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Old 04-11-2018
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Layback, for the life of me, I had both engine bays open today of my Xj and jk with the cars side by side. The wrangler engine bay is deceptively small. For an inline engine, it would have to be 3L capacity with a turbo or two, it may even need to be transverse mounted. But then, why not stick with the 2L turbo and the existing 3.6L pentastar? Until the 2L t proves itself in sales, I would not be making plans to ditch the Pentastar. In the end, why have a 2L t and 3L t engine offering for the same car?

FWIW, you can fit a truck engine in the Xj.... almost....

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