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SEMA | Wednesday Update

JohnJohn — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:24:51 +0000

Matt Adir(Master-Pull) got me trashed Wednesday night…sorry no updates yesterday. Well other than the headache lasted all day, and my inner thighs are raw(from the walking to perverts)

I am uploading some more pictures now. Some of the photos are a buddy who has a podcast about Mini Coopers called “White Roof Radio”. Consistently in the top 10 in the Auto category in iTunes. He has a thing about pictures with the booth babes. You guys don’t mind, right?

I’ll be reviewing a new product just released this week called GoPro. Full 1080P resolution sport camera. LINK There are some pictures in my photo galleries. That thing is almost as cool as boobies.

Best upgrade I almost forgot to do! Fuel Injectors!

Skully — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:53:30 +0000

Little back story here; I purchased a ’90 Jeep XJ two years back to replace my aging ’85 CJ-7. Bought the Jeep with a rebuilt lower end on the motor and over the last two years I have slowly upgraded and tweaked everything you could think of from suspension, armor, to engine upgrades as in cooling system, air intake, exhaust, performance plug wires, etc.

The one thing I failed to think of was the injectors which were probably the ones that they stuck in the motor when it was assembled in 1990, and if not they looked old. I decided considering what feels like I should get more out of my motor and that my fuel economy is for crap, is to replace the injectors.

So priced them out at auto stores at $60+ each, or $360+ for all six, ouch!

Looked around on the net and found these guys on ebay; PRECISION AUTO INJECTORS .

They recycle by rebuilding old injectors and flow matching them into sets for you at a great price!

I caught a sale for $107 for a set for my ’90 XJ and their service was super fast. USPS Priority mail, ordered on a Wednesday and received that Friday. Only two days shipping! The package was air formed for protection and had 1-6 marked on the caps on each injector. I received a slip with my invoice with these same corresponding numbers that showed what flow they were rated at.

They even included O-rings so I did not have to buy them from the auto store. Took all of an hour to install and started it up.

Wow! The Jeep started up faster, went to a smoother idle fast, and when took for a test drive! Yep the old injectors were dirty dirty and hurting my performance!

This is simple, those little injectors can make a huge difference in the way your 4×4 runs and these guys at Precision Injectors are awesome!

I am recycling, I got a matched set of injectors by flow rate for my vehicle at an incredible price, oh I forgot to mention they carry a life time guarantee!!! ………..sorry I failed to mention that. (Big smiley)

JohnJohn — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:20:03 +0000

My old Jeep; the one I sold 8 months ago, pictured on the left of the blog, is up for sale again, and again and again. If he sells it the owner will be the 4th owner in 8 months. Not sure why, it’s a hell of Jeep, rides like a Cadillac.

Check out the Craigslist link

Poison Spider Mesa – Moab, UT

JohnJohn — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:12:11 +0000

The Pickle Trail – Moab, UT

JohnJohn — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:09:55 +0000

Road Show | Moab, UT

JohnJohn — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:03:10 +0000

We’re taking this show on the road next week. Moab, UT for the annual NAXJA Fall Fling. This is the 25th anniversary of the XJ Cherokee. While I don’t own a Cherokee any longer I have had 4 or 5 of them in the past. Thanks to my old buddy Fred, I have been a NAXJA member since almost the beginning.

The Fling was started a few years ago, 99 I think. Some guys from the newly formed Colorado-XJ list were heading out to Moab. This happened around the same time some of our Rocky Mountain sharing Utah buddies where there. This was right around the time NAXJA was getting it’s feet wet. We didn’t call it fall fling then though.

The event form then on was put together by the Intermountian NAXJA Chapter. Today the event has grown to 125+ XJs. This year the event will giveaway a XJ. I lifted, locked, highly modified rig.

I will posting video from our new Kodak Zi6 HD Camcorder. Kodak has given us a unit to test and will do just that. The Moab dust will be tossed around this new camera. We’ll see how it holds up.

Life moves fast. Grab it in HD.

- Take stunning HD videos (720p at 60 fps)
– Easy upload to YouTube™ with built-in USB
– Record hours of video—up to 32 GB worth
– View on any HDTV with the included cables
– Edit and share videos with the included software CD
- Rechargeable batteries and charger included