JK with Hemi - what it should be from the factory

[TJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyEdatea3wY&sns=em

[coxsy]

old school stuff i know, a mate up whangarei built a 32 5 window coupe with 392 hemi full gridlle over driven 671 supercharger with twin4 barrell carbs at idle it runs at 50km/hr

[007]

Id trade my 3.8 for a Hemi in a hart beat.

[TJ]

The kit is Mopar designed and to be available from the dealer..... I wonder what the price tag would be though.

[Fen]

I'm definitely warming to the JK - a lot. So much so I spoke to the dealer in Lower Hutt about a demo in a Pentastar version with a view to having one as a DD in a few months, that could then serve duty as my wife's horse float puller after I've used it for a while, and in 4 or 5 years can be built to replace my TJ as a toy.

Unfortunately useless and unhelpful doesn't really cover it. Not wilfully unhelpful, but completely unable to help beyond "I've got a 2007 3.8 Unlimited you can come and drive". How's that a solution when I already told him I'm interested in a new 3.6 Rubicon?

Anyway, black with a Hemi sounds awesome. A dealer kit is a good start, but realistically it makes the whole proposition something that only money no object customers can consider - you have to buy an awful lot of JK that you aren't going to use when the kit is in.

A Hemi model you can order would be fantastic. Not that I'm that customer either, probably even that would be out of my price range and I need my DD to be half way sensible on fuel, but then there is a realistic chance they'd eventually hit the used market, and the TJs aren't going to last for ever...

[sketch]

AEV also do a Hemi upgrade kit as well.
http://www.aev-conversions.com/shop/sho ... i-kit.html

Not sure on the price of the Mopar kit, but if it's consistent with the pricing of all of their other parts it won't be easy at all.

@ Fen - You could give Armstrong in town a call, I think they have a Pentastar model on the floor they'd prob let you try? The Lower Hutt dealership did the same to me when I asked about a newer model JK and all they came back with was the '07 and thats it...

[Fen]

Is Armstrong still a dealer? I'm not that far into town very often and for some reason I thought they only did part these days. I'll have to check it out - thanks for the heads up.