Jeep Wrangler Repowered with Cummins R2.8
VEHICLE
- MAKE: Jeep
- MODEL: Wrangler
(Click here to download a printable poster from this Cummins Repower project.)
DRIVETRAIN
- Engine: Cummins Repower R2.8L Turbo Diesel
- Transmission: Original NV3550
- Original 3.73 axle gearing
MISCELLANEOUS
- Jeep is the first test vehicle built for Cummins Repower
- Engine installation and adapters by Axis Industries USA
- Major frame rust and damage had to be repaired.
- Alpha test engine made from scrap parts and handmade wiring harness put together in spare time by Cummins employees for the proof of concept.
- Used to refine calibration for emissions testing in chassis lab and real world driving
- Alpha engine swapped for BETA production crate engine and wiring harness
- Upfit with aftermarket bumpers and suspension lift for Easter Jeep Safari 2017
- We’ve put about 20k miles on it in the year we’ve been driving it and it has never left us stranded
- Maiden voyage the day the Jeep was completed was a 6 hour drive to Toledo, Ohio for the first “Jeep Fest”
Cummins Inc.
Cummins, a global power technology leader, is a corporation of complementary business segments that design, manufacture, distribute and service a broad portfolio of power solutions. The company’s products range from internal combustion, electric and hybrid integrated power solutions and components including filtration, aftertreatment, turbochargers, fuel systems, controls systems, air handling systems, automated transmissions, electric power generation systems, microgrid controls, batteries, electrolyzers and fuel cell products.
