Not much help in 2003 year range either many times no reply.Not a lot of action in this forum anymore. Everyone is slowly moving on from the 2nd Gen X, and they are going away. I still see plenty on the road every day, but not too many people modifying them. I guess about everything has been done to them that can reasonably (and sometimes unreasonably) be done. Kind of fading away like the support from the J Body forums and parts did for my Raspberry Racer (it was purplish pink) turbo Cavalier back in High School. I'm not ready to move on yet.
Not much help in 2003 year range either many times no reply.Not a lot of action in this forum anymore. Everyone is slowly moving on from the 2nd Gen X, and they are going away. I still see plenty on the road every day, but not too many people modifying them. I guess about everything has been done to them that can reasonably (and sometimes unreasonably) be done. Kind of fading away like the support from the J Body forums and parts did for my Raspberry Racer (it was purplish pink) turbo Cavalier back in High School. I'm not ready to move on yet.
Put a supercharger and bigger tires then keep your gas mileageMine still needs some TLC, but I'm never going to get rid of it. No questions asked. Everyone tells me its just a ford explorer, or that I could always buy another one, but all that does is motivate me to keep it.
(I'm debating whether or not I should put 31s on it or keep the stock 235s when I get new tires. My issue is it's the 4.0l OHV with a 5 speed auto that gets about 20mpg right now, I don't want to give that up. Plus I tow my 16.5ft boat with it).
I also might do a 302 swap one day when (and if) my 4.0 ever dies. I've already replaced the heads in it so it should be fine for a lot longer. My ultimate goal for it is to one day (probably in 15-20 years) put a ecoboost or small diesel in it. That'd be awesome mpg with more power than it has now so I can keep using it as a truck. That would be awesome!
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