Hey Ferm, got a Jeep question

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Originally Posted by Skools_Dual

the 96 has better pistons and lighter with teflon coatings

I personally don't like the 96+ pistons. The ceramic coating was brought in to help with the piston slap plague of the 4.0's when cold, as well as the main girdle to make the blocks more rgid. I've seen twice the engine failures in 96+ as I did in 95-. I just threw out a bucket of 96+ pistons, several of which were cracked. The late pistons are very brittle, I'll take the older pistons anyday. And I've never personally seen a 95- with a rod threw the block, I've seen more than a few 96+ with rods out the block. Which doesn't make sense because they lowered the HP in 96.

Just my $.02