I TRADED MY BUILT RUBICON FOR A SPORT S GLADIATOR!! WHY?!?!
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- I traded my 2020 Jeep Gladiator 6sp manual rubicon for an automatic sport s gladiator. In this video I explain why!
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LOL! So glad you "deleted" some of that..... content :)
Will be fun to follow along!
Best comment!
You can take over from Casey as the diesel jeep guy haha. 🎉
Lol hes moving on to the fastest gladiator in Canada.... Lol
@@UnwindingRoads and worst gas mileage too.😄
@@Justjeepingadventures 😂😂 true
💯💯💯
Your gonna love that “weight loss” mod…. Basically feels like a race Jeep! And the passing power is endless, also nothing like the feeling of climbing up a mountain at almost idle with just little blips of throttle 👌🏼😜
I think so too lol. Curious if you have a rubicon? I'm really interested in the 4:1 rubicon transfer case. But I'm getting regeared so maybe it won't make as much of a difference as I think it would
@@UnwindingRoads I do have a Rubicon, and not sure if it’s totally needed but might not be a bad idea just for insurance…. After 6 months with it and the trans tune is pretty great the only thing I’d say watch out for is pushing it hard in low speed high torque situations… I may have a little more slip after the first 2 weeks of hard launches off the line lol other then that off-roading steep climbs is super easy just invest into a trans and aux cooler and maybe a bigger electric fan it really likes to get hot with long steep climbs in our terrain for hours at a time on trails so the odd cool down stop is needed. Only seen the factory diffs and transfer case get too hot on a long distance overlanding trip and stopped working for a bit when pushed to the limit let it cool down and was fine
Teddy we are in the same "boat"! We currently have a 2020 Willys and a 2023 Rubicon. We are trying to decide, do we trade the Willys in for another Rubicon? Or do we keep the Willys and upgrade to what we want, including the aftermarket lockers. We are too far away for Paul and Ginger to do all the work (SoCal) but we can't wait to see what you're going to do! Beautiful baby! Can't wait to see more of him/her also! Congratulations again you two!
Hard to beat a rubicon! I jut went this route to save money. However, resale on a rubicon is much better...
Congrats on the new whip... Im looking forward to the build out!!
Me too! Will be fun!
Congrats. Have fun with the Build and hope you love it. I think your advice is still sound for most people. But if you’ve already had one and know what you’re getting into and what you’re doing like you do, going your route makes a lot of sense. Have fun out there.
Thank you! Will do!
I’m so happy you have a diesel gladiator content! I have so many questions to ask!!!
Ask away!! Happy to help if I can!
Congrats Teddy on the purchase!
I'll be curious if the new Gladiator gets swapped/armored taillights more quickly than your '20 did 🤪😂
Hahahaha great comment. I already have the tail lights. Will be putting them on before my first adventure for sure.
Green Diesel Engineering - get your ecm programed with the best tune there is, had an eco diesel ram 2015 with it, in Canada you can still get the egr disable tune VS the US where you can't. I'd get this in a heartbeat. Good luck with your project!
If I was going to delete. Which I'm definitely NOT GOING TO DELETE.... I'll be going with the EOC (ecodiesel owners canada performance) tune. They did the tune on my ram and I absolutely loved it. Also local to me and absolutely loved Chris's customer service. Going to stick with what I know because I was happy with it.
@@UnwindingRoads makes sense. And obviously, if I'd buy another eco diesel I'd only tune if driving Offroad - not worth the legal hassle otherwise. Gde had 2 tunes, full delete - where you'd take all epa stuff out, and another one, with all epa stuff left in the truck but disabling the egr plus some changes in injection timing, regen, etc. I knew they made the tune right when I saw the usually black diesel oil looking better than a gasser's - indicating very low soot, so I became a fan. Now they got nerfed by epa and have only an obd2 dongle, at least here in us, you folks in Canada can still get the "nice" one. Now put some Dana 70s with arbs on that bad boy, you can easy go 40+ and make Shaun cry... 🤣😂. Love you guys!
@@UnwindingRoads oh, one more thing, GDE's new dongle US version tune is epa approved, so you can legally drive with it on road. Just in case you're looking for better than stock performance, I hear it is still good. And no, I'm not affiliated with gde, just genuinely appreciate their products.
New Jeep... Who Dis? Can't wait to see this beast evolve into something serious! And you're lifting a tent trailer? Sweet!
Things are happening!
Great choice with the diesel!
I hope so!! Thanks Rob!
