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Question: 1996 jeep grand cherokee?

(Posted by: John on 2010-07-25 22:54:41)

I have a 1996 jeep grand Cherokee. It has an inline 6 in it. I need to replace the exhaust manifold. I know a jeep is not exactly the best car for gas mileage, but what can I do to improve my cars performance/ gas mileage? Do you think it would be a bad idea to replace my manifold with another 96's? Or should i just go buy a new one. I already have one off another jeep. I know that exhausts don't usually sound as good on an inline 6 compared to a v8, but what would you recommend for an exhaust? I want it to have the rumble. I'm sure you understand what I mean. I just don't want to stick any old exhaust on there that is going to sound like crap. I'm on a somewhat of a tight budget. So extremely expensive items don't work for me. Lol. Thanks for your help :)

Posted by: David Devoted on 2010-07-26, 09:42:15

First, just replace the manifold with a stock unit. I paid $500 for a Banks Torque Tube manifold, and it cracked... twice. Thankful for the lifetime warranty. Now I'm going to install a stock unit for $188 and get my money refunded for the other two. Besides, my muffler guy said that if the stock unit cracks he can weld it up and it won't crack again. The Banks header gave me no noticable gain in hp or gas mileage. Waste of time, money, and effort. For a better rumble, I went with a Flowmaster 50 and a Rusty's Offroad cat back exhaust. It has a nice rumble, but it is now about $240.