titan debacle. However, I don't think a stock air box would have helped me any[/QUOTE]I will not run another cone filter. I hydroed a motor a few years ago, the direct result of which was my stroker build.
The Rusty's improved throttle response and off the line greatly for me on the stock engine. I don't do it all the time but when I do I don't want that sluggish feeling there. It wasn't just a little difference it was pretty much night and day.Now, it is worth noting that I may not have seen that much difference because I do not drive like a jackass all the time, I don't launch off the line like the fast and furious. Mid throttle acceleration is impressive enough. I don't every really got WOT, though I have not noticed a loss of power there the few times that I have. So ultimately it is not worth the added risk in the deep water.
Leave the stock airbox there, insulate it well and add a high flow filter. Exhaust get a nice mandrel bent 2.25in cat back, a high flow cat, dynomax or borla high flow, and a new down pipe bent to match. replace the header with an apn.
hmmm... blame this one on driver incompetency then. lol.
i was pricing a few headers around local shops last summer and a (reputable) shop had mentioned removing these lines. that not being something i wanted to mess with, and the shop charging an outrageous installation price, i never went anywhere with it. so that means either the guy was simply trying to get some dinero from me, or wasnt thinking a vehicle specific application. glad i asked, ill do some searching now. thanks a ton.