Nice Teddy. I'm convinced you can build it more cheaply to spec than doing the same from the Rubicon platform.Why pay for the Rubicon suspension just to remove it? And adding lockers (I would do air) and the sway bar disconnect can be done more cheaply as well. And with regearing you can do the 4 to 1 at the same time. Seems like a good decision to me. Good luck with the build. Looking forward to it!
Thank you Scott! Should be a good time lol
Don’t sweat not having the 4:1. Especially with the torque of the diesel. The 8 speed has great gearing as is. I went with a max tow sport gladiator. I don’t like all the electronics telling me when I can and can’t lock my diffs or unhook the sway bar. I feel with the gladiator, or my setup anyways the Currie anti rock would work better than the sway bar disconnects.
100 percent agree.
but isn't the advantage of 4:1 in crawl ratio?
@@pistachiobandanos904 yes, but it does come with that crawl cruise control.... You can hit the throttle and it'll go back to the crawl after. Will see how it goes. These motors don't like high torque low rpm situations so loaded I may want that tcase
@@pistachiobandanos904 that depends. It’s great for medium/slow rock crawling. At times the high torque with no wheel speed can break parts or cause slipping. Keep in mind a tj auto rubicon or early jk rubicon crawl ratio isn’t far off an 8 speed with 2.7:1 crawl ratio. To further expand my 01 grand Cherokee crawl gearing in 4low first gear isn’t that far off my gladiator in 4 hi first gear
That’s easy to fix in rewriting the soft ware.
I like the diesel and it’s torque. Congrats Teddy! 😎✌🏻 See you on the trails.
Yup ecodiesel Canada is awesome. Chris has helped me out. I'm happy with the changes in my 2015 ram
That's awesome. Is it not a completely different truck!?
@Unwinding Roads it really is. Way more pep.
Once my extended warranty is done it will go to stage 2 full delete egr removed and the rest of it.
I was actually looking at the new gladiator ecodiesel as well. Maybe in a couple of years my 2015 Laramie is only at 189k still should have another 189 left in her.
@@gmac9956 keep an eye on the ecodiesels. They may be discontinued in the gladiators as well..... Hopefully not
Super excited for this build! Interested to see all the things you WILL NOT be doing to it!
I will not be making a video about the things I won't be doing to it. That's for sure! 😂
Well Teddy I was a bit sceptical at first but after hearing everything you had to say about why you went with the sport, I can see that it totally makes sense for you and your family. The ecodeisel is a great choice too. This is gonna be an awesome build 🍻
Going to be very interesting to see how it all comes together!
Always like to see the reasoning behind a big build plan. It would be cool to see a recap when "done" to see if you had to change plans for whatever reason. I know each vehicle mod/build I do I learn something and would do some things different on a new build.
Absolutely! I will do that.
If you put some manual lockers it's unstoppable
Already done! I have a video coming out Wednesday with all the upgrades including tune, suspension, regear and lockers. I'm absolutely loving this truck.
@@UnwindingRoads yeah its a beast the diesel is the right engine for this thing. They know it so they stop building it 😂
The lockers it really all you need. How big tires you put to have to regear?
@@patan77 I currently have 37s but am going 38s. I also bought the truck to tow a tent trailer. It looks like the gladiator will be available for 1 more year in the ecodiesel. The emissions system really hurts its reliability......
Hey Teddy. Glad to hear the reasoning behind the switch. Gonna be awesome once lifted. And decals will be the same, I hope?
Will definitely do something with it! Just not sure what yet..
@@UnwindingRoads Now it makes sense why you were being SOOOOOOOO Careful taking Shauns fenders off too.
Excited to watch this unfold. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Me too! Should be a pretty dramatic transformation
Awesome Teddy! I can't wait to see the videos of your upgrades as you do them.
It's really exciting starting from scratch!
Hey Teddy....If you can find a take-off Rubicon Sway Bar, EVO and a couple other companies make a part to activate the disconnect using your ARB compressor. I've been using that setup for a couple years with no issues.
Oh wow! That sounds good!! I'm assuming I just need the rubicon motor?
@@UnwindingRoads You need the Rubicon sway bar. The part you add, replaces the electronic part that came on the swaybar.
lol after market parts and stock parts hard to get on the canyon diesel! Just blew a intercooler boot open. GM told me they don’t have it and won’t know when they will 😂.
