Road to SEMA Part II 5.7 Hemi Style

10/15/06

YIKES! I agreed to put together another JK for SEMA. This one is a 2 door that will have a 5.7 hemi installed along with a small lift and 35” tires. I might do some other things to it as time permits but we will wait and see. I will try to post every day as progress permits right up to heading to Vegas. This will be fun.

Dan

10/18/06

The 5.7 project is moving along. The jeep is all torn apart and the 5.7 is being fitted into the engine bay. This motor does not fit as good as the 6.1 does. We have some interference with some of the accessories on the stock 5.7 so instead we will run a hybrid mix of 5.7, 3.8 and 6.1 accessories to make this fit right. More updates coming soon.

10/27/06

We got the 5.7 hemi done on Friday 2 hours before we had to leave for Vegas. The engine swap turned out great, we now have plenty of power to turn the 35" DC Mud Country 2's. I found a K&N FIPK that was a perfect fit for this swap. This Jeep has a 3" RE longarm lift. We also installed the Mastercraft Baja RS reclining seats and I had Justtens Auto Upholstery recover the factory rear seat to match the fronts. A full mandrel bent stainless exhaust was put in using 3" tubing and high flow Magnaflow Spun Cat converters.

11/09/06

This is the 5.7 hemi in the Mastercraft booth at SEMA. The booth was in a great location and garnered lots of attention. The Mastercraft seats were an easy install and mounted with no adapters. Thanks again to the Mastercraft guys for letting me display in their booth. I managed to book 5 more motorswap jobs while I was at the show.