1981 Jeep CJ5 - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**Willowrun** · 08-17-2022, 11:17 PM

Nice looking CJ5. I have an '86 CJ7 and the best thing I did was to tear out all of the emissions. With the stock emissions, carb, and ignition you couldn't let it run in the garage for 20 seconds or your eyes would be watering from the exhaust fumes. I did what I remember being called a "nutter" mod with the emissions/ignition, and I also swapped to a different carb and now that 4.2 inline with 150K+ miles runs strong and clean.

Interested to see more of it once you have it.

08-17-2022, 11:17 PM	#3
Willowrun Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 1,023	Re: 1981 Jeep CJ5 Nice looking CJ5. I have an '86 CJ7 and the best thing I did was to tear out all of the emissions. With the stock emissions, carb, and ignition you couldn't let it run in the garage for 20 seconds or your eyes would be watering from the exhaust fumes. I did what I remember being called a "nutter" mod with the emissions/ignition, and I also swapped to a different carb and now that 4.2 inline with 150K+ miles runs strong and clean. Interested to see more of it once you have it.



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