4.0 Jeep XJ, 2.5 XJ & 2.5 Turbo Diesel XJ - Off Road, Stuck-Unstuck...

We had off road fun with 3 XJs this time. In some parts the ground is frozen, but somewhere it is quite soft under the ice.
1995 Jeep Cherokee (light green custom paint)
4.0 H.O. engine
5 speed automatic
NP231 transfer case
OME 6.5+ inch lift kit
35x12.5x15 BF Goodrich KM3 tires
1998 Jeep Cherokee XJ (dark green)
2.5 i engine
5 speed manual transmission
NP231 Command Trac transfer case
Ironman 3 inch lift
31x10.5x15 Country Beast tires
1997 Jeep Cherokee XJ (black)
2.5 turbo diesel engine
5 speed manual transmission
NP231 Command Trac transfer case
Rusty's 3 inch lift kit
31x10.5x15 Cooper Discoverer STT PRO tires

[@hunginmud]

Mercy -- I JUST LOVE the thrashing that boy gives that compliant cherokee all through the middle of this video. What a GREAT fight. It's really cool the way that right front tire just won't lend any help at all every time he mounts that rise coming out of the creek. If just that right front tire made a contribution he'd be in the clear. Finally at 9:07 it gives him some help, and that's what allows him to mount the level part and eventually escape. I'd sure be welding that front differential after that episode!

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

I am that boy. 😅 There was a lot of broken ice below, if that explains the situation a little. 😁

[@Kosta434]

Prva stvar, drago mi da nisam jedini sa xj kojeg je drugi xj vitlao. Druga stvar, uvijek radite grešku, puštate Marka prvog da razruje onda vi za njim umjesto da on zadnji ide, on bude prošo iza svakog, nije da sam zaljubljen u njega već znamo svi da ima najviši lift i šperu 😃🍻

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

😅 Markov teren je, on je vodio pa smo zato išli za njim. A i voli on nama zapapriti, pa ga nasvira u rupi. 😉

[@Kosta434]

@@V8AmericanMuscleCar poznat mi teren, tu sam crvenom vadio mast. A kao što kažeš, voli Marko zabiberit i onda guštat u patnji drugih 😂

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

Da, da! 😅 Pridruži nam se kad ćeš biti raspoložen.

[@Kosta434]

@@V8AmericanMuscleCar hvala na pozivu ali prekrižio sam takav off road baš na toj ruti sa crvenim na veliku subotu prošle godine a kao publika mi nije fora, dovoljni su mi tvoji klipovi 🍻

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

@@Kosta434 idemo mi i na puno lakše ture pa ako te primi, viči. 😉

[@aleksandred4131]

Super jeep

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

Thanks! This is my favorite 4x4.

[@onefastcyclist]

The guy in the '98 has the required perseverance in this muck - I'm not sure you'd do any better with lockers, but MT tires again saved the day !👍

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

If you meant that deep mudhole, it was me. If I can move I don’t give up. 😁

[@onefastcyclist]

@@V8AmericanMuscleCar Looking again, it was Black XJ under all of that mud - indeed, you are tenacious

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

@@onefastcyclist I am and after a while, it was difficult to recognize the color. 😁

[@NCMOUNTAINSbackyardRC]

Yeah yeah cool cool. Nice looking place for some fun stuff 💯💯💯💯👍

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

Mud is always a lots of fun. 😁

[@aired-downdisconnected4125]

Looks like fun. 👍 Im still waiting for snow.

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

Thanks. I'm afraid this is all the snow here. 😕

[@sandorspalms]

Looks like a nice day and you guys are definitely having fun ..I need to get a jeep again lol

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

Go for it! 😁

[@sandorspalms]

@@V8AmericanMuscleCar I need to stop buying more plants lol

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

@@sandorspalms a few palm trees in a year is not so bad. 🙂

[@sandorspalms]

@@V8AmericanMuscleCar Exactly 👍😁

[@aleksandred4131]

Супер

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

I don't understand. 😁

[@donniecothern9842]

You guy are wide open good stuff my 95 f2 fiddy 460 gasser way to heavy for that great vids no sand in your area ???? From Florida!!!!

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

Thanks! No sand, no rocks in this area, just mud. Florida, nice! You guys have beautiful trails there! 🪴🌴

[@796andy2]

good time !! ( just watched "mayday" they film that near you ?)

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

I haven't watched it yet but thanks for the info. I'll check it out.

[@613Builds]

😎👍🏽

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

Thanks! 🙋

[@wyattoneable]

Lots of fun! Do you have your own place where you can wash the Jeeps or do you go to a car wash? In Germany it's not allowed to wash your car in your own driveway or in the street. You must go to a car wash because they have filters in the ground.

