Hello all,
I am a recent Jeep wrangler owner (1990 Sahara 4.2) it has 135k miles and was sitting for a few years after the owner died. I recently gave it a tune up with your basic oem parts like plugs, wires and ignition coil. I also replaced the gummed up Carter bbd with a rebuilt one from advance auto. thinking that would solve my problem of poor idling. Well it did solve that but once I got it on the road the hills here in upstate NY were killing me. absolutly no power. I took it to a mechanic buddy of mine that tweaked the carb asmuch as he could but still would bog down. I know this is a common problem with this oem carb. This forum suggests getting either a weber carb or the mc2100 I am leaning to the mc 2100 but would like input from real jeep owners not a sales pitch from a website. also what else would I need to complete the conversion. would I HAVE to get the HEI and higher voltage system? This is to be a daily driver with some moderete to occasional off road at least for now. I just want it much more reliable than it is now. Thanks in advance for any helpful hints or suggestions
I am a recent Jeep wrangler owner (1990 Sahara 4.2) it has 135k miles and was sitting for a few years after the owner died. I recently gave it a tune up with your basic oem parts like plugs, wires and ignition coil. I also replaced the gummed up Carter bbd with a rebuilt one from advance auto. thinking that would solve my problem of poor idling. Well it did solve that but once I got it on the road the hills here in upstate NY were killing me. absolutly no power. I took it to a mechanic buddy of mine that tweaked the carb asmuch as he could but still would bog down. I know this is a common problem with this oem carb. This forum suggests getting either a weber carb or the mc2100 I am leaning to the mc 2100 but would like input from real jeep owners not a sales pitch from a website. also what else would I need to complete the conversion. would I HAVE to get the HEI and higher voltage system? This is to be a daily driver with some moderete to occasional off road at least for now. I just want it much more reliable than it is now. Thanks in advance for any helpful hints or suggestions