Re: new 3.8 engine in 2007 wrangler
Normal rule is that angle x no of cylinders / 360 should be an integer for
any engine to get it well balanced, so v6s should be 60 degrees regardless of whether it is for a front wheel drive or a rear wheel drive application. Dave Milne, Scotland '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ "L. Ron Waddle" <penguincathedral@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:0zR1h.98850$R52.68502@fe07.news.easynews.com. .. > Like most V6 engines > designed for front-wheel-drive vehicles, it is a 60 degree V6 in order > to be narrower than the V8-derived engines. |
Re: new 3.8 engine in 2007 wrangler
Normal rule is that angle x no of cylinders / 360 should be an integer for
any engine to get it well balanced, so v6s should be 60 degrees regardless of whether it is for a front wheel drive or a rear wheel drive application. Dave Milne, Scotland '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ "L. Ron Waddle" <penguincathedral@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:0zR1h.98850$R52.68502@fe07.news.easynews.com. .. > Like most V6 engines > designed for front-wheel-drive vehicles, it is a 60 degree V6 in order > to be narrower than the V8-derived engines. |
Re: new 3.8 engine in 2007 wrangler
Normal rule is that angle x no of cylinders / 360 should be an integer for
any engine to get it well balanced, so v6s should be 60 degrees regardless of whether it is for a front wheel drive or a rear wheel drive application. Dave Milne, Scotland '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ "L. Ron Waddle" <penguincathedral@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:0zR1h.98850$R52.68502@fe07.news.easynews.com. .. > Like most V6 engines > designed for front-wheel-drive vehicles, it is a 60 degree V6 in order > to be narrower than the V8-derived engines. |
Re: new 3.8 engine in 2007 wrangler
DC Controled GEMA is producing 4 cyclinder "world" engines. Massive
public demand might result in Wranglers with one of these. L. Ron Waddle wrote: > Jd Lyall wrote: > > Matt Macchiarolo wrote: > >> It's been around a while, it's the Chrysler minivan engine turned 90 > >> degrees. > >> > >>> I thought that the 2007 were going to have the 3.6 V6 that is used on > >>> other Jeep models. I just found out that it is a brand new 3.8 > >>> engine. I wonder how many years it will take to get it bullet proof. > > > > But why wouldn't they use the 3.7 from the Liberty? That engine is > > derived from the 4.7 V8, a purpose designed truck engine. > > The 3.7 from the Liberty is a 90 degree V6 (a 90 degree V8 with two > cylinders chopped out). It is too wide to fit in the Wrangler's engine > bay. The 3.8 engine in the 2007 actually is several years old and was > designed for Chrysler's front-wheel-drive minivans. Like most V6 engines > designed for front-wheel-drive vehicles, it is a 60 degree V6 in order > to be narrower than the V8-derived engines. They had to make the new > Wrangler 6 inches wider even to fit that narrow V6 into it, so you can > see why they did not put the 3.7 from the Liberty in there. > > The 3.8 is an old-timey pushrod engine tho so while power is > unexceptional, at least it's not a whiney high-strung engine like the > 3.7 in the Liberty. > > -Elron |
Re: new 3.8 engine in 2007 wrangler
DC Controled GEMA is producing 4 cyclinder "world" engines. Massive
public demand might result in Wranglers with one of these. L. Ron Waddle wrote: > Jd Lyall wrote: > > Matt Macchiarolo wrote: > >> It's been around a while, it's the Chrysler minivan engine turned 90 > >> degrees. > >> > >>> I thought that the 2007 were going to have the 3.6 V6 that is used on > >>> other Jeep models. I just found out that it is a brand new 3.8 > >>> engine. I wonder how many years it will take to get it bullet proof. > > > > But why wouldn't they use the 3.7 from the Liberty? That engine is > > derived from the 4.7 V8, a purpose designed truck engine. > > The 3.7 from the Liberty is a 90 degree V6 (a 90 degree V8 with two > cylinders chopped out). It is too wide to fit in the Wrangler's engine > bay. The 3.8 engine in the 2007 actually is several years old and was > designed for Chrysler's front-wheel-drive minivans. Like most V6 engines > designed for front-wheel-drive vehicles, it is a 60 degree V6 in order > to be narrower than the V8-derived engines. They had to make the new > Wrangler 6 inches wider even to fit that narrow V6 into it, so you can > see why they did not put the 3.7 from the Liberty in there. > > The 3.8 is an old-timey pushrod engine tho so while power is > unexceptional, at least it's not a whiney high-strung engine like the > 3.7 in the Liberty. > > -Elron |
