4.0 history
03-21-2005, 10:36 PM
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4.0 history
I'm curious about the history of the 4.0 engine. I know it's based on
an engine AMC introduced in 1964 (and powered a bunch of Gremlins a
while later), but at some point AMC (or Nash) took a clean sheet of
paper and designed a new engine that eventually evolved into our
wonderful 4.0.
Does anyone know when that was and anything about the orginal engine?
Jeff DeWitt
an engine AMC introduced in 1964 (and powered a bunch of Gremlins a
while later), but at some point AMC (or Nash) took a clean sheet of
paper and designed a new engine that eventually evolved into our
wonderful 4.0.
Does anyone know when that was and anything about the orginal engine?
Jeff DeWitt
03-21-2005, 11:00 PM
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Re: 4.0 history
Jeff DeWitt wrote:
> I'm curious about the history of the 4.0 engine. I know it's based
on
> an engine AMC introduced in 1964 (and powered a bunch of Gremlins a
> while later), but at some point AMC (or Nash) took a clean sheet of
> paper and designed a new engine that eventually evolved into our
> wonderful 4.0.
> Does anyone know when that was and anything about the orginal engine?
> Jeff DeWitt
are you asking about the 4.2 liter (258 cubic inch) engine or the 4.0
liter engine?
I may be wrong here, but I thought the 4.0 liter was designed by
Chrysler long after both AMC and Nash were out of business.
The 258 may have ancestry in Gremlins, but I don't think the 4.0 does.
The 4.0 debuted in Wranglers (YJ's) in 1991.
Chrysler Corp. acquired American Motors in 1987.
Nash merged with Hudson in the mid-Fifties to form American Motors.
03-21-2005, 11:00 PM
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Re: 4.0 history
Jeff DeWitt wrote:
> I'm curious about the history of the 4.0 engine. I know it's based
on
> an engine AMC introduced in 1964 (and powered a bunch of Gremlins a
> while later), but at some point AMC (or Nash) took a clean sheet of
> paper and designed a new engine that eventually evolved into our
> wonderful 4.0.
> Does anyone know when that was and anything about the orginal engine?
> Jeff DeWitt
are you asking about the 4.2 liter (258 cubic inch) engine or the 4.0
liter engine?
I may be wrong here, but I thought the 4.0 liter was designed by
Chrysler long after both AMC and Nash were out of business.
The 258 may have ancestry in Gremlins, but I don't think the 4.0 does.
The 4.0 debuted in Wranglers (YJ's) in 1991.
Chrysler Corp. acquired American Motors in 1987.
Nash merged with Hudson in the mid-Fifties to form American Motors.
03-21-2005, 11:00 PM
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Re: 4.0 history
Jeff DeWitt wrote:
> I'm curious about the history of the 4.0 engine. I know it's based
on
> an engine AMC introduced in 1964 (and powered a bunch of Gremlins a
> while later), but at some point AMC (or Nash) took a clean sheet of
> paper and designed a new engine that eventually evolved into our
> wonderful 4.0.
> Does anyone know when that was and anything about the orginal engine?
> Jeff DeWitt
are you asking about the 4.2 liter (258 cubic inch) engine or the 4.0
liter engine?
I may be wrong here, but I thought the 4.0 liter was designed by
Chrysler long after both AMC and Nash were out of business.
The 258 may have ancestry in Gremlins, but I don't think the 4.0 does.
The 4.0 debuted in Wranglers (YJ's) in 1991.
Chrysler Corp. acquired American Motors in 1987.
Nash merged with Hudson in the mid-Fifties to form American Motors.
03-21-2005, 11:48 PM
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Re: 4.0 history
On 21 Mar 2005 20:00:38 -0800, matthewf_boi@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>> I'm curious about the history of the 4.0 engine. I know it's based
>on
>> an engine AMC introduced in 1964 (and powered a bunch of Gremlins a
>> while later), but at some point AMC (or Nash) took a clean sheet of
>> paper and designed a new engine that eventually evolved into our
>> wonderful 4.0.
>> Does anyone know when that was and anything about the orginal engine?
