ATS Diesel Performance

A look back at the vault! Here is a clip from our Dealer Days presentation a few years ago, breaking down the absolute hardest part of modern engine swaps: the electronics.

When we dropped a complete 2022 RAM TRX powertrain—engine, transmission, transfer case, ECM, and TCM—into a 2015 Jeep Wrangler, bolting it in was only phase one. The real challenge was the immobilizer. Modern modules are designed to lock you out if they don't see the exact vehicle they were built fo

During this presentation, we explained our solution: immobilizer emulation. We engineered a custom translator that takes all the data the 2022 TRX expects to see and feeds it back to the computer.

Essentially, we programmed the translator to become the vehicle. It tricks the 700+ HP TRX brain into running perfectly inside the older Wrangler platform.

Fresh off the dyno and ready to rip! 🔥

We absolutely loved having Kyle from in the shop. He brought us his original transmission, and in just a day and a half, our team stripped it completely down, washed it, painted it, rebuilt it, and put it to the test on the dyno.

Hearing Kyle say he feels like "a kid on Christmas" is exactly why we do what we do. There is nothing better than taking your original parts and breathing new, high-performance life into them. Next up for Kyle: hooking it up to that new ratchet shifter and getting it back on the road.

Watch the extended cut here: https://youtu.be/6e2KjH_GepY?si=0yYkeGHix3XyzUbo

What is the next major upgrade you are planning? Let us know in the comments! 👇