The Jeep Cherokee XJ. Will It Rally? 

Same! 😁

We appreciate that. We hope to do plenty this summer as well.

Awesome story. Thanks.

As far as I know, the two-door XJ’s came only with the straight four. Would absolutely rip with the straight six. I have a manual ‘99 two-door, and automatic 2000 four-door, with the straight six. Beyond excited for the day I have the time to swap the innards. It shall be glorious. Now that I think, the 2D is 4WD and the 4D is 2WD. I do feel like the 2WD makes for a better rally car for the XJ in the environment I live, hmmm

@@davnerg8452 Your info is not correct, I personally had 1994 2 door straight 6 that I miss dearly, it was red.

@@Chris-sf7ug That’s awesome. I would love a two-door with the straight 6

@@Chris-sf7ug I bet it was fun as heck

Thanks for watching!

It's my favorite time to own one. I never question if it'll get me from point A to B in a foot of snow.

Resale value for these in Alberta is insane. Just watched a fully built one sell on marketplace for 12k. You're not the only one wanting em for the snow

As an owner can confirm they are the most fun in the winter, can throw anything at them

Definitely the skills of the driver and not to much the car

Go for it! They are fun on any surface.

Sometimes, we get them stuck on purpose and winch them out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6FQ-Sn6Cnh0.html

Depends on transfer case, they cane with 2 or 3 variants

I don't understand that either. He's driving a later XJ and maybe they all came with the NP242 transfer case that had a "full time" AWD setting and center differential (maybe a viscous coupler). The standard tcase, Command-trac NP231, locked both front and rear driveshafts together, no slop. For many years I had a heavily modified XJ built into a rockcrawler/trail jeep, lots of suspension, 35" tires, but still streetable (not a buggy) and what kills these things is the unibody cracking. Maybe not an issue with rally use, but if you twist it in the rocks, or hammer desert washboard, the unibody will develop cracks at the top of the A pillar, B pillar and around the hatch opening. If you know you are going to put an XJ to hard use it would be much better to beef it up before it cracks: cage it, sister the un rails with some box sections, rocker skids, stout bumpers Fr&Rear, etc. Having to do all that is a negative aspect of the unibody. The positive is that because there is no movement between a body and separate frame you can tie all this reinforcement together and make the truck very stiff. Bolt the cage to the roof, tie the cage feet through the floor to the reinforced un rails and the rocker skid outriggers, etc.

​@@mblake0420 There were 2 per generation? Whatever, mid-90s facelift.. For the post 90 whatever machines - the base one was a NP231, and the optional NP242. The base transfer case was generally considered the one to have, but the NP 242 had an all-wheel drive mode with clutch packs to allow some slip so you could drive it on dry stuff without worrying about lash destroying your drivetrain.

@@padrescout I believe you are 100 percent right on, I knew base number but couldn't remember the clutch pack number

@@mblake0420 Now the part number for the serviceable parts I do not know. My XJ had the NP242 in it, I looked into doing a slip-yoke conversion for a suspension lift and never could find much on it beyond "The NP 242 has got a slightly beefier internal chain, which is good. Parts availability is remarkable worse than on the NP 231, and no slip-yoke for you!" I kind of shrugged, and went with a 2 inch lift I didn't need a slip-yoke to execute cleanly... worked out long-term.

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