From: Bjorn Brandstedt (super_deuce@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Nov 15 2004 - 14:17:45 PST
What about the ignition system? How much would electronic ignition improve
performance?
Longer, hotter spark.
Bjorn
>From: Buzz <buzz@softcom.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: [MV] Souping up a MUTT
>Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 12:14:08 -0800
>
>
>FWIW,
>A friend of mine that has been working on all types of vehicles all his
>life had a customer that
>wanted a MUTT restored. So he restored the MUTT, then the customer wasn't
>happy with the
>performance of the engine, so he asked the mechanic to see if he could
>improve the performance
>without greatly modifying the jeep.
>The first modification was to add a K&N air filter per instructions by Ron
>Rietfors at:
>http://www.muttmotorpool.com/StageoneMOD.html
>The modified filter added a little pep but not that much, so the next mod
>was to the exhaust system.
>They didn't do the headers but increased the pipes to 2", the maximum size
>that would fit through
>the hole in the rear of the jeep. The increased aspiration seemed to help
>quite a bit more so the
>next mod was to the engine.
>The head was shaved .030 and the cam was reground to provide .030 more
>valve lift. Although there
>was an improvement in performance it wasn't as great as expected.
>Overall performance was determined by the speed of the MUTT up a long grade
>while the accelerator
>pedal was floored. Before mods the speed was almost 45MHP after the
>aspiration mods the speed was
>between 50 and 55 MPH. After the engine mod the speed was almost 60.
>
>Buzz
>
>
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