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[Cocked & Locked]

Here is a cell phone picture of my 1998 TJ-Wrangler. Itis a four cylinder and gets terrible gas milege but I like anyway! Have hard top, soft top, bikini top, zipper window door tops and sliding glass door tops.

Pictured with summer time wheels and tires.

 

[rburg]

Itis a four cylinder and gets terrible gas milege

My old (now deceased) gun show partner had a 4cyl. He was a county coroner in western KY and wanted a dependable all terrain vehicle to take him on business visits (dead folks who weren't considerate enough to die beside a major road). So at one of our gun shows he was complaining about the terrible fuel economy. Really, it wasn't any worse than what I'd been getting with a 6. So I told him people who buy the 4 shouldn't do it for the gas savings. They just want to go slower. And that's about all you can say over the differences between a 4 and a 6. The 4 goes even slower.

They stopped making V8 jeeps in 1980. I had one of those, too. The better solution was sticking a 360 out of a cherokee or truck into the CJ body. Everything just bolts up except the engine mounts. If you find a set out of a dead V8, those just bolt in and to the engine. Like a factory conversion kit. Its almost as if they realized the 6 was a dog and anyone with sense would pull a conversion.

 

[kisportolt]

welcome to the club! i own a 95 YJ 2.5l 5 speed that is right at 200k. I had been in the market to buy a toy vehicle (was mainly looking at side-by-sides) and I'd wanted a wrangler since before I could drive. Found that I could get two decent dirt bikes and my Jeep for cheaper than a used side-by-side, and have everything I needed to enjoy the trails. Wranglers are great vehicles with endless possibilities, though I don't think I'd take a 2014 in the backwoods just yet

 

[Bkreutz]

Mine's not a Wrangler (predates that by a couple of decades) but it's about as basic as transportation gets.

 

[Sven]

Yep, that's a very nice CJ2A -- with a Warn overdrive, yet! Had one with a Buick 198 V-6 w/ O/D for a while -- not near as nice as yours. Take it off-road much???

 

[Sven]

If I ever buy another -and I`ve had about 6 or 7 of them- It will have to have a better engine- maybe the new Diesel, of a modified V-8?

Don't need a modified V-8. A 5.7 hemi conversion works pretty well. It's a fairly easy conversion in a '06 or new Wrangler, but it's still do-able in an older one. Mine's a '97 and get 14 mpg around town and 17 to 18 on the highway -- and that's with 34" tires. How can you not like 345 hp???

C&L, what do you concider terrible gas mileage?

 

[Bkreutz]

Yep, that's a very nice CJ2A -- with a Warn overdrive, yet! Had one with a Buick 198 V-6 w/ O/D for a while -- not near as nice as yours. Take it off-road much???

Not a lot of opportunity in a metro area for off roading but next month I'm trailering it to Colorado to get together with a bunch of other flat fenders for a week of exploring the mountains. Get lots of looks from the modern machines when they see 20 of these crawling up a trail.

 

[Cpo1944]

Hi Bkreutz, Where are you going?
I hope you make it to the San Juans they are wonderful! Silverton and Ouray = great little towns to visit too.Every one brags about the Black Bear Pass and the scenery is spectacular but it`s not much of a 4 wheeling challenge.

 

[Cocked & Locked]

C&L, what do you concider terrible gas mileage?

About 15.7 - 16.0 mpg dropping to 15 pulling the trailer and four wheeler with a deer or two on it up and down the hills.

 

[Bkreutz]

Hi Bkreutz, Where are you going?
I hope you make it to the San Juans they are wonderful! Silverton and Ouray = great little towns to visit too.Every one brags about the Black Bear Pass and the scenery is spectacular but it`s not much of a 4 wheeling challenge.

To a friends ranch 2 ranges west of Colorado Springs. It's a yearly thing for a bunch of CJ2A restorers or enthusiasts, we talk all year on another forum and we started doing this about 5 years ago. Get quite a diverse group.