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My samurai is fine for around the town romps. Highway, forget it. Hill? Downshift. Pass? only a gas station.Don't want to argue the point with you, but I've looked at the specs and the 4BT is a bad fit for an early model CJ5 (length, height, weight). This is just a little runaround Jeep. Only concerned about power to the extent that I want to enough torque to pull gears and keep up with traffic. Beyond that, more concerned about fuel economy.
Get into an area you don't know, and you might find yourself on a highway arena where you've not got enough power to keep from getting ran over.
Off road, it's great. But if I had it to do over again, I'd have gone with a more powerful mill. Every single time over.
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My samurai is just a toy as well. It only gets driven when I take a whim to drive it. Honestly a lot of times I ask myself "hey maybe I should drive the sami". Then I get near it and jump into the CUCV or a deuce. A underpowered vehicle looses it's appeal quickly. (I even compete in my head on what MV to drive)