Project economic JK
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:27 pm
Jeep Wrangler JK Owners do have one problem :
na ok ... not only one ... but lets see. First Problem :
Fuel consumption : the engine is weak as hell, has only about 300 Nm torque but still needs around 19l / 100km onroad (if driving 130+)
Offroad i can differentiate between slow newbie trips (around 26-29l / 100km) or faster trips ( around 35-40l / 100km) .
So as a brave JK owner i got out and bought a bigger nose (aka cold air intake) db Catback (after) to make my jeep breath better.
Then i thought well... some new shoes will fit nicely as well - and i got ahead and bought some of these common Cooper shoes (285/70/r17) ... well then i thought my jeep will be happy - because it was not only true offroad tires, i also made sure, that my little jeep got high-heels well ... not exactly dubai standard (14cm ... depends on what legs you look ) - but 2,5 inches .
Well the only thing what happened is : Jeep got slower and even more thursty.
For going into the sand i need to drive in 4lo all the time so at least i can do half of the things i want to do... And the jeep needs a lot of momentum - you better not loose it .
Ok so i was thinking and thinking ... and finally i had the idea i'll do my jeep the absolut economic favour :
I'll give him a new heart, which has now 8 instead of 6 little combustion chambers and as such is running a lot smoother.
And won't die on heartstroke that soon in the desert...
And well in germany everybody was talking about a 3l car ... so i compared it to the 19l my JK takes and thought ...
"If i at least bring him down to 6l this will be enough."
So now i got to a nice garage in mussafah and asked them if they can give me a 6l engine so i'll be better to nature ...
And they said :
Well malte, can be done look at this :
i looked and asked - well ... what is this ?
And they told me : you know this little birds ( german: kolibri ) there are cars named like that (of course not kolibri but translated) they have this nice engine - and behave bravely. Well and your JK is a lot lighter then a "kolibri" so it will fly around in circles and accelerate like a rocket .
And the best thing : fuel consumption is far better then your actual engine. And basically stays almost the same if playing in the city or in the sand.
So it's decided :
Project i'll swap a v8 (6,2l GMC) together with a nice 6speed automatic with quick shift and manual mode (no automatic shifting if wanted) into my sweet little JK has started now.
Progress :
Step 1) Project started by today. The next 10 days they'll collect all necessary parts.
Step 2) After 10 days my little jeep will stay in mussafah for around 5 weeks while i will go mad, because i don't have a car to get into the desert (will try to rent one from offroad-zone for 1-2 weekends - lets see if they do it....
Step 3) Have fun! And try to bring my bank account into the green zone again
Step 4) Directly necessary front axle housing reinforcements & inner sleeves
Step 5) Steel bumper & more light (thought about getting a 22inch led light bar hood mounted together with a shovel
Step 6) Winch
Step 7) Unsure - eventually upgrade the liftkit to 4,5 longarm and change the tires to 35'' or 37'' but this is far far away.
After this, the real work starts.
I expect around 560Nm torque and around 450Hp so basically doubled and then i need to train my little cutie in the desert Mhwahahahahaha .
Thanks to cybershot, pointing me to http://alyasy7performance.com since they will do the swap.
na ok ... not only one ... but lets see. First Problem :
Fuel consumption : the engine is weak as hell, has only about 300 Nm torque but still needs around 19l / 100km onroad (if driving 130+)
Offroad i can differentiate between slow newbie trips (around 26-29l / 100km) or faster trips ( around 35-40l / 100km) .
So as a brave JK owner i got out and bought a bigger nose (aka cold air intake) db Catback (after) to make my jeep breath better.
Then i thought well... some new shoes will fit nicely as well - and i got ahead and bought some of these common Cooper shoes (285/70/r17) ... well then i thought my jeep will be happy - because it was not only true offroad tires, i also made sure, that my little jeep got high-heels well ... not exactly dubai standard (14cm ... depends on what legs you look ) - but 2,5 inches .
Well the only thing what happened is : Jeep got slower and even more thursty.
For going into the sand i need to drive in 4lo all the time so at least i can do half of the things i want to do... And the jeep needs a lot of momentum - you better not loose it .
Ok so i was thinking and thinking ... and finally i had the idea i'll do my jeep the absolut economic favour :
I'll give him a new heart, which has now 8 instead of 6 little combustion chambers and as such is running a lot smoother.
And won't die on heartstroke that soon in the desert...
And well in germany everybody was talking about a 3l car ... so i compared it to the 19l my JK takes and thought ...
"If i at least bring him down to 6l this will be enough."
So now i got to a nice garage in mussafah and asked them if they can give me a 6l engine so i'll be better to nature ...
And they said :
Well malte, can be done look at this :
i looked and asked - well ... what is this ?
And they told me : you know this little birds ( german: kolibri ) there are cars named like that (of course not kolibri but translated) they have this nice engine - and behave bravely. Well and your JK is a lot lighter then a "kolibri" so it will fly around in circles and accelerate like a rocket .
And the best thing : fuel consumption is far better then your actual engine. And basically stays almost the same if playing in the city or in the sand.
So it's decided :
Project i'll swap a v8 (6,2l GMC) together with a nice 6speed automatic with quick shift and manual mode (no automatic shifting if wanted) into my sweet little JK has started now.
Progress :
Step 1) Project started by today. The next 10 days they'll collect all necessary parts.
Step 2) After 10 days my little jeep will stay in mussafah for around 5 weeks while i will go mad, because i don't have a car to get into the desert (will try to rent one from offroad-zone for 1-2 weekends - lets see if they do it....
Step 3) Have fun! And try to bring my bank account into the green zone again
Step 4) Directly necessary front axle housing reinforcements & inner sleeves
Step 5) Steel bumper & more light (thought about getting a 22inch led light bar hood mounted together with a shovel
Step 6) Winch
Step 7) Unsure - eventually upgrade the liftkit to 4,5 longarm and change the tires to 35'' or 37'' but this is far far away.
After this, the real work starts.
I expect around 560Nm torque and around 450Hp so basically doubled and then i need to train my little cutie in the desert Mhwahahahahaha .
Thanks to cybershot, pointing me to http://alyasy7performance.com since they will do the swap.