Let the drooling begin...

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Originally Posted by xj_man_646

Is there a reason to believe the change from v6 to v8 is enough, that it would fail? Honestly don't know...but I'm sure they could figure it out. Wrangler's aren't exactly the safest rigs out there but they still are able to remove the top and doors.

Ignore Hellcat engine part of topic and I refer you to this: Linky

This is the important part:

Kuniskis also watered-down any possibility of high-performance versions of the Wrangler and Gladiator, potentially powered by the company’s fire-breathing Hellcat supercharged V8.

“Everybody always asks me that question: it fits. You know that. It fits like a glove,” he said.

“But the problem is that it fits like a glove and there is no air space around the engine and the whole external space of the vehicle so you have no crush space; you have nothing that can be used to absorb energy in a crash.

“It is not a problem to put it in - other than emissions and fuel economy - except it would never pass any crash tests, and that’s a problem.”