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

Thanks for the comment. We go to self-service car washes. These car washes are popular in Croatia and nobody can't wash it better than yourself. 😁

[@saskodavcev5162]

Zdravo hocu da vas prvo puno pozdravim iz Makedonije gledam vasa videa i su super. Htio bih da vas pitam posto i ja imam kako vasi Jeep Cherokee (XJ) 2.5 TD dali ste mozda nekad razmisljali da mu ugradite blokator (Spartan Locker ili TORQ Locker) na deferencijala posto gledam da ih koriste pa koliko bi bilo dobro da se ugradi i dali bi bilo dobro ili loso po sami deferencijal.Unapred hvala vam na odgovor puno pozdrava iz Makedonije.

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

Bok i prije svega puno hvala. Razmišljam pomalo o Detroit Truetrac blokadi. To je zapravo limited slip ali koliko sam čitao, lovi i do 80-85%. Popustiti će prije nego se nešto potrga i ako se koristi na cesti, npr. po snijegu, ne osjeti se, a pomaže kad treba. Baš sam nedavno bio na vožnji sa još jednim terencem koji ima 100% blokade i 4 km duboko u šumi mu je pukla poluosovina i ostao je bez pogona. Zato bi ja rađe taj Truetrac. Pouzdaniji je, ne troši se jer radi na principu zupčanika i automatski odradi kad jedan kotač proklizi. Stavio bi ga i iza i naprijed.

[@Antropologopt]

Great video! If I may, what gear(s) were you using in the deep mud hole?

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

Thanks! I entered the mudhole in low range, second gear. Then I switched to 4hi and used the first gear due to the higher wheel spin (it throws mud from the tires much better).

[@Antropologopt]

@@V8AmericanMuscleCar Thank you! I am always curious, when seeing this situations, how and what (the driver) is doing and in terms of gear, high or low, and 1ft or second.

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

@@Antropologopt you're welcome.

[@CJLane-62]

What's your air pressure, I'd be dropping mine to about 15 psi for better traction

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

It was at 17 psi. The problem was broken ice and I took the wrong line. I went a little diagonally because I didn't want to hit the front bumper. My fault.

[@lujoolujo]

super voznja!! moze lokacija?

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

Hvala! Ne znam točno jer sam bio "gost" ovaj put. Odranski Obrež kod Brezovice, od tud smo krenuli pa Donji Dragonožec i tu smo prošli uz Cowboy Western Ranch restoran. Iza restorana već poćinje šuma.

[@lujoolujo]

@@V8AmericanMuscleCar super hvala! a inace ono di se vozite u prijasnjim videima? oko jaske nigdje ili okica ili? hvala na info, samo tako naprijed!!

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

@@lujoolujo da, uglavnom oko Jaske, Jaska pa prema Žumberku, bilo je nešto i oko Karlovca. Treba Žumberak istražiti, prekrasan je.

[@goranilic3232]

Pozdrav, koja je realna potrosnja 4.0 xj-a sa lift kitom i tim tockovima ako nije tajna? 😀

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

Bok! Mislis na svjetlo-zeleni? Taj ima 35 gume. To je dosta veliko i sa takvim gumama troši i 25l. Tamno-zeleni i crni su dignuti 3 inča i imaju 31 gume. 4.0 u toj kombinaciji troši od 15 - 20l ovisno o vožnji, terenu i slično. Moj je ovaj crni diesel i troši nekih 13l, bar tako kaže frend koji je točno mjerio na svojem. Kockasti su, velike gume i jednostavno treba dosta goriva.

[@goranilic3232]

Hvala puno na informaciji, ja sam cuo price da taj 4.0 sa 4.5inca lift kitom i 35 gumama ume da potrosi i do 50l

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

@@goranilic3232 da je samo na terenu, moguće ali to bi onda bolje bilo računati na sat. 😉 Dosta je bitno da je ispravan. Npr. frend je maknuo lambda sondu jer je nešto brljao po auspuhu i onda ne može očitavati podatke i stalno je u "rich modu". Tako troši puno više. Ako je ispravan, sve kako je zamišljeno u tvornici, nije tako strašno. Veliku ulogu igraju i diferencijali. Ako su tvornički npr. 3.73 I 35 guma, onda će se mučiti i trošiti dosta više. Frend je na onog svjetlo-zelenog stavio 4.10 i sa tim difovima ima snage i ne muči se. Sve ovisi jel za cestu, za teren itd.

[@goranilic3232]

Hvala puno druze, sve najbolje u terenu 😁

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

@@goranilic3232 nema na čemu. Sretno!