Does anyone have a Jeep and a Raptor?

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dillard09

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If you’re going to do this, do it right! ;) Get a 392 with the 35” tires, half-doors, and leave the top off.

Jump over to the jeep392.com forum for leads on how to order with discounts.

Thank me later. :)
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Good looking JL! Or buy a used JK and drop a hemi or LS/LT in it. Then you won't be scared to scratch it. That thing you have is to pretty to scratch!
 

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Before the lift at Mogollon Rim

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After the suspension/lift on pickup day... I added AEV bumper to the rear later.
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Found an old pick of my F150 plat with the 6.2L SVT
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Around here (KC) any decent trails are really too small for the Raptor. There’s a 4 wheel park near KC called Kansas Rocks and no way I would take the Raptor there. Trails and switchbacks are simply too tight.
 

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Good looking JL! Or buy a used JK and drop a hemi or LS/LT in it. Then you won't be scared to scratch it. That thing you have is to pretty to scratch!
I was going to do that, but the California air resources board has made engine swaps much more difficult than in the past. So I went with a CARB legal supercharger on my 2013 Rubicon, but since you don't get much extra power at low RPM, it isn't a great choice for off-road, but it does make getting to the trails more enjoyable.July 5 2014 slab.JPG
 

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I was going to do that, but the California air resources board has made engine swaps much more difficult than in the past. So I went with a CARB legal supercharger on my 2013 Rubicon, but since you don't get much extra power at low RPM, it isn't a great choice for off-road, but it does make getting to the trails more enjoyable.View attachment 399351
Good looking JK! Oh for sure. I lived in Cali so I know all about it. My JK spends alot of time out there and its the reason it has Texas plates too. I have a LS408 with long tube headers, so no way they would let me pass. Would fail me when I come around the corner due to the car alarms going off! Haha. But I have a buddy that has a CARB legal LS3 in his JK.
 

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I just got rid of a new Rubicon Gladiator. I thought it was going to be my retirement truck, but after a few road trips and then making the mistake of driving my 37 Raptor.. it was game over. I could not put up with the noisy Gladiator wandering all over the highway for a decade plus. Sure, I will miss being able to do really tight trails with the Jeep, but giving up 5% of what I wanted to do to gain room, comfort/civility and road trip adeptness was worth it.

I may get an old 2-door Jeep to mess around on really gnarly trailheads and to park at trailheads that I don't want my Raptor getting broken into.
 
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