NEW RIDE Our Jeep Wrangler 392 is here!!!

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So we picked up our Jeep Wrangler 392 yesterday from St. Charles Jeep! As far as I know it is one of the very first ones in the area, and this thing is a beast! For those of you that don't know, Jeep has never done a factory installed V8 until now and they dropped one of their 6.4l Hemi's in to a 2021 Wrangler! They gave it a bi-mode exhaust that when opened sounds absolutely amazing. My first drive was a quick blast in the dealer parking lot and I actually giggled like a school girl when I stabbed the gas and it actually launched like a sports car. The ass end squatted and actually wanted to lift up the front end. The 470hp/470tq V8 goes through an 8 speed auto trans with paddle shifters, and a 3.73 rear gear ratio. We are already in talks with a lift company for a lift kit, and it will definitely be getting at least 37" tires on it, so stay tuned for more of the build details coming soon. I only had time to get some crappy basic pics yesterday but I did do a full walk around video and a comparison to my 2018 Jeep Wrangler JL Rubicon. You can find my full walk around video here:





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Congrats man, that is bad ass. I know you have something up your sleeve, so what are the plans?
We are already in talks with a company for a small lift kit, we don't want to go as big as the Gladiator but it definitely needs at least 37" tires. I actually got a quote to do a cam install but they wanted $8k!!! So we will see what we decide to do with the motor.
 
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We are already in talks with a company for a small lift kit, we don't want to go as big as the Gladiator but it definitely needs at least 37" tires. I actually got a quote to do a cam install but they wanted $8k!!! So we will see what we decide to do with the motor.
Oh yeah, cam installs are huge money on these newer Mopars. Jeremy at Satera says its close to if not a little cheaper to throw boost at it.
I'm really looking forward to your build
 
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Thats pretty fucking cool, but $75k?!?!?!
A Wrangler Rubicon loaded up with similar options is in the low $60's now, plenty of people were dropping $35k to do hemi swaps at America's Most Wanted. So in comparison, $75k isn't that unreasonable to have a factory warrantied Hemi Wrangler. Plus, as we all know Jeeps hold their value like no other vehicle!

But on a side note, it cost more than my dads C8!
 

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