Re: new 3.8 engine in 2007 wrangler
DC Controled GEMA is producing 4 cyclinder "world" engines. Massive
public demand might result in Wranglers with one of these. L. Ron Waddle wrote: > Jd Lyall wrote: > > Matt Macchiarolo wrote: > >> It's been around a while, it's the Chrysler minivan engine turned 90 > >> degrees. > >> > >>> I thought that the 2007 were going to have the 3.6 V6 that is used on > >>> other Jeep models. I just found out that it is a brand new 3.8 > >>> engine. I wonder how many years it will take to get it bullet proof. > > > > But why wouldn't they use the 3.7 from the Liberty? That engine is > > derived from the 4.7 V8, a purpose designed truck engine. > > The 3.7 from the Liberty is a 90 degree V6 (a 90 degree V8 with two > cylinders chopped out). It is too wide to fit in the Wrangler's engine > bay. The 3.8 engine in the 2007 actually is several years old and was > designed for Chrysler's front-wheel-drive minivans. Like most V6 engines > designed for front-wheel-drive vehicles, it is a 60 degree V6 in order > to be narrower than the V8-derived engines. They had to make the new > Wrangler 6 inches wider even to fit that narrow V6 into it, so you can > see why they did not put the 3.7 from the Liberty in there. > > The 3.8 is an old-timey pushrod engine tho so while power is > unexceptional, at least it's not a whiney high-strung engine like the > 3.7 in the Liberty. > > -Elron |
Re: new 3.8 engine in 2007 wrangler
Dave Milne wrote:
> Normal rule is that angle x no of cylinders / 360 should be an integer for > any engine to get it well balanced, so v6s should be 60 degrees regardless > of whether it is for a front wheel drive or a rear wheel drive application. > > Dave Milne, Scotland > '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ I do realize that a 60 degree is best for the V6. Buick demonstrated how to make a 90 degree setup work with 6 cylinders, tho. After they bought back the V6 from Jeep. The original setup for that engine was rough. After they offset the crank pins it became smooth. I owned a 62 Buick special with the rough version and an 87 Park Avenue with the smooth version. It is hard to credit that the wrangler does not have room for a 90 degree engine tho. While a Chevy v8 is said to be narrow, can it be THAT much narrower than the 4.7? The wrangler engine bay seems plenty big to me. Never done an engine swap, I must say. |
Re: new 3.8 engine in 2007 wrangler
Dave Milne wrote:
> Normal rule is that angle x no of cylinders / 360 should be an integer for > any engine to get it well balanced, so v6s should be 60 degrees regardless > of whether it is for a front wheel drive or a rear wheel drive application. > > Dave Milne, Scotland > '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ I do realize that a 60 degree is best for the V6. Buick demonstrated how to make a 90 degree setup work with 6 cylinders, tho. After they bought back the V6 from Jeep. The original setup for that engine was rough. After they offset the crank pins it became smooth. I owned a 62 Buick special with the rough version and an 87 Park Avenue with the smooth version. It is hard to credit that the wrangler does not have room for a 90 degree engine tho. While a Chevy v8 is said to be narrow, can it be THAT much narrower than the 4.7? The wrangler engine bay seems plenty big to me. Never done an engine swap, I must say. |
Re: new 3.8 engine in 2007 wrangler
Dave Milne wrote:
> Normal rule is that angle x no of cylinders / 360 should be an integer for > any engine to get it well balanced, so v6s should be 60 degrees regardless > of whether it is for a front wheel drive or a rear wheel drive application. > > Dave Milne, Scotland > '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ I do realize that a 60 degree is best for the V6. Buick demonstrated how to make a 90 degree setup work with 6 cylinders, tho. After they bought back the V6 from Jeep. The original setup for that engine was rough. After they offset the crank pins it became smooth. I owned a 62 Buick special with the rough version and an 87 Park Avenue with the smooth version. It is hard to credit that the wrangler does not have room for a 90 degree engine tho. While a Chevy v8 is said to be narrow, can it be THAT much narrower than the 4.7? The wrangler engine bay seems plenty big to me. Never done an engine swap, I must say. |
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