You can get it done through Prefix!
Prefix is pretty cool and if you're crafty, you can get it done for a lot less than a Raptor - buy a beat up 2013 year 1500 low end Ram and have them stuff a 6.2L in it. Don't get fancy with the paint ($20,000+ . . . for *paint* ?!?!?!?) and for around $40k, you get a not new, questionable warranty Raptor competitor (I say questionable, not because the warranty is questionable, but my own ignorance of the warranty situation with Prefix).
Still not a TRX though. Looks are subjective, but my preference is leaps and bounds in favor of the TRX. TRX has the declawed kitty in it, which is still Brawndo under the hood, and the Minotaur doesn't (and they aren't cheap to get).
Off topic (please forgive) - what's the latest on Hellcat crate engines? That still a no-no? I saw a couple places advertise things on-line, but not sure if they are legit or not.
If Prefix were willing to produce a TRX like (more in looks) kit and stuff a Hellcat in it, I'd be very tempted to get it. Any rough idea of warranty status on Minotaurs? Go through Prefix or the dealer for those?
The Minotaurs seem to be great off-road performers, but that excessive overbite look just bugs me. I don't live near Silver Lake and would likely make it out there no more than once a year, so the performance is not the sole deciding factor. I like the look of the TRX and the Minotaur just doesn't have that. Also, I want to be able to stomp on the gas and get excited (my "other ride" is a Hayabusa, so I am excessively hard to please in that area - 700 ponies and gobs of torque would do it though).
They (Prefix) can do it - for a price, but a one off is $100,000 territory easy. That is well outside my range. If they had a kit (and a customer base big enough to support the effort) and the price was right and the warranty situation was not an issue, I think I'd go for it.
They said in a video they think they can do 200 - 300 Minotaurs a year. That sounds rather high to me (like an order of magnitude high). Is that number even reasonable? 20 a month seems like a lot.
(I was trying to gauge support and potential customer base to justify a TRX like kit, but I know 20 a month would be hard to pull off)