>> Jeff DeWitt
>
>are you asking about the 4.2 liter (258 cubic inch) engine or the 4.0
>liter engine?
>I may be wrong here, but I thought the 4.0 liter was designed by
>Chrysler long after both AMC and Nash were out of business.
>
>The 258 may have ancestry in Gremlins, but I don't think the 4.0 does.
>The 4.0 debuted in Wranglers (YJ's) in 1991.
>Chrysler Corp. acquired American Motors in 1987.
>Nash merged with Hudson in the mid-Fifties to form American Motors.
The 4.0 Power Tech Six was designed by AMC. It was designed from the
beginning for the XJ, the down-sized Cherokee and Wagoneer Limited.
It shared a number of components with the 2.5 four. It was introduced
in the 1987 XJ just about the time Chrysler took over AMC, but they
did not design the 4.0.
----
>
>Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>> I'm curious about the history of the 4.0 engine. I know it's based
>on
>> an engine AMC introduced in 1964 (and powered a bunch of Gremlins a
>> while later), but at some point AMC (or Nash) took a clean sheet of
>> paper and designed a new engine that eventually evolved into our
>> wonderful 4.0.
>> Does anyone know when that was and anything about the orginal engine?
>> Jeff DeWitt
>
>are you asking about the 4.2 liter (258 cubic inch) engine or the 4.0
>liter engine?
>I may be wrong here, but I thought the 4.0 liter was designed by
>Chrysler long after both AMC and Nash were out of business.
>
>The 258 may have ancestry in Gremlins, but I don't think the 4.0 does.
>The 4.0 debuted in Wranglers (YJ's) in 1991.
>Chrysler Corp. acquired American Motors in 1987.
>Nash merged with Hudson in the mid-Fifties to form American Motors.
The 4.0 Power Tech Six was designed by AMC. It was designed from the
beginning for the XJ, the down-sized Cherokee and Wagoneer Limited.
It shared a number of components with the 2.5 four. It was introduced
in the 1987 XJ just about the time Chrysler took over AMC, but they
did not design the 4.0.
----
03-21-2005, 11:48 PM
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Re: 4.0 history
On 21 Mar 2005 20:00:38 -0800, matthewf_boi@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>> I'm curious about the history of the 4.0 engine. I know it's based
>on
>> an engine AMC introduced in 1964 (and powered a bunch of Gremlins a
>> while later), but at some point AMC (or Nash) took a clean sheet of
>> paper and designed a new engine that eventually evolved into our
>> wonderful 4.0.
>> Does anyone know when that was and anything about the orginal engine?
>> Jeff DeWitt
>
>are you asking about the 4.2 liter (258 cubic inch) engine or the 4.0
>liter engine?
>I may be wrong here, but I thought the 4.0 liter was designed by
>Chrysler long after both AMC and Nash were out of business.
>
>The 258 may have ancestry in Gremlins, but I don't think the 4.0 does.
>The 4.0 debuted in Wranglers (YJ's) in 1991.
>Chrysler Corp. acquired American Motors in 1987.
>Nash merged with Hudson in the mid-Fifties to form American Motors.
The 4.0 Power Tech Six was designed by AMC. It was designed from the
beginning for the XJ, the down-sized Cherokee and Wagoneer Limited.
It shared a number of components with the 2.5 four. It was introduced
in the 1987 XJ just about the time Chrysler took over AMC, but they
did not design the 4.0.
----
>
>Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>> I'm curious about the history of the 4.0 engine. I know it's based
>on
>> an engine AMC introduced in 1964 (and powered a bunch of Gremlins a
>> while later), but at some point AMC (or Nash) took a clean sheet of
>> paper and designed a new engine that eventually evolved into our
>> wonderful 4.0.
>> Does anyone know when that was and anything about the orginal engine?
>> Jeff DeWitt
>
>are you asking about the 4.2 liter (258 cubic inch) engine or the 4.0
>liter engine?
>I may be wrong here, but I thought the 4.0 liter was designed by
>Chrysler long after both AMC and Nash were out of business.
>
>The 258 may have ancestry in Gremlins, but I don't think the 4.0 does.
