Flyin6
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I have a long-running build thread of my 2022 AEV JTR JT370 here:
I started down the path of a 392 swap some months ago, but that thread turned into a discussion forum where everyone discussed just about everything. I know that is typical of threads...sort of public where folks just want to talk...I get it.
I was waiting until the work actually started, which brings me to opening this thread.
Background: I am not getting the typical AMW hemi swap, which everyone knows and is an excellent path to getting Hemi-powered. My local shop is actually one of the nation's larger and very active Jeep shops. So much so that they actually own the very company that offers converted Jeeps directly through Stellantis. They are also a Mopar wholesale parts distributor and additionally own a host of off-road companies that you know very well.
Mike, the owner, whom I have known for some time, made me an offer I could not refuse. You see, they were once an AMW conversion facility and have done something between 70-100 Hemi swaps already. Over the years, they experienced some difficulties and decided to develop their own swap. I have mentioned this before. Mike claims his swap will feature even more stock Mopar parts and a better engine mount, along with a different exhaust system. I believe he has a contract with both MagnaFlow and MBRP. He uses the same 485 HP SRT 392 that some people claim is a 505hp 6.4. I suppose the delta is just in the tuning, and these motors could actually develop even more ponies if that was your goal. For me, I just want a better 80mph cruise for the long 3-day drives out to Utah from Kintuckee. That and more fun, and perhaps the ability to tow something like a truck.
Mike is launching this new swap with my Gladiator as the first production swap. They have been figuring this out on other vehicles, but I think mine is the first "purebred." He called me back in January to see if I would be interested, and I jumped on it. He collected my Jeep in March and has had it there ever since. We had to wait through the final development of the engine mount system and the building of those to start.
That brings me to today. Last week, the teardown began. He has multiple buildings and the Glady's current location is a shop that "preps" the truck for the major surgery. Over in that remote building, the truck lost its front bumper and winch, the RSE rock sliders, the roof tent, and I think the rack. That finished up today. From here, it will be taken into the main facility where the body will be separated and the old powerplant removed.
Pics are from the day they came to pick the Gladiator up
I started down the path of a 392 swap some months ago, but that thread turned into a discussion forum where everyone discussed just about everything. I know that is typical of threads...sort of public where folks just want to talk...I get it.
I was waiting until the work actually started, which brings me to opening this thread.
Background: I am not getting the typical AMW hemi swap, which everyone knows and is an excellent path to getting Hemi-powered. My local shop is actually one of the nation's larger and very active Jeep shops. So much so that they actually own the very company that offers converted Jeeps directly through Stellantis. They are also a Mopar wholesale parts distributor and additionally own a host of off-road companies that you know very well.
Mike, the owner, whom I have known for some time, made me an offer I could not refuse. You see, they were once an AMW conversion facility and have done something between 70-100 Hemi swaps already. Over the years, they experienced some difficulties and decided to develop their own swap. I have mentioned this before. Mike claims his swap will feature even more stock Mopar parts and a better engine mount, along with a different exhaust system. I believe he has a contract with both MagnaFlow and MBRP. He uses the same 485 HP SRT 392 that some people claim is a 505hp 6.4. I suppose the delta is just in the tuning, and these motors could actually develop even more ponies if that was your goal. For me, I just want a better 80mph cruise for the long 3-day drives out to Utah from Kintuckee. That and more fun, and perhaps the ability to tow something like a truck.
Mike is launching this new swap with my Gladiator as the first production swap. They have been figuring this out on other vehicles, but I think mine is the first "purebred." He called me back in January to see if I would be interested, and I jumped on it. He collected my Jeep in March and has had it there ever since. We had to wait through the final development of the engine mount system and the building of those to start.
That brings me to today. Last week, the teardown began. He has multiple buildings and the Glady's current location is a shop that "preps" the truck for the major surgery. Over in that remote building, the truck lost its front bumper and winch, the RSE rock sliders, the roof tent, and I think the rack. That finished up today. From here, it will be taken into the main facility where the body will be separated and the old powerplant removed.
Pics are from the day they came to pick the Gladiator up
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