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Break In Period?

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Old May 6, 2009 | 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by jeeperjkj

I'm not gonna kill my JK, right?
You should be fine. My Jeep is at 2800mi on the odometer and I've had it up in the mountains, in mud, water crossings, etc.

With that, I have noticed a pretty big climb in MPG within the last 100mi, I actually broke 16mpg for the first time and saw it go all the way up toward 19!

Hopefully it keeps going!
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Old May 6, 2009 | 05:32 PM
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i was thinking maybe a new air intake and exhaust system would help out a little for power and gas mileage.
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Old May 6, 2009 | 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by OlegFl
so a Supercharger is not recommended until it hits the 8K mark???
No, put one one when you get the jk so you don't have to wait for the SC breakin aswell.
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Old May 6, 2009 | 07:47 PM
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Have you heard if that Jet Stage 1 Chip. Is worth it? It seems like no one really mentions it when their talking about performance. Everyone brings up headers, exhust and CAI.
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Old May 6, 2009 | 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by jeeperjkj
Another kitten down...

FWIW, I'm plannin' on picking my Jeep up in WV in July. After a good 300 miles or so of breakin' it in there, I'm plannin' on driving to Virginia Beach. It's not "mountains" like you guys out in CO see or anything, but some decent climbs through the Appalachians going out I-64.

I'm not gonna kill my JK, right?
LOL, I hope that driving up mountains right out of the box doesn't hurt it too much, didn't have too much of a choice myself.

I think the JK did get better at 3k than it was brand new, but it wasn't until I got up around 8k that it started handling the hills better. I hope it gets better still, but its tolerable now. Driving up to Eisenhower tunnel it was still a pain in the ass at around 3k, constant gear shifts in the automatic and it was a stretch to even keep it at speed, so I didn't. Sucks driving behind a semi going slow. Now it does it okay, not great - but ok. Course that is probably close to as extreme as you can get, 11,158' elevation so the air is thin, steep and sustained 7% grades, and highway speeds. I don't know how much of the fact mine took until 8k was the highway miles though - I hit the 8500 mark in less than three months. Maybe it takes more acceleration cycles than miles.
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Old May 13, 2009 | 06:22 PM
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is there a turbocharger available for jeeps?
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Old May 13, 2009 | 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by matt852
is there a turbocharger available for jeeps?
Yes look at RIPP on the forum
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Old May 14, 2009 | 05:37 AM
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In one of the 4 wheel mags there is a write up on a supercharger for $5,000. It was only a month or two ago. I can't seem to locate it at the moment.
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Old May 14, 2009 | 05:43 AM
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the whole break in time is for the ecu to get accustomed to the way you drive and the jeeps system habbits and stuff like that, right?

so wouldn't you want the ecu to get used TO the mods? add mods after it gets settled in, it's like moving homes after you just unpacked and settled in, right?
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