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The Trashhawk

my 97 Jeep XJ im building into a rather quick street machine

The Trashhawk

Trashawk

This is my 97 Jeep Cherokee SE which i inherited some years ago, i originally had planned to use it as a reliable daily driver until the motor blew up and i rebuilt it into a 4.5 stroker.

After building the stroker its been nothing but problem after problem with parts going bad and needing replaced, stuff breaking, and just fixing other bits and pieces which were left unmaintained or broken over the years, i eventually decided to say fuck it and just continue building it to be a rather quick possibly daily driven "race car".

So far ive replaced all the engine sensors, ignition system, fuel system, rebuilt the engine into a 4.5 stroker, and am currently prepping it to receive a GTP38 turbo off a 7.3 powerstroke and a ECUMasterUSA EMU Black, im hoping to make around 500whp, will i blow it up? probably but ill just rebuild again stronger.

i have alot of plans for this jeep, idealy id like to begin deily driving it again in the future but for now its purely a project car, ill keep this blog updated with my progress in building it, and any other cool jeep related things i do or publish which could be of use to the wider jeep community.

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