>The 4.0 debuted in Wranglers (YJ's) in 1991.
>Chrysler Corp. acquired American Motors in 1987.
>Nash merged with Hudson in the mid-Fifties to form American Motors.
The 4.0 Power Tech Six was designed by AMC. It was designed from the
beginning for the XJ, the down-sized Cherokee and Wagoneer Limited.
It shared a number of components with the 2.5 four. It was introduced
in the 1987 XJ just about the time Chrysler took over AMC, but they
did not design the 4.0.
----
03-21-2005, 11:48 PM
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Re: 4.0 history
On 21 Mar 2005 20:00:38 -0800, matthewf_boi@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>> I'm curious about the history of the 4.0 engine. I know it's based
>on
>> an engine AMC introduced in 1964 (and powered a bunch of Gremlins a
>> while later), but at some point AMC (or Nash) took a clean sheet of
>> paper and designed a new engine that eventually evolved into our
>> wonderful 4.0.
>> Does anyone know when that was and anything about the orginal engine?
>> Jeff DeWitt
>
>are you asking about the 4.2 liter (258 cubic inch) engine or the 4.0
>liter engine?
>I may be wrong here, but I thought the 4.0 liter was designed by
>Chrysler long after both AMC and Nash were out of business.
>
>The 258 may have ancestry in Gremlins, but I don't think the 4.0 does.
>The 4.0 debuted in Wranglers (YJ's) in 1991.
>Chrysler Corp. acquired American Motors in 1987.
>Nash merged with Hudson in the mid-Fifties to form American Motors.
The 4.0 Power Tech Six was designed by AMC. It was designed from the
beginning for the XJ, the down-sized Cherokee and Wagoneer Limited.
It shared a number of components with the 2.5 four. It was introduced
in the 1987 XJ just about the time Chrysler took over AMC, but they
did not design the 4.0.
----
>
>Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>> I'm curious about the history of the 4.0 engine. I know it's based
>on
>> an engine AMC introduced in 1964 (and powered a bunch of Gremlins a
>> while later), but at some point AMC (or Nash) took a clean sheet of
>> paper and designed a new engine that eventually evolved into our
>> wonderful 4.0.
>> Does anyone know when that was and anything about the orginal engine?
>> Jeff DeWitt
>
>are you asking about the 4.2 liter (258 cubic inch) engine or the 4.0
>liter engine?
>I may be wrong here, but I thought the 4.0 liter was designed by
>Chrysler long after both AMC and Nash were out of business.
>
>The 258 may have ancestry in Gremlins, but I don't think the 4.0 does.
>The 4.0 debuted in Wranglers (YJ's) in 1991.
>Chrysler Corp. acquired American Motors in 1987.
>Nash merged with Hudson in the mid-Fifties to form American Motors.
The 4.0 Power Tech Six was designed by AMC. It was designed from the
beginning for the XJ, the down-sized Cherokee and Wagoneer Limited.
It shared a number of components with the 2.5 four. It was introduced
in the 1987 XJ just about the time Chrysler took over AMC, but they
did not design the 4.0.
----
03-22-2005, 12:56 AM
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Re: 4.0 history
Hi Jeff,
American Motor Corporation did take credit for redesigning the
engine in '64: http://www.mederle.de/amc/amcgeng.html But it's virtually
unchanged from the Rambler engine I've worked on, like this '49:
http://www.collectorcarads.com/addetail.asp?carID=3794 And unfortunately
I can't find the '29 Nash's picture disappear before I copies the site,
but just like this '34 eight:
http://www.vapinc.com/1934nashrestor...2/PIC00004.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>
> I'm curious about the history of the 4.0 engine. I know it's based on
> an engine AMC introduced in 1964 (and powered a bunch of Gremlins a
> while later), but at some point AMC (or Nash) took a clean sheet of
> paper and designed a new engine that eventually evolved into our
> wonderful 4.0.
>
> Does anyone know when that was and anything about the orginal engine?
