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Hold the phone, in Europe you can get the diesel paired to the Selec-Trac full-time 4WD? That's huge.

Whooooooo boy one of these threads. Even as an actual scientist in a climate-adjacent field, I'm not going to chime in on the climate banter because no one's opinions will be swayed by an internet forum about issues that have social or political implications. What I can share is this: diesel...

Just want to provide a little insight here: for fish habitat, particularly spawning salmon and other salmonids, turbidity is usually a more important water quality issue than salinity. And when those fish are on the endangered species list and the river gets what's called a Total Maximum Daily...

LOL that's exactly what I was pulling!

Do the stock LEDs have auto-leveling for when the load changes the vehicle pitch? All of the German and some Japanese cars I've had with HIDs/LEDs have had that feature, I kinda recall thinking it was a law when HIDs came out. Reason I ask is I have the Oculus Bi-LEDs which have a sharp cutoff...

So Rubicon-only and no change in spring rate. Woo ?

Also remember that even fully locked unless you are in some bizarre situation where you have perfect traction in the front and zero traction on both rears (because Selec-Trac comes with a rear LSD), less than full engine torque will be applied through the locked clutch to the front driveshaft...

Well that was disappointing. While towing with a GCW around 10,000 lbs. I climbed Blewett Pass, which has a long mellow approach and then a moderately steep "passing lane" highway grade for the last ~800 vertical feet. On the final climb (which isn't much by Western US standards) oil temp shot...

That would be me. My truck (Sport) has a fair bit of rake though, I wouldn't mind the front coming up an inch or so to level it and have the solution include just a bit more travel in the front as a result. I actually had to aim my Oculus headlights up from stock to get them at the correct...

Trying to be a responsible ecodiesel owner but also don't want to pay unnecessary costs and add complexity to the fueling routine if everything is operating as it should. 99% of searchable information on the net about USLD lubricity is from someone trying to sell a product. I did find this...

That makes two of us.

I'll add that I recently drove up a long paved mountain road with many switchbacks, mostly two dry tire tracks surrounded by snow, but also sometimes full coverage, sometimes all dry pavement. Needed 4WD traction most of the snowy climb, but the long wheelbase locked transfer case of the part...

Very happy with mine so far, they did not ice up in a driving snowstorm 3 days ago. For the record, even my HALOGEN headlights were half iced over on a 10 degF freeway drive from constant snow spray. Halogen fog lights totally obscured. Both lights on the entire drive. Do think I'll need to aim...

That black rectangle isn't an opening in the hood, it's just a black sticker over sheet metal. No idea why it's there. I see it is absent from your Rubicon hood. Your WK2 Grand Cherokee has a sensible opening location that is about the cross sectional area I'd expect for an engine of this size...

Here is my Sport EcoD hood and intake boot. Nowhere for air to come from except the plastic grill tube, I have no idea how that satisfies the volumetric requirements of the engine. Also wouldn’t really be pulling hot air from the engine too though. Is Rubicon different?

Where is this "stamped channel between the hood blanket and the hood skin"? On mine the rubber boot appears to seal completely to the hood skin, forcing all intake air to come from the garden-hose sized plastic grill tube. I keep looking for a way for air to get in around the boot seal but I'm...

I kinda doubt this last bit was a serious concern. BMW sold the 335xi and 535xi for years with a manual, the AWD transfer case in those is very similar to selec-trac (variable clutch pack) and the 3.0 twin turbo has much more grunt than the pentastar does. For auto trans applications FCA pairs...

It's not available with manual transmissions due to demand. Typically every drivetrain configuration has to get certified by regulatory agencies and there are internal testing/vetting costs as well. Manual take rate is already low so adding any change to the drivetrain (as opposed to just body...

You sure that's not just due to improved aerodynamics?

That's actually an interesting thought. Although everyone likes to "hold gear" when going uphill it's actually a bad idea for a number of reasons. On "older" engines the water pump is driven by a belt off the crankshaft, so coolant velocity is linked to RPMs. Lower gear for a given speed = more...