Diesel Jeep

[Icecoldviper]

I want one! Wonder how much it would cost to build one....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXoZRe9cuZA

[Graves]

Dem 3/53's are good for some noise, I was surprised to see it pull anything uphill though. [Tooth]

[Colorado Osprey]

No need to build one, Jeep made and sold them until 2007.

http://denver.craigslist.org/ctd/1962680063.html

28mpg and this 2005 is only $12k

Now it is no CJ or YJ.. but then again I don't really like Jeep... LOL ;)

[68Charger]

There's also the mini-version... a VW 1.9L TDI in a Suzuki Samurai...

supposed to be good for around 40mpg

but if you're over 6', you'll have to lose some height somewhere...

[HBARleatherneck]

i used to build quite a few jeeps for family and friends. we put a diesel in a cj. i cant remember the numbers but it was a cummins out of a bark grinder. i think they have the same as the skid steers. it wasnt too heavy for a diesel.

of course it had a 60 front and 70 rear. full width.

[68Charger]

i used to build quite a few jeeps for family and friends. we put a diesel in a cj. i cant remember the numbers but it was a cummins out of a bark grinder. i think they have the same as the skid steers. it wasnt too heavy for a diesel.

of course it had a 60 front and 70 rear. full width.

That'd be an awesome setup!
Must've been an A-series Cummins... the 4B weighs as much as a big-block Chevy, with 1/2 the cylinders!

I've wanted to put a 4BT (or even 6BT- long & heavy, tho) into the wife's '97 Suburban (it's a 2500, already has hydro-boost steering)

[Hoosier]

You can get this new Jeep J8 in diesel, military spec

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lRtvZKUBHI

H.

[SNAFU]

Only Jeep I'd want a diesel in is a M715. Jeep did make a CJ5 in diesel called a DJ5 export only. My old '67 CJ6 had a Buick 225 V6,,the Dauntless. Was an odd fire V6,replaced it with a 4.3,,and a NP435 4sp.
When Buick sold the 225 V6 to Jeep.they sold the aluminum V8 215 to Land Rover.

[Hoosier]

Only Jeep I'd want a diesel in is a M715.

Have you seen this, the "new" M715 (prototype) was at Moab this year:

http://motorcrave.frsucrave.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Mopar-NuKizer-715.jpg

[HBARleatherneck]

it looks very comanchee ish. but, i would take it.

i like the protos they showed a few years ago. i cant remember if they were tjs with the bed or jks but either way, it would be cool.


and the one we did was a 4bt. and someone sells the kit to bolt it up.

[ronaldrwl]

Prototype looks nice with a small bed. Was that a diesel? It would be an improvment over the 3.7

[Graves]

Have you seen this, the "new" M715 (prototype) was at Moab this year:

http://motorcrave.frsucrave.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Mopar-NuKizer-715.jpg

http://www.greaserlee.com/smilies/picture.gif

[Irving]

I like that Wagoneer looking thing.

[SNAFU]

Any specs on that new M715? Is just a Hummer with a new body?
Looks front heavy.

[Hoosier]

They're calling it the NuKizer (sp?) I don't have the specs, but I think they said it's a current gen Wrangler underneath. Google it

H.

[Ranger]

I love the idea of the Jeep but not the driver so much, I do a lot of off-roading and don't like it when guys mess up the environment like he did (hitting trees, etc), it's just another reason for the tree huggers to close a trail.

[rockhound]

I love the idea of the Jeep but not the driver so much, I do a lot of off-roading and don't like it when guys mess up the environment like he did (hitting trees, etc), it's just another reason for the tree huggers to close a trail.


+1, just turn around and put the warn to work, what an asshat, four gallons of fuel, spinnning the worn out TSLs just to trash a trail and think he's cool.

no wonder the tree huggers want to close more trails.