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Nik - he blew the rear dampers out and swapped in the SVT suspension bits. It actually handles pretty decently with that config.
Kev - yeah, that does seem to be a glaring issue with the JRSC setup. Either way, it needs a motor refresh / new mill before anything gets done to it.
If it has lots of midrange and pull right up to about 5000-5300 RPMs and then falls off, consistently, what could be the cause of that? It'll pull to the limiter (eventually), but anything over 6k seems to take longer than it should - even in 1st gear. It's not the e-brake or anything - it'll roll all day clutched in or in neutral.
I've cleaned it up mechanically with a new fuel filter, new air filter, new sparkplugs, not sure what else it could be. I'm in the process of running a bottle of STP fuel injector cleaner through it. It also seems to have a stumble at idle that goes away when you poke the throttle and / or just drive it.
On a side note, possibly related: when Oscar and I were taking stock of it the first weekend that I had it at home, we blew something out of the tailpipe that looked like it could have been some sort of metallic packing. I just remembered that. Maybe the exhaust flow itself is partially obstructed and that's why it pulls hard through the midrange and then falls off up top?
Oscar - I also might want to borrow your Dad's compression tester tool.
Kev - yeah, that does seem to be a glaring issue with the JRSC setup. Either way, it needs a motor refresh / new mill before anything gets done to it.
If it has lots of midrange and pull right up to about 5000-5300 RPMs and then falls off, consistently, what could be the cause of that? It'll pull to the limiter (eventually), but anything over 6k seems to take longer than it should - even in 1st gear. It's not the e-brake or anything - it'll roll all day clutched in or in neutral.
I've cleaned it up mechanically with a new fuel filter, new air filter, new sparkplugs, not sure what else it could be. I'm in the process of running a bottle of STP fuel injector cleaner through it. It also seems to have a stumble at idle that goes away when you poke the throttle and / or just drive it.
On a side note, possibly related: when Oscar and I were taking stock of it the first weekend that I had it at home, we blew something out of the tailpipe that looked like it could have been some sort of metallic packing. I just remembered that. Maybe the exhaust flow itself is partially obstructed and that's why it pulls hard through the midrange and then falls off up top?
Oscar - I also might want to borrow your Dad's compression tester tool.
Daily driver 1: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport "S"
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.