Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392 Gets a Demon Swap Because Too Much Is Never Enough
Factory V8-powered Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392 is getting a major infusion of power because, well, it can.
The Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392 debuted – ironically enough – on the same day the sixth-generation Ford Bronco did, soiling the return of its chief rival in a big way, since FoMoCo has no intentions of selling that particular model with a V8 of any kind. At the same time, Jeep fulfilled all of our wishes in that regard, giving us a fun and amazing-sounding off-roader with a healthy amount of power. However, that’s obviously not enough for some folks, including the YouTubers behind the channel Lite Brite, who recently decided to stick a Demon powerplant in theirs.
The Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392 comes from the factory packing a naturally-aspirated 6.4-liter V8 that cranks out a healthy 470 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque, which is really a handful in the high-riding off-road SUV. Regardless, folks have been Hellcat-swapping Wranglers for some years now, so why not go truly big and give this particular model a major infusion of power in the form of the Demon’s supercharged 6.2-liter V8, which lays down 840 horsepower and 717 pound-feet of torque?
Arguably either the coolest of dumbest thing the folks at Lite Brite have ever done (as they say themselves in the video), we’d argue both ways for Demon-swapping a Wrangler Rubicon 392, personally. On one hand, it’s pretty awesome for obvious reasons, but on the other, we’re not so sure why anyone would V8 swap a V8 Wrangler instead of just upgrading the existing powerplant, but that’s not the point here – the point is, it can be done, and that’s why they’re doing it.
Prior to the swap, the crew completely disassembles their brand new Wrangler before adding the needed engine mounts and powder coating the frame, which makes the undercarriage – already showing some surface rust – look better than new. They also go over all of the other goodies that this ride is set to receive, such as massive prototype Bilstein coilovers. Things wrap up with a look at the powerplant itself and the 8-speed gearbox that’s going behind it, a truly enticing combination to say the least.
This Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392 will certainly be a handful and a total riot to drive when it’s finished, though that process hasn’t quite been completed just yet. But you can bet we’ll stay tuned to see how it all pans out, and we imagine you’ll want to as well, even if this particular project doesn’t make a whole heck of a lot of sense on many levels.
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