And there was a very nice mopar book on tweaking and tuning the hp out of that I6, not to mention the 4.5L bored strokers...
The darned header on the XJ with an automatic really was a POS. It cracked and had the one area that was maybe 1.5" diameter... But NO EGR Valve to crap out! -- John W Reames jwrea...@comcast.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Nov 4, 2010, at 20:41, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I could never understand why Chrysler made the 3.9 v6 when they had the 4.0 > I6 from the Cherokee around. Same power but lower down... My parent's > Cherokee with the 4.0 was more powerful than their Liberty with its buzzy 3.7 > v6 and got almost exactly the same mileage... > > I test drove both the v8 and v6 Dakota (several of each even), no question in > my mind that the v8 was a better engine and better suited to the truck for ~ > 1mpg mileage cost. Mine was still running fine at 222,000 miles. The old 318 > v8 made good power down low while the 3.9 was still spooling up. > > -Curt > > Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 13:36:43 -0700 > From: "Kevin Kraly" <kr...@comcast.net> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Are regular cab diesels this cheap? > Message-ID: <99b183f708c74d0fb95a1447539cf...@kdogpc> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > It's a 3.9, had one in a '92 Dakota. It wasn't the screamin' beast that the > 4.3L Chevy engine was in our '88 S10, but it did very well. Of course, it > was pulling a heavier truck too. > > Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