Can’t wait for your build. Get it ready for this summer to take it over the coquihalla and we can go camping with the fam in the mountains
Absolutely! Shoot me a message on Instagram! I'm a GMC guy. As you can see by the red truck in the background. I wanted a canyon so bad. They're awesome
Excited to see this build!
Me too!!
Should be a fun build, look into ox lockers, more reliable than arbs
I'm getting the eaton lockers. Thoughts?
@@UnwindingRoads never used those, back in the day I heard of a few issues with them on certain axles, I want to say ford 8.8 swapped Jeeps.
excited to see how your jeep turns out.. but man that manual was 🔥
I definitely miss shifting gears. But the auto transmission isn't awful. I regularly put it in manual mode especially when offroad. It's not too bad....
I bought a pedal commander and banks derringer 2 days after I bought mine..even with the 35s and 37s it scoots,sadly I went from a nice 30-32 mpg hwy to 23
On 37s flat road at 55 mph I get 39mpg. I have video of it. Makes no sense. I am regeared 4.56 now and tuned though. But still wasn't expecting that. But very important that I stress it was flat and I was maintaining 55.... Around town regular driving and warm ups I'm at 20mpg.
White rock dodge wanted almost $500 for an oil change in the eco-diesel stuck with the 3.6 probably last long than the Italian diesel.
Not really worth getting the ecodiesel to save money. But you're spending a little more to get alot more power. Reliability is also better in the gas option unless you're willing to void warranty and delete the ecodiesel. Just depends on your wants and needs. I couldn't imagine towing 2500 lbs with my 3.6 on 38s even regeared 4.88. If it wasn't for that I'd keep the 3.6 for sure.
The Colorado ZR2/Canyon Diesel would be cool but there's something to say about fitting huge tires on these jeeps and the articulation. It's tough to fit anything past 35s on the Colorado/Canyon.
Unless you bring out the grinder! Lol half kidding
@@UnwindingRoads it's true though!
Cute kid! Did you consider a F250 Tremor? Thanks for the review.
I honestly did not. I had a ram 1500 and wasn't interested in a full size again. To be honest I'd go with the GMC canyon diesel if it wasn't ifs
🤣All I heard was delete delete add add and delete 🤣Good luck on the new Jeep project!!
Hahahaha you heard correctly!
Looks good Teddy! Have fun with your new truck and new potato :)
Lol I will! Sweet potato 😂❤️
what All ready? Man how time flies. Thought it was just the otherday that you too annouced the baby was on it's way. That aside , things are sounding great. As for the Rubicon, sound like you would have been toss most of the it away anyways and replacing with new stuff. So why not start by spending less bones . Looking forward to watching the changes and comparing that to what Clint does with his Tacoma. Should be interesting.
Absolutely. The thing is, resale the rubicon will still be worth alot more. Funny how that works. But I dont "plan" on selling this one. Lol
Having a White eco sport S as well I wanna see what you do to it. The thing is a beast as is. 25/26 mpg on 35s also. Doesn't hurt.
I honestly believe, that is the best platform you can possibly get right now.
dude you shouldve got a lambo urus i heard there good off road and cheap. Looking forward to the build bud!
.... Maybe I am?.......
Agreed
Looking forward to the build. The little one looks so cute!
The little potato! Lol
Diesel in gladiators are trash. All I'm going to say is the owner beware. I would hold out till they put a cummins in one way more durable and dependable.
@@JayBow-lc8ek uh.... Ok? It's definitely not for everyone. These new baby diesels are no Cummins or Duramax that's for sure. But getting more torque than a 392 and better fuel economy than a 4xe sure is nice.
damn, jeep ecodiesels, with the egr, dpf, ecoblue, high pressure injectors, turbo, long etc.. are more reliable than a N/A v6? damn damn damn hard to believe...
The new jeeps have a bit of a cam problem... And they replace it with the same part currently.... Also most of the problems you mentioned can be fixed with a tune and removal of some parts for offroad lol but ya, if you're referring the ecodiesel to tacoma v6 I think the Tacoma is still more reliable especially with all the emissions intact like you mentioned.
@@UnwindingRoads yep, i understand that jeeps are top notch off road wise, I had a CRD jeep with almost 150k miles that I did love but it was nothing but troubles after troubles, amazing ride quality and capability, but reliability was not it strong part, even reading all the forums, doing all the extra work to make it functional, but even after thousands, it will just break something out of nowhere...
That's why I would stick to gasoline engines so much, I kinda hate diesels now...
I like to live vicariously through others because I'm too poor to even lift my Willys 😭😂
It's good the way it is!
