the most controversial engine to be put into wrangler the two-liter four-cylinder turbo
one month and 2500 miles later here's why i personally think this was the best engine
for me and why it could be for you too i'm matt from dirt road cred let's jump into it
so i'm going to tell you one thing i'm not coming at this having owned no other jeeps no other jeep
engines and i'm just a mall car it doesn't really know what i'm talking about well actually i am now
i'm i'm kidding guys you know i've owned a ton of these jeeps i've ran all sorts of engines
diesels hemi-swapped vehicles 3.6 gladiators jls even supercharged 36 jks so when i chose
this 2-liter engine because i did factory-order my vehicle there was a lot of meaning behind that
now that jeep has the 392 out there i could have easily jumped on that built it drove it around
and used it for what it was built for there was a lot of reasons i chose this engine and in today's
video we're going to get into the reliability the transparency of why i think this engine is a great
choice and overall some reasons why you might want to consider it as well i want to tell you that i
did have some initial skepticism on the 2.0 liter engine when it was first released in 2018. now i'm
gonna be like most of you when a new engine comes out in a platform a lot of people say hey give it
a year or two let it see how it pans out let it see how it runs and see if there's an absolute
ton of issues with this thing or if it's a pretty reliable engine you only have a few issues like
all engines are prone to you're gonna have some lemons no matter what engine you decide to throw
into a vehicle now this engine was released for the wrangler back in 2018 and i can remember
when it first came out i was definitely extremely skeptical about it back then i was owning a 3.6 jk
with a supercharger on it and i thought it was the bee's knees it was the end of the world and it was
a great engine and it was reliable everyone loved the three six besides a few outliers there were
some little issues with oil pan gaskets and things like that on them they were reliable they weren't
complicated and they ran well it was the same when they put it in the jl they didn't have any
e-torque it was a standard 3-6 naturally aspirated engine and then they added the 2.0 liter which at
the time was a 2.0 liter turbocharged engine with an e-torque system it was an absolute ton going on
under this hood not only did you have the turbo system you had the e-torque engine you had the
electric motor up front and then you had a 48-volt battery system up underneath there when i heard
all that i was like i don't know i'm kind of out that's a lot going on under the hood under the
vehicle and it just seems overly complicated to be honest kind of all that was shattered when we
did a few reviews back at cj's and we did the 2.0 liter versus the 3-6 on-road driving fuel economy
off-roading i will tell you i was impressed by the engine back then this is the only engine i
haven't ever personally owned besides this jeep here but it is something that i wanted to tell you
exactly why i bought it which engine do you like better whichever one that takes you to dairy queen
not sponsored now some specifications on this 2-liter engine this is a cool engine and i will
say it still makes a lot of power going on underneath this hood the horsepower rating
for this brand new 2022 is 270 horsepower at 5250 rpm and the power this produces as far
as torque is 295 pound-feet of torque at a very low 3000 rpms on the tachometer now i will tell
you that is a very important specification right there and something that i was kind of
alerted to right away when i chose this engine i always felt like this thing felt
a lot more peppy off the line you know when you're driving a vehicle and you hit it at a
red light i always felt like the 2-liter was quicker than the 3-6 engines that i ever had
probably the biggest reason that it does make more pound-feet of torque than the 3.6 and
also it makes it at a much lower rpm if you guys are considering something like a 392
that makes 470 horsepower 470 pound-feet of torque if i'm not mistaken off the top of my head but it
is almost instantaneous so when you're looking at that horsepower and torque right off the line
you're making all of it what i like about this engine is that it's making almost all that torque
right off the beginning and you feel it right away and as much as you guys are gonna rip me apart in
the comments i hope not i will say that this feels more peppy driving than a 3.6 if you're concerned
that this engine is not tried and true it hasn't been out for a while this has been out since 2018
and before that it was installed in alfa romeo vehicles overseas since about 2015 or 2016
if my numbers aren't mistaken we have someone or a lot at the dealership that we're pushing 70
000 miles and still getting incredible fuel economy but having no issues at all
knock on hard plastic now all those numbers flying at you are great and all but what i wanted to give
you today is my one month and 2 500 mile review you heard that correctly i've driven this jeep
2 500 miles in one month not only do i drive a lot for work but i also drive to a lot of other places
so i've already gone down to the new jersey jeep invasion and i just took this to the beach last
week and i had a lot of fun with this down there as well now what i can tell you after 2 500 miles
of driving with the xtreme recon and the 35-inch tires i am averaging anywhere between 22 and 23
miles per gallon when i tell you that i've never had a vehicle on 35s get that kind of fuel economy
while still having great power i will say i am thoroughly impressed by not only the fuel economy
that i'm getting but also the responsiveness and the torque output at low rpms i've come
from things i've had three sixes i've had the 3.0 liter diesel which actually makes more torque than
the 392 hemi and i can tell you i absolutely am loving this engine it's probably one of the least
complicated engines you can buy on the market right now this 2.0 liter does have a turbocharger
here but it has no e-torque and it has no 48 volt battery below the vehicle when you buy the 36
if you want an extreme recon you're getting all that you're all the way under the vehicle which
not only adds weight but it also adds a little bit more complicated pieces and components underneath
here when you go to repair this vehicle down the road it's kind of crazy to me that they've changed
all this and gone away from the e-torque being in this engine to the 36 and kind of let this engine
be the way that it is and i will tell you after one month i am extremely pleased with it it is
not a 392 by any means it does not compare to the 470 horsepower that that makes but what it does
do is get me great fuel economy driving back to fort to work did great on the beach when i aired
down the tire pressure and put it in off-road plus mode and then it does great right off the line i'm
super happy with this heavy jeep here and the 35s on it and just how well it does ride and perform
and when i tell you what my plans are for this jeep you're probably going to consider yourself as
probably someone in that boat i am running this for longer trips so i plan on doing some over
landing maybe going out to michigan upstate into maine all over the place and i wanted something
that i could drive for a decent amount of miles be really comfortable with how the rpms look in
eighth gear and then also still get decent fuel economy when i'm driving further i've got a lot
coming and some parts here including a tuner all the way from over in germany so you guys are gonna
have to wait for that those guys have been tuning the heck out of alfa romeo two liters and i can't
wait to install that and see how much fuel economy we can get because there's a couple different
modes so now guys it seems like it's popping off a little bit lately on the channel we've gained a
lot of subscribers and a lot of views it's really cool for me to read and respond to those that
have been around maybe you watched a video five years ago with me in it or you're brand new to
the channel and just enjoy the content definitely drop a comment below with whatever questions you
have now unless it's like personal like should i go get this lump checked out i'll probably be able
to help you with cheap questions down below in the comments but seriously i am extremely grateful for
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