Recent content by tjZ06

Here's the culprit: Obviously I need to see why it's building so much crank case pressure that it blew the rear main out. Of course it's a "built" motor and the ring gap is a bit bigger than OEM, but still it seems excessive. A better breather system would help (it's running the stock PCV...

Well, things went about as could be expected for the WJ... Monday my buddy got to my house in Vegas, and we debated taking the WJ or the little 2 door JL Rubicon (with the X package and 35"s etc.) I picked up. Just sitting in the garage the WJ was leaking coolant onto the floor from what I...

-TJ

After many years, off to Moab today... running Whiterim Wed-Fri. Yes, I know it's an easy trail not technical wheeling; I've run it many times in my SAS'ed Duramax and Fourwheel Camper, but just looking for a mild shake-down after so many years. A quick recap for those that don't want to...

Exactly. A buddy with a WJ had a lot of success with an airdam under his core support/rad skid. I'd like to set something like that up that removes pretty quickly (I was thinking nut-certs in the core support so it's just maybe 4-6 bolts to pull out... I'd throw the bolts back in when the dam...

Thanks! Too many vehicles here too, but I'm far to deep in the WJ to ever get rid of it, lol. Yeah, I've had 6 factory GenIII Hemi vehicles (3 x WK2 Grands, 3 x RAMs) all tended to just run at 210-220 anyway. The Trackhawk and TRX would run cooler (lower fan actuation) in the Track modes...

Well, believe it or not I drove the WJ home last week. The tune still needs a little work, and in 105+ ambient temps it would run 210-220 in traffic which is totally safe (and what almost all modern Hemis run stock anyway) but I got a little pinging once it was 210+. A few other odds and ends...

It seems like it's been there weeks (months?) after the forum upgrade. It's obviously no big deal, but just seems silly to leave it. -TJ

I think this is part of your problem. If you're running the intake outside, it's pulling warm/humid air from outside to cool, and pumping it in. You want the intake air to be from within the shell (like running the "recirculate" mode on your dash AC). Maybe I'm misunderstanding your post, but...

Wow... looking forward to this! -TJ

So, what has become of this thing? In short, nothing good. It's a constant cycle of one step forward, two steps back. I don't even know where to begin, and there have been so many issues I probably wouldn't even remember them all. But we battled with overheating (always shut it down before...

I guess it's time for an update, though not much has changed. As with all rigs, there's always room for refinement and sometimes things do break. To the later point, I thought the original turbo was going out. The VGT actuator is a common failure on these rigs, and my entire turbo and VGT...

Take a look at this thread I started: If you're going to ask "what vehicle is best..." I don't mean that as a knock, or to be snide, and I know you covered *some* of the questions there. Still, we need to know a lot more about your budget and needs to really narrow it down. "Affordable" to one...

So, you didn't post the YT link so people would view it? I never said you weren't on the search. -TJ

An attempt for YT views... -TJ