neohic
Gentleman Jeepist
This is Pinky. I introduced him and myself HERE.
Pinky is an unmolested Jeep but it’s far from original. Seems like the previous owners only did enough to keep it on the road. Its got no real upgrades but it does sport some poor bondo work and severely faded red paint.
It’s a well enough driver but my intentions are to keep the look as is but simply improve on the drive ability of it. There’s a list of things I’d like to do with it. Does it need any of it to drive it everyday? Nope! What it will need at some point in the future is body work though. Again, does it need body work to drive it everyday? Nope! We’ll see how far things get.
At the top of the list was fuel injection. I went with a kit from Performance Fuel Injection out of Michigan. Excellent kit for the money! It comes with an HEI distributor but lacks any sort of plan for making your throttle linkage work. Easy enough though! Like most kits it doesn’t come with fuel hose, clamps, an air cleaner, or plug wires. What wasn’t supplied was easily found at the local parts store. I used an air cleaner housing from an International Scout to keep the look I wanted under the hood. Unfortunately it seems as though it’s only temporary as it’s sharing a space with where the future power brake booster needs to live. Stay tuned for that!
Overall I’m blown away with the improved performance out of this 258! Waiting to see what kind of mileage it’ll be giving me now also. In the future, the list I’d like to accomplish now is the addition of power brakes, rebuild the brakes and maybe add disks, a taller tire to lower my RPMs at cruising speed (with wheels that aren’t black
), update the front bumper and winch mount, and body work way down the road... maybe. Until then my plan is to continue driving and upgrading!
Pinky is an unmolested Jeep but it’s far from original. Seems like the previous owners only did enough to keep it on the road. Its got no real upgrades but it does sport some poor bondo work and severely faded red paint.
It’s a well enough driver but my intentions are to keep the look as is but simply improve on the drive ability of it. There’s a list of things I’d like to do with it. Does it need any of it to drive it everyday? Nope! What it will need at some point in the future is body work though. Again, does it need body work to drive it everyday? Nope! We’ll see how far things get.
At the top of the list was fuel injection. I went with a kit from Performance Fuel Injection out of Michigan. Excellent kit for the money! It comes with an HEI distributor but lacks any sort of plan for making your throttle linkage work. Easy enough though! Like most kits it doesn’t come with fuel hose, clamps, an air cleaner, or plug wires. What wasn’t supplied was easily found at the local parts store. I used an air cleaner housing from an International Scout to keep the look I wanted under the hood. Unfortunately it seems as though it’s only temporary as it’s sharing a space with where the future power brake booster needs to live. Stay tuned for that!
Overall I’m blown away with the improved performance out of this 258! Waiting to see what kind of mileage it’ll be giving me now also. In the future, the list I’d like to accomplish now is the addition of power brakes, rebuild the brakes and maybe add disks, a taller tire to lower my RPMs at cruising speed (with wheels that aren’t black
