Wildman's TJ is getting a face lift

Good work. I really like how the manifolds look/fit.

I'm happy with them too but will wait and see how they look once in the Jeep. Routing that exhaust around everything is a royal PITA. But they do look like they place the outlets in a good position.
Granted they aren't a shorty header but they are better than the stock manifolds.
 
Interesting. So much POWA

The 03-05 engines were setup like this.

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“Each cylinder has an ignition coil pack over one spark plug, and a regular plug wire connected to the other spark plug. Further, the coil pack also has a plug wire attached to it that extends to the opposite cylinder bank. Each cylinder shares a coil pack with another cylinder. Each of the two plugs on a given cylinder is fired by a separate coil. One plug has a coil directly attached, and the other is fired via an ignition wire connected to a coil located on another cylinder on the opposite bank. The benefits would be one-half the number of coils (8 vs. 16) compared to each plug having its own coil, and of course less weight.”
The extra plug fires during the power stroke to more fully burn the hydrocarbons. ... the second ignition allows additional power in the down stroke while lowering the need for restrictive catalyst plates in the converter.
“In the 1980s Japanese manufacturers reduced unburned hydrocarbons by placing spark plugs either in the exhaust pipe (which fired with every piston ignition) or in the exhaust manifold (which fired each time their corresponding cylinder fired). Chrysler morphed this idea to include dual fired plugs on each cylinder, which allows the firing to take place closer to top dead center, and then again when the piston is on the back side of the power stroke.”
Patrick added: “This [also reduces] NOx and ozone. Full combustion results in heat, water, and carbon dioxide. NOx emissions are only significant during incomplete or partial combustion, due to the lack of available oxygen, high temperatures, and various chemical reactions. That's why catalytic converters have been standard on cars for the past 3 decades. The extra set of spark plugs on the HEMI and on previous engines are designed to reduce emissions before a catalyst is needed. They add some horsepower, but not very much.”


They did away with the crossover plug wires on the 06 & newer engines. I'm eliminating the crossover wires on mine also.
 
The 03-05 engines were setup like this.

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“Each cylinder has an ignition coil pack over one spark plug, and a regular plug wire connected to the other spark plug. Further, the coil pack also has a plug wire attached to it that extends to the opposite cylinder bank. Each cylinder shares a coil pack with another cylinder. Each of the two plugs on a given cylinder is fired by a separate coil. One plug has a coil directly attached, and the other is fired via an ignition wire connected to a coil located on another cylinder on the opposite bank. The benefits would be one-half the number of coils (8 vs. 16) compared to each plug having its own coil, and of course less weight.”
The extra plug fires during the power stroke to more fully burn the hydrocarbons. ... the second ignition allows additional power in the down stroke while lowering the need for restrictive catalyst plates in the converter.
“In the 1980s Japanese manufacturers reduced unburned hydrocarbons by placing spark plugs either in the exhaust pipe (which fired with every piston ignition) or in the exhaust manifold (which fired each time their corresponding cylinder fired). Chrysler morphed this idea to include dual fired plugs on each cylinder, which allows the firing to take place closer to top dead center, and then again when the piston is on the back side of the power stroke.”
Patrick added: “This [also reduces] NOx and ozone. Full combustion results in heat, water, and carbon dioxide. NOx emissions are only significant during incomplete or partial combustion, due to the lack of available oxygen, high temperatures, and various chemical reactions. That's why catalytic converters have been standard on cars for the past 3 decades. The extra set of spark plugs on the HEMI and on previous engines are designed to reduce emissions before a catalyst is needed. They add some horsepower, but not very much.”


They did away with the crossover plug wires on the 06 & newer engines. I'm eliminating the crossover wires on mine also.

Interesting. Seems kinda overly complex since other engines operate with a waste spark without the extra plugs and wires? But cool engineering idea at least
 
Interesting. Seems kinda overly complex since other engines operate with a waste spark without the extra plugs and wires? But cool engineering idea at least

From what I understand in 06 by changing the PCM programing they eliminated the need for the complex wires. With some adapters for the wiring on the 03-05 you can change them over to the new coil packs which is what I'm doing.
 
Had to get some other things done today so not working on the Jeep much but I have a friend who was taking a horse over to ID to sell so she agreed to stop and pick me up some refrigerant. Gave her some cash and said pick up as many cans as this will buy. So once I get the Hemi running and driving I'll finally get my A/C hooked back up. And I'll have enough refrigerant to fill my new system on my TJ plus do my truck and my daughters TJ.
 
Got all 16 spark plugs installed.

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The new coil packs are from a Charger & have dual terminals for both plugs. Where the older coil pack on has one spark plug terminal

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Then the other plug is hooked up by spark plug cable.

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Here's the new coil packs.

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I'm going to pull the intake manifold as the engine hoist sling would be hitting it and I wasn't happy with it.

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Engine is ready to install into the Jeep.

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The Blackheart headers are a BUST.. They were hitting the firewall on the drivers side and wouldn't allow me to get the engine into the motor mounts.
So they came back off but when I grabbed the stock manifolds I had I realized that they are for pre-Eagle heads so don't have as large of a port to match the Eagle heads so I'm either going to have to find a set of Egale head manifolds or a different set of headers.
 
New manifolds are ordered and will be here sometime next week.

Engine is installed and I've got the transmission supported with a jackstand right now. I've got the old mounting tabs cut off the frame and the old transmission mount cut off the crossmember.
I'll work on everything else while I'm waiting for the exhaust manifolds and hopefully I'll be ready to start it once the manifolds get here.

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Firewall clearance is close but not super tight.

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Steering shaft has room but we'll see what it's like once I've got the manifolds installed.

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Drivers side firewall clearance.

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Intake manifold can get reinstalled tomorrow.

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I added 2 90 degree fittings to the ARB breather since the transmission has a breather also I'll be using the 4th port.

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Hadn't seen the tat before. You have a great humor for your leg. I'm not a tat guy myself but I like your design!

Before my amputation that tat went all the way to my ankle. Was about the most painful tattoo I've ever gotten too. I had the zipper design done all along the scar line.

One of my buddies says I should get me a smiley face on the end of my stump.
 
Before my amputation that tat went all the way to my ankle. Was about the most painful tattoo I've ever gotten too. I had the zipper design done all along the scar line.

One of my buddies says I should get me a smiley face on the end of my stump.

Crazy how the tattoo aligns still with your new scares. Doctor's intent? :unsure:

Wish you a speedy recovery on the bruise!
 
Crazy how the tattoo aligns still with your new scares. Doctor's intent? :unsure:

Wish you a speedy recovery on the bruise!

I'd never paid attention to the new scars.

I'd say that the doctor who did my amputation did a pretty good job. The scars I have on my back don't seem to mess with the tats either too.

Thanks
 
Hopefully it'll help out others when they try to swap a Hemi into their rigs.
And since the swap headers are drying up we don't have a lot of options.

Yeah I was hopeful that those Hookers worked but at least you have the GC manifolds to fall back on. Now I have to find something to work because I am 100% headed to a Hemi swap.
 
Yeah I was hopeful that those Hookers worked but at least you have the GC manifolds to fall back on. Now I have to find something to work because I am 100% headed to a Hemi swap.

I lucked out and found the manifolds on Ebay for $65 each shipped. Not my first choice for the exhaust but it'll have to do.

I thought about getting the BBK headers but don't want to take the chance that they won't fit. Jeff has headers from Red Rock but I don't think they offer them anymore. And the last person who got some from Red Rock wasn't really happy with the product they received. He thinks they were some cheap Amazon units.

https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/davemayn13s-2004-lj-hemi-swap-project.40036/post-751448