>
> Jeff DeWitt
American Motor Corporation did take credit for redesigning the
engine in '64: http://www.mederle.de/amc/amcgeng.html But it's virtually
unchanged from the Rambler engine I've worked on, like this '49:
http://www.collectorcarads.com/addetail.asp?carID=3794 And unfortunately
I can't find the '29 Nash's picture disappear before I copies the site,
but just like this '34 eight:
http://www.vapinc.com/1934nashrestor...2/PIC00004.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>
> I'm curious about the history of the 4.0 engine. I know it's based on
> an engine AMC introduced in 1964 (and powered a bunch of Gremlins a
> while later), but at some point AMC (or Nash) took a clean sheet of
> paper and designed a new engine that eventually evolved into our
> wonderful 4.0.
>
> Does anyone know when that was and anything about the orginal engine?
>
> Jeff DeWitt
03-22-2005, 12:56 AM
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Re: 4.0 history
Hi Jeff,
American Motor Corporation did take credit for redesigning the
engine in '64: http://www.mederle.de/amc/amcgeng.html But it's virtually
unchanged from the Rambler engine I've worked on, like this '49:
http://www.collectorcarads.com/addetail.asp?carID=3794 And unfortunately
I can't find the '29 Nash's picture disappear before I copies the site,
but just like this '34 eight:
http://www.vapinc.com/1934nashrestor...2/PIC00004.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>
> I'm curious about the history of the 4.0 engine. I know it's based on
> an engine AMC introduced in 1964 (and powered a bunch of Gremlins a
> while later), but at some point AMC (or Nash) took a clean sheet of
> paper and designed a new engine that eventually evolved into our
> wonderful 4.0.
>
> Does anyone know when that was and anything about the orginal engine?
>
> Jeff DeWitt
American Motor Corporation did take credit for redesigning the
engine in '64: http://www.mederle.de/amc/amcgeng.html But it's virtually
unchanged from the Rambler engine I've worked on, like this '49:
http://www.collectorcarads.com/addetail.asp?carID=3794 And unfortunately
I can't find the '29 Nash's picture disappear before I copies the site,
but just like this '34 eight:
http://www.vapinc.com/1934nashrestor...2/PIC00004.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>
> I'm curious about the history of the 4.0 engine. I know it's based on
> an engine AMC introduced in 1964 (and powered a bunch of Gremlins a
> while later), but at some point AMC (or Nash) took a clean sheet of
> paper and designed a new engine that eventually evolved into our
> wonderful 4.0.
>
> Does anyone know when that was and anything about the orginal engine?
>
> Jeff DeWitt
03-22-2005, 12:56 AM
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Re: 4.0 history
Hi Jeff,
American Motor Corporation did take credit for redesigning the
engine in '64: http://www.mederle.de/amc/amcgeng.html But it's virtually
unchanged from the Rambler engine I've worked on, like this '49:
http://www.collectorcarads.com/addetail.asp?carID=3794 And unfortunately
I can't find the '29 Nash's picture disappear before I copies the site,
but just like this '34 eight:
http://www.vapinc.com/1934nashrestor...2/PIC00004.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>
> I'm curious about the history of the 4.0 engine. I know it's based on
> an engine AMC introduced in 1964 (and powered a bunch of Gremlins a
> while later), but at some point AMC (or Nash) took a clean sheet of
> paper and designed a new engine that eventually evolved into our
> wonderful 4.0.
>
> Does anyone know when that was and anything about the orginal engine?
>
> Jeff DeWitt
American Motor Corporation did take credit for redesigning the
engine in '64: http://www.mederle.de/amc/amcgeng.html But it's virtually
unchanged from the Rambler engine I've worked on, like this '49:
http://www.collectorcarads.com/addetail.asp?carID=3794 And unfortunately
I can't find the '29 Nash's picture disappear before I copies the site,
but just like this '34 eight:
http://www.vapinc.com/1934nashrestor...2/PIC00004.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>
> I'm curious about the history of the 4.0 engine. I know it's based on
> an engine AMC introduced in 1964 (and powered a bunch of Gremlins a
> while later), but at some point AMC (or Nash) took a clean sheet of
> paper and designed a new engine that eventually evolved into our
> wonderful 4.0.
>
> Does anyone know when that was and anything about the orginal engine?
>
> Jeff DeWitt