No, you don't just do a lift throw 38"s on and off you go, anything over 37" you now have to do some upgrades because of the extra stress on all your components. Look it up before you go with 38"s.
I had a jeep with 38s. And drove it extremely hard for 2 years
@@UnwindingRoads Ok, every site I've gone too that talks about upgrading tire sire says the same thing, that going bigger than 37s requires more than just a lift. I had checked because I got mine with 37s on it already and wanted to make sure things were done correctly so I looked into it. Good luck.
@@truthdefenders- have to go with the people that actually do things. The guys at Epic Adventure Outfitters know what they're doing. You can scan through my adventure videos I wasn't easy on my 38s. I didnt have any issues with the components.
@@UnwindingRoads I get it, if it worked fine cool, but like I said all the sites i visited of "people that actually do things" professionals were all agreeing on the same thing, anything over 37s and you are really putting a lot of stress on you rig and should take the steps to upgrade the corresponding components. But go with whom you trust, like I said good luck, hope it works out well for you. But it won't hurt to do a little research on this just to see what other professionals say about it. Take care, and I will be checking out your other vids.
Hey does the sport gladiator?,come stock with d44 axles front and rear?
If so makes sense why you got it.
Yes it does.
Wooooooop. Teddy came to the dark side with the EcoDiesel! LOL. #ecodieselfam
Heck ya!!!
Rants can be informative
Yes they can!
How did you delete the egr?
I did not delete the egr. However, you can turn it off .
Hopefully it won’t de-rate like Casey250’s Ecodiesel towing uphill
It might..... Lol
You need to get your logo on the new Jeep.
Good thinking!
Hey, did you keep the Kracken system for your new Jeep?
I only installed the Kraken system in my new jeep. Do you have yours yet??
@@UnwindingRoads I absolutely love it, I did an install video on it
Going to watch now!
Looks like its Alberta Ready!!!!
Lol that will be my first stop!
What is Chris’s email? Couldn’t find in description. Also, does tuning with products like Banks void the warranty? They claim it doesn’t.
sales@ecodieselownerscanada.com
Sorry I'll add it to the description now. I apologize. Should have been done already
As for warranty. I'll let Chris explain. I don't want to say something that is not true.
No worries thanks!
What are you going to do with the axles? Is there going to be an axle swap or does the gladiator sport comes with same axles as a Rubicon?
Same axles as the rubicon. Good question! I forgot to mention that! It does still need the lockers though which we will be adding
Any model besides the Willys Sport or Willys can get Dana 44 axles, you just need to get the MAX TOW PACKAGE, or get a Mojave or Rubicon. The Reason you can't get the Max Tow Package on a Willys Sport or Willys, is because if you did it would be a Rubicon without the lockers at that point.
What suspension are you planning?
Teraflex 3.5 inch lift. With the falcon 3.3s of course!
WINK WINK DELETE... OPPS I MEAN MODIFY
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Wow bro Casey so many problems with his why would you get that??
I had one before. 99 percent if not all of Casey's problems are emissions related. I plan on not having those issues... .....
@@UnwindingRoads well good luck man can't wait to see more videos of your off-road Adventures
@@chevycoloradoinalaska7018 will be interesting to see how it all plays out
"The Gladiator is more reliable than the Tacoma". 🤣😂🤣😂.
www.motorbiscuit.com/2022-toyota-tacoma-loses-2022-jeep-gladiator/
Coming from Motorbiscuit………🤣😂🤣😂.
@@SkippyPB. www.jdpower.com/cars/shopping-guides/2021-jeep-gladiator-vs-toyota-tacoma-comparison
@@SkippyPB. highcountryoffroad.com/toyota-tacoma-vs-jeep-gladiator-2/
welcome to the diesel world haha.
I'm very excited. I can't wait to drag that trailer over obstacles lol
Oh it's alot of fun. I'm at a point where I have to trailer my off road rig now.
@@kalepellett8150 send me pics ob my Instagram! I want to see!
What!!!!
Ecodiesel.... Yaaaaaaaaaa!
@@UnwindingRoads I hope to see it out there.
@@overlandoverspenders absolutely. Just getting it ready now
I was going to get excited but the diesel sucks.
Really? It seems ppl like them. I'm curious why you think it sucks?
@@UnwindingRoads reviews from Casey and Trail Recon among others. Too many issues
Man, we’re going to have to start using #inoverlandtrailercabins
😂😂 Just intrailers works lol