Have any of you guys thought about or have done a V8 swap ?

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Ddays said:
Call me crazy, but unless you're a military contractor with an open expense acct why would you want to spend the dough on fuel for a daily 220 mile commute with anything other than a throw away commuter dog? That works out to well over 200k miles in a year. Assuming 25 mpg, $3/gallon thats $24k in fuel costs. In your Jeep its gonna be at least twice that.

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Now if it's not a daily thats a different story
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I think you hit the nail on the head :).
 
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wayoflife said:
Having run both an LS and now an LT, I would only go LT and in part because of the direct injection. The AMF/displacement is junk but can be removed. I am running the 10 speed now and so far, I've been happy with it. But, that's just been my personal experience.

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Motech is on my list to call next. Have a spreadsheet open with a list of things I want to do with my JT now and i've started to organizing in phases - i think if I am going to do this it would be ideal to get this done first so I don't have to redo springs, driveshafts, axles and other items to cope with the changes of a swap like this.
 
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When I had long commutes, I bought and old VW diesel passat, 45mpg diesel power to spare, diesel was also cheaper than gas... aging ughhh

when I was a kid, our backpack included a shovel because we walked to school uphill both directions in 10 feet of snow, we had to shovel a path there and home for 15 miles!

If had to commute like that again and it was out of my pocket, I'd buy a commuter car that required low maintenance.
If it's on the client's dime, well...

still thinking about a V8
 
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jeeeep said:
When I had long commutes, I bought and old VW diesel passat, 45mpg diesel power to spare, diesel was also cheaper than gas... aging ughhh

when I was a kid, our backpack included a shovel because we walked to school uphill both directions in 10 feet of snow, we had to shovel a path there and home for 15 miles!

If had to commute like that again and it was out of my pocket, I'd buy a commuter car that required low maintenance.
If it's on the client's dime, well...

still thinking about a V8
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“If it’s on the client dime, well…”

I’m thinking Hellcat…I’ve got the perfect ride for you, and it’s for sale…
 
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kevman65 said:
Careful, might be a Jeep product......
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You guys are the ones talking about buying another car lol. This thread and the other one makes me think instead of a motor swap i should buy a new 1 ton limited dually for everything but trail duty - then i start to have recollections of all the emissions related nightmares i've had - when it was running right it was SWEEEET though.
 
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jwolfejt said:
You guys are the ones talking about buying another car lol. This thread and the other one makes me think instead of a motor swap i should buy a new 1 ton limited dually for everything but trail duty - then i start to have recollections of all the emissions related nightmares i've had - when it was running right it was SWEEEET though.
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I'm just saying, with some of these guys on here, you don't know WHAT they may have put a Hellcat in......
 
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