owning a jeep 6.1 srt8.

[srt8cc]

does anyone on here own one of these beasts?

[TIS]

yes

[srt8cc]

what do you think of it generally?

[fttm]

Yes , superb .

[darbyweb]

Love mine - benefits even more from adding a Turbo

[cwiklab]

Do you know the specific gains you got from going turbo? Mine's at Demon Performance in South Carolina right now getting that treatment. I realize yours is a 6.1 and mine's a 6.4 so it's not going to be exactly the same. Just curious from someone local.

[darbyweb]

cwiklab said:

Do you know the specific gains you got from going turbo? Mine's at Demon Performance in South Carolina right now getting that treatment. I realize yours is a 6.1 and mine's a 6.4 so it's not going to be exactly the same. Just curious from someone local.

Currently the measure of gain is 'Damn its fast...'

I havent dyno'd it yet, is currently having SHR War Viking Tranny fitted as its running 5lb boost, and want to crank it up even more.

My kit is the Demon Single turbo - Skip/Sujal have arranged everything including FR wheels, two-step, Wavetrac LSD etc. etc.

Once its back from workshop i will get it on the dyno - there's a 4wd dyno about 15 mins from me who do it for free for me

[Randompunter74]

I had one for 2 years, let me summarise:

Lots of Torque.(Too much for the chassis)
Very stiff rear suspension. Rock hard over bumps.
Very standard interor, plastic fantastic from Jeep
You will eat brake pads and discs ( I did 3 sets of pads and 2 sets of discs in my 2 year ownership)
You modify it and they start to screw up. Loads of people add turbos
Earlier models ate their drive shafts, (too weak) later ones are better
All in all, its fun, but too much for the other parts, which is why they give way and it ends up costing quite a bit in maintenance

[fttm]

Just a thought , how are you guys in Britain dealing with the re calls ? Hard enough over here getting dealer supplied parts .

[cwiklab]

what recalls are you worried about? because I'm American forces with access to an American-supplied vehicle with American-ish support for my vehicle, I can probably get my hands on updates to software for the newer model jeeps; however, I don't know if those updates would apply to british spec JGCs.

[fttm]

In Canada with a dealer network , so recalls like the present one (wireless ignition node module)aren't an issue . Just wondering how you'd manage without dealer access .