Help, I am new and my jeep is still clean.

I have a 92 wrangler 5 speed, 4 cyl. I thought very carefully about
that descision. the 6 cyl was too hard on the wallet and I dont
really care about going all that silly fast or towing that much
weight.
However, I would like to beef it up a bit. I bought it 2 weeks ago
and it's got 130k miles on it, never been off the pavement (aside from
the dirt ally's by my house).

so, here's my series of questions, and bear with me, I dont know all
that much about cars, aside from they move when I make them go.

1. I am looking to get a suspension lift. I have leaf springs. I
want the optimum lift for good rock crawling (but not HARDCORE
boulders). I was told 4 inches was a good amount. what do you think?

2. I want good tires (width and height) for the forementioned
activity. but I also want them to be able to go up a fair amount of
soft sand too, just in case I want to play on dunes and whatnot.

3. The entire car is stock (aside from the sony boombox I put in it
tee hee hee) and I want a little more milage/gallon and a reasonable
top end speed (75 or 80 mph). I live right by Dirty Parts in Los
Angeles, and the guy there said something about gearing in the
differential (?) i think. I dont remember. and a new ignition system
for a more complete spark, and quicker something and a larger exhaust
system so the engine dosnt have to work as hard to maintain speed.
PLEASE dont hose me with bad information, I want to actually have fun
in this jeep. What are some of the ways to get a little more in the
way of speed and horsepower?

4. finally, what are some of the most basic and relativly inexpensive
things you have done to your trucks and noticed some signifigant
improvment?

I am really new, and any real information would be great.

Unless you're doing some serious off roading don't waste your money on a
$u$pen$ion lift and over $ized tire$. If you don't already have them,
install a couple of skid plates and get the largest tires that will fit your
wheel wells. The most important thing is to get good 3 ply sidewall tires
with agressive treads for rough roads and rocks. Rock climbing is more about
spotting and manouvering than it is about suspension lift and you'll always
hear reports of guys in stock SUVs running over the veterans on rock climbs
and mud runs. Spend the extra money on a roof rack with a tire mount, a gas
can carrier, a 'high lift' jack and a winch. You'll be pulling the guys with
the lifts out of jams. 4x4s were traversing rough terrain long before
lifting became popular and it's more cosmetic than useful on most of the
lifted trucks that you see on the road. I'm heading out tomorrow night to
camp out on the north rim of the Grand Canyon at Toroweap Point. I travel
all over the southwest desert in a stock Mitsubishi Montero and often come
up against slick rock and boulder strewn washes on the unimproved back roads
and trails. My only upgrade was the tires and since I've removed the rocker
panels I haven't scraped once. Good luck and have lots of fun.

Bob Walker


"Little F'n Ian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I have a 92 wrangler 5 speed, 4 cyl. I thought very carefully about
> that descision. the 6 cyl was too hard on the wallet and I dont
> really care about going all that silly fast or towing that much
> weight.
> However, I would like to beef it up a bit. I bought it 2 weeks ago
> and it's got 130k miles on it, never been off the pavement (aside from
> the dirt ally's by my house).
>
> so, here's my series of questions, and bear with me, I dont know all
> that much about cars, aside from they move when I make them go.
>
> 1. I am looking to get a suspension lift. I have leaf springs. I
> want the optimum lift for good rock crawling (but not HARDCORE
> boulders). I was told 4 inches was a good amount. what do you think?
>
> 2. I want good tires (width and height) for the forementioned
> activity. but I also want them to be able to go up a fair amount of
> soft sand too, just in case I want to play on dunes and whatnot.
>
> 3. The entire car is stock (aside from the sony boombox I put in it
> tee hee hee) and I want a little more milage/gallon and a reasonable
> top end speed (75 or 80 mph). I live right by Dirty Parts in Los
> Angeles, and the guy there said something about gearing in the
> differential (?) i think. I dont remember. and a new ignition system
> for a more complete spark, and quicker something and a larger exhaust
> system so the engine dosnt have to work as hard to maintain speed.
> PLEASE dont hose me with bad information, I want to actually have fun
> in this jeep. What are some of the ways to get a little more in the
> way of speed and horsepower?
>
> 4. finally, what are some of the most basic and relativly inexpensive
> things you have done to your trucks and noticed some signifigant
> improvment?
>
> I am really new, and any real information would be great.