Jeep Crew Chief Pick Up

Lessmore wrote:

johntank wrote:

Lessmore wrote:
I like this a lot, just the way it is in the video. Those 40 inch tires give it a good look and they sure give good ground clearance.

I recall the old Kaiser Jeep trucks. Yep I'm that old. :B This truck sure has some nice old Kaiser Jeep, styling cues.

Original ones ran the Willys (I believe) OHC inline, gas six and I think a nice engine in this would be a version of a Cummins 4B, the 4 banger used in a lot of city delivery trucks. Torquey, would be good for off road, etc. Might be short enough to squeeze in.

Probably though the best deal would be the 3.6 as it comes and as the OP sez, a Hemi V8. I don't know how much room there is under the hood for a new hemi though, as this one off, is based on Wrangler architecture with a stretched frame.

Someone has already put a hemi in a Wrangler so it should fit, check out you tub for one.

Your quite probably correct.

I'm not surprised. When I think of it, one of the most popular engine swaps in the Jeep Wrangler and it's forebears, over the years, has been the Chevy small block V8 and I think lately, the Chevy LS series V8. Dimensions probably aren't all that different between these V8's , so a Hemi probably would fit.

But really for this kind of vehicle...that looks like it would proceed almost through or over any terrain, I think a 4 cylinder Cummins 4B diesel, would be most appealing to tradional off road types. All that low end grunt.

Can get the Cherokee SRT Model with the 6.4 Hemi in Australia.Unfortunately Jeep as a whole have sales going backwards here.
Jeep SRT 6.4 Hemi in Australia