more Auto-X vids of the Jeep

[gradon]

I shared this with my NAXJA brethren already, but many people here aren't XJ heads(though the tech at NAXJA can help you with your Jeep as well):

[amcinstaller]

man that thing runs hard! looks like a ton of fun too! how was your time compared to all the sports cars?

[gradon]

Here is the result link: http://forum.nccbmwcca.org/downloads.ph ... 0&act=down
I ran my M3 in the morning and the Jeep in the afternoon. Look down at the NC runs(non-comp runs, since they deem it unfair to have extra practice with 8 runs vs 4 runs for those that just do mornings or just do afternoons, thus why I chose to have fun in the Jeep, since the M3 afternoon runs wouldn't count). It says Tim was in his MR2 and me in my M3, but we were both battling back and forth with the Jeep. They didn't get my 4th run written down, which is the 2nd video, where I got a 49.759. It's mid-pack among all those that competed, but I beat: '06 M3, '10 Z4, '02 M3, '08 335i, '03 Mini S, 'o9 328i, '87 325i, '97 2.0l z3, modded '05 M3, same modded '05 M3 with diff driver, modded '98 M3, modded '06 Mini S, modded '05 Mini S, modded '08 Mini S, modded '09 Mini, modded '11 135i, modded '07 Mini S, modded 328ci, modded '97 Z3, modded '02 325i, modded '91 318is, modded 323i, modded '99 M3, modded '05 M3, '92 Miata, '01 Z28, '03 Corvette, '07 Impreza, '06 Corvette, '10 Genesis, '02 Corvette Z06, '04 R32 GTI, '12 Camaro SS, '11 Genesis, '04 RX-8, '93 240SX, '01 Type-R, '03 S2000, '03 S2000, '13 Corolla, '13 FR-S, '93 Miata, '02 S2000, '96 Miata, '84 Peugeot, '08 S2000, '08 335i, '09 328i, and a '13 FR-S. The first video is my friend Tim Walker, who got the FTD(fastest time of the day) in his 91 MR2 with an 07 3.5l swap(I beat him by .050s with us both driving my Jeep). He normally tows his MR2 to events with his 95 XJ, but I swapped Jeeps with him the day before so it'd be there for us to run in the afternoon. It's a whole lotta fun and man do the other people's reactions to it make it even more so.

[CobraMarty]

The vids are cool. At first it looked almost random going thru the cones but now I see that the coned laying on their side are there for a reason and not just tipped over cones. Was that done all in 2nd gear? The XJ 4.0 torque really must help.

[gradon]

I had it in 3rd once before the u-turn, then put it in 2nd and you can hear me bouncing off the rev-limiter going through the slalom. The 4.6l torque helps, but I need to ditch the 4.10s and put in the 3.73s I just got, so I have more mph in 2nd.

[amcinstaller]

pretty cool. and i still love the sound of your jeep!