392 Gladiator V8 Hemi confirmed by Jeep CEO!

[ShadowsPapa]

So the supposed issue of the rear valley needing extra oil was junk? The one where people were drilling holes and making an oil line that ran in the valley and added oil to rear???
I did pull my oil pump apart and honed the plate and sides of gears, etc. That added something like 5psi at idle. Seems like maybe I did something to the pressure relief valve also.
I'd dug into the AMC stuff when I first got my CJ5 and converted the AMC 360 over to FI and HEI big cap dizzy. After that I didn't pay as much attention anymore.
I read in an old magazine, Hot Rod or Motor Trend or something similar, an interview with an original AMC engine designer. He claimed that they looked at the other V8s out at the time and figured what work and what didn't work on those. Then when they designed the AMC V8, they used that info to help shape their design. Didn't copy any one thing, just used the info as a valuable tool so to speak.

My 79 CJ5 had, I believe a 72 AMC360. Too long ago to remember for sure, I know it had the dog leg heads. Anyways, it had ford ignition system when I got it. Can't remember if it had ford stampings or if it was just the same stuff ford used. Could of been another manufacturers parts, just the same manufacturer that ford used. Again too long go and I yanked it out, probably in the first or second year of ownership.
All this was half a life ago.

The problem was oil starvation due to inadequate oil return to the pan. The bit about needing the line was started by an early engine builder who wrote a book back in the early 70s and it grew from there. There's a whole lot of people who run fast AMCs without that oil line - but with a better oil pan, fixing the oil return issues and so on. Me - I ran an extra quart.
I could run extended high RPM runs and then come to a stop and watch the oil light come on.
There were some tricks to reducing oil to the rocker arms, and helping it flow back to the pan from under the valve covers.

The 2nd gen AMC engines relied a lot on the 1956 design, believe it or not, including bore/cylinder spacing and so on. That first one took less than 18 months from beginning to production.

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[Hendawg_JTR]

Leave Cali hemi swap available . Problem solved .

Nope, not yet Cali's been great for me. No libtard here. Maybe when I retire.

 

[JTGuy]

I have thought about a V8 in my JT a lot. My 3.6 with 4.88s moves fast enough for what I do. A V8 would just make more noise and get me in trouble but I do want one. My 0 to 45 is fast enough.
The worst thing about California is some of the people that work in Sacramento.

 

[Hendawg_JTR]

I have thought about a V8 in my JT a lot. My 3.6 with 4.88s moves fast enough for what I do. A V8 would just make more noise and get me in trouble but I do want one. My 0 to 45 is fast enough.
The worst thing about California is some of the people that work in Sacramento.

Agreed 100%. I might just break down and get the wrangler 392. There's some good deals out their but there going fast

 

[jmr]

I saw TK's latest video where he was at SEMA. He mentioned yet again the 392 is coming to the JT.
Hang in there people it's coming!!!

 

[Stan H]

I am not gonna hold my breath tell ya that much.. whats everyone gonna do with the JT's they have with 3.6's in them ?

 

[ShadowsPapa]

I am not gonna hold my breath tell ya that much.. whats everyone gonna do with the JT's they have with 3.6's in them ?

Actually, many thousands have been holding out buying a Gladiator because of the lack of a hemi.
So "when" it happens, we'll see thousands of NEW Gladiator owners, JT sales will skyrocket that quarter and Stellantis will set sales records, a 50% sales increase on the JT in a single quarter due to all of the hold-outs.

I'm going to get my camera set up for a video and start a thing on Youtube as I'm the only one with that information and I'll get thousands of followers.

 

[Stan H]

Actually, many thousands have been holding out buying a Gladiator because of the lack of a hemi.
So "when" it happens, we'll see thousands of NEW Gladiator owners, JT sales will skyrocket that quarter and Stellantis will set sales records, a 50% sales increase on the JT in a single quarter due to all of the hold-outs.

I'm going to get my camera set up for a video and start a thing on Youtube as I'm the only one with that information and I'll get thousands of followers.

I wish you all the luck in the world

 

[WilldWilly]

So shove a 392 into a Gladiator, make a few, and charge 100k each. Or give it a optional 5.7 for a couple grand more on any model gladiator for the average guy to buy selling more units. I guess it is only a win for Jeep, and a few people willing to drop 100k for a Gladiator. I think for a 100k I would buy a 4x4 crew cab dually Ram with a Cummins.
Spending 100k on a V8 Gladiator is like putting bacon on a Big Mac and charging 20 bucks for it.
Remember when trucks had V8s? Pepperidge Farms remembers.

 

[wannajeep]

6.4 is overkill on a light duty Jeep.

5.7 ... Mmmmmmmm

 

[Stan H]

6.4 is overkill on a light duty Jeep.

5.7 ... Mmmmmmmm

6.4...hmmmm well I'm 6' 5" and constantly cracking my head on stuff beating my brains out for 40yrs. Since age 17. I surely aint gonna get anything like a 6.4 so I can finish beating my brains out about all the things it will strain.

 

[wannajeep]

I surely aint gonna get anything like a 6.4 so I can finish beating my brains out about all the things it will strain.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

6.4...hmmmm well I'm 6' 5" and constantly cracking my head on stuff beating my brains out for 40yrs. Since age 17. I surely aint gonna get anything like a 6.4 so I can finish beating my brains out about all the things it will strain.

I have a feeling parties would be fun with you in attendance.

 

[WilldWilly]

 

[WilldWilly]

Some Rams get one. Hello Jeep, are you listening?

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