Magerdgr
Have gun, will travel
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- My secret underground lair
If you really wanted to be creative you could use the 3.8 with the factory supercharger out of a Bonneville or a Grand Prix GT.
Jeep Bench Racing, building a "new" Willys CJ2a
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Corban_White
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- Payson, AZ
2002maniac
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- Location
- Brigham City
Are those being imported as UTVs? What's the pricing like? Very interesting!
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
THe Mahindra Roxor was just announced. It will be aimed at the US UTV market. It will initially come with a 2.5 liter turbodiesel diesel and solid axles. It's roughly the same size as a bone stock 1976 CJ7 and weighs just over 3k lbs.
Base price is supposed to be about $15k.
Base price is supposed to be about $15k.
DAA
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- Location
- West Bountiful, UT
I saw a transport on I-15 a couple weeks ago full of something that looked just like that Mahindra.
- DAA
- DAA
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
Ohhh, good call!
Yeah, that would be an option... the intake would face the firewall, IIRC but you could make it work. I supercharged 3.8 in a Willys would SCOOT!
Glad to heal it's helpful, Bart! You should share how you'd build yours and what you'd want out of it.
Hickey and I were talking about those, which is another thing that helped prompt this thread. They're neat, but... $15k. I'm pretty certain that for $15k (or less) I could build a 'new', original looking CJ2a with a modern drivetrain that will last a long longer than the Mahindra. The Mahindra seems like a India-build SxS that wouldn't be good for more than 40 MPH and not street legal. With a new Willys, you could plate it as a Kit Car and without OD it'll run 60 MPH or more, depending on gearing & tire size.
And being a Mahindra, how long will it last with real use and what it would be like to get parts.
I think they're interesting, but I don't think I'd spend that much money to own one.
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
You should really get that back on the road!
Yes I should. Someday....
Magerdgr
Have gun, will travel
- Location
- My secret underground lair
I still have that early "Go Devil" if you decide you wanna work something out.
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
Bump. I've seen people put a TF727 and a D20 in a CJ5 with a 360 V8 in there. How does that combo measure up against a GM 350/350 with a Dana 20 case?
https://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/f2/auto-transmission-15690/index3.html
https://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/f2/auto-transmission-15690/index3.html