Jeep wants your input as to what powerplant to add

[OldButStillJeeping]

Of the choices in this poll. 5.7 for me. But I wouldn't trade in my 3.6 for one anytime soon. The Pentastar 3.6 V6 is pushing commercial vehicles into the 250,000 mile plus ranges. It is actually a very good engine.

But the new straight 6 looks promising. But I'll wait a couple years, so they can clean out the bugs. First year new engines are a risk. Usually. Almost nobody gets it right 100% in the first year.

Hybrid seems like a better choice than full electric. Stranded on the roadside is full electric.

I'll bite the bullet and go full electric when the vehicle manufacturers agree to an easily removable and replaceable battery pack size. Standardized across the board. Like AA batteries in godzilla size. They simply add battery stations to the current gas stations. You drive in your Tesla, BMW, Jeep, Toyota, etc, and they swap the batteries with a small standardized crane and put in a fully charged battery. 5 minutes. Like snapping batteries in your Milwaukee drill. And you are on your way after you use the restroom and grab a Slurpee and a bag of chips. Just like a gas tank fill-up time frame. That's how it will be someday. And that's how I will accept full-electric.

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[AmosMoses]

Of the choices in this poll. 5.7 for me. But I wouldn't trade in my 3.6 for one anytime soon. The Pentastar 3.6 V6 is pushing commercial vehicles into the 250,000 mile plus ranges. It is actually a very good engine.

But the new straight 6 looks promising. But I'll wait a couple years, so they can clean out the bugs. First year new engines are a risk. Usually. Almost nobody gets it right 100% in the first year.

Hybrid seems like a better choice than full electric. Stranded on the roadside is full electric.

I'll bite the bullet and go full electric when the vehicle manufacturers agree to an easily removable and replaceable battery pack size. Standardized across the board. Like AA batteries in godzilla size. They simply add battery stations to the current gas stations. You drive in your Tesla, BMW, Jeep, Toyota, etc, and they swap the batteries with a small standardized crane and put in a fully charged battery. 5 minutes. Like snapping batteries in your Milwaukee drill. And you are on your way after you use the restroom and grab a Slurpee and a bag of chips. Just like a gas tank fill-up time frame. That's how it will be someday. And that's how I will accept full-electric.

I was thinking the same thing. It's amazing this hasn't happened already.

 

[DJK_Juicy]

Why a turbo 6 over a V8?

Smaller size and better fuel consumption, but the big sell is it being an inline engine. If we were talking about a turbo V6 then heck no...but a turbo I6? For a midsize truck? Yes, please.

That being said, I have no idea if Stellantis' I6 will actually be a good engine.

 

[OldButStillJeeping]

I was thinking the same thing. It's amazing this hasn't happened already.

I hear that it is in the works.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Why a turbo 6 over a V8?

Same reason if I was 20 years younger, still in the racing crowd, I'd build a crazy high HP 4.0 and shock the crap out of some V8 guys.. Just for kicks. That's my reason. Because I can.
Heck, I used to autocross with an I6.

 

[Wheelin98TJ]

Smaller size and better fuel consumption, but the big sell is it being an inline engine. If we were talking about a turbo V6 then heck no...but a turbo I6? For a midsize truck? Yes, please.

That being said, I have no idea if Stellantis' I6 will actually be a good engine.

Smaller displacement, but it's longer.

MPG is a little better. I didn't really think about that. Not sure if it's enough to sway my decision. Looks like it's about the same city MPG and 2 more MPG on the highway. Based on EPA numbers for the Ram. 2025 Ram Hurricane 4wd is 17/24, 2024 Ram 5.7 Hemi 4wd is 18/22.

Why is it being inline a big sell?

 

[OldButStillJeeping]

Smaller displacement, but it's longer.

MPG is a little better. I didn't really think about that. Not sure if it's enough to sway my decision. Looks like it's about the same city MPG and 2 more MPG on the highway. Based on EPA numbers for the Ram. 2025 Ram Hurricane 4wd is 17/24, 2024 Ram 5.7 Hemi 4wd is 18/22.

Why is it being inline a big sell?

I read about and talked to folks 'in the know' about 20 years ago. It was supposedly proven (I can't prove it), that the balance of an inline 6 is motive perfection. Harmonic perfection and otherwise. Better than a V anything or an inline 4. Better than a boxer. Therefore the Cummins diesel, and the AMC / Jeep / Ford / BMW / Toyota / GMC / etc inline sixes over the decades. And now the Stellantis.

Be well. Jeep on.

 

[ScottBeach]

Straight 6 is balanced. But the hurricane is the only corp inline for us. And it's turbo only and package wouldn't fit. ( longer than the hemi)

 

[Wheelin98TJ]

I read about and talked to folks 'in the know' about 20 years ago. It was supposedly proven (I can't prove it), that the balance of an inline 6 is motive perfection. Harmonic perfection and otherwise. Better than a V anything or an inline 4. Better than a boxer. Therefore the Cummins diesel, and the AMC / Jeep / Ford / BMW / Toyota / GMC / etc inline sixes over the decades. And now the Stellantis.

Be well. Jeep on.

But V8s don’t vibrate, sound great, and there are tons of those examples too. AMC/Jeep 360 and 401, Ford 302, Ford 7.3L Power Stroke, GM LS, just to name a few.

I guess it’s just a pick your flavor thing.

 

[MudderNuker]

Smaller displacement, but it's longer.

MPG is a little better. I didn't really think about that. Not sure if it's enough to sway my decision. Looks like it's about the same city MPG and 2 more MPG on the highway. Based on EPA numbers for the Ram. 2025 Ram Hurricane 4wd is 17/24, 2024 Ram 5.7 Hemi 4wd is 18/22.

Why is it being inline a big sell?

I used to own a 2019 Ram 1500 Classic 5.7, which I traded for a '21 GMC Sierra AT4 diesel. That Ram would never ever, give more than 18.5MPG highway. My combined MPG was 17MPG and I drove it like a granny. On the other hand the Sierra Duramax would always give me 22mpg combined with spirited driving. Best MPG on a long trip was 29. The best was 39MPG, on a 40 mile stretch of 65 max speed. I currently get 14.7 with the Gladiator on 35s. I'm sure the Hurricane would be a good fit for the Gladiator as it is lighter than the Ram so MPGs should be better or equal considering the JTs aerodynamics. My 4 banger YJ on 31s and 4.88s, averages 17.7, 3 MPG better than the JT.

 

[OldButStillJeeping]

But V8s don’t vibrate, sound great, and there are tons of those examples too. AMC/Jeep 360 and 401, Ford 302, Ford 7.3L Power Stroke, GM LS, just to name a few.

I guess it’s just a pick your flavor thing.

V8's don't vibrate?

Said respectfully...

I have a 392 V8 Hemi in my Challenger Scat Pack Shaker. Don't tell me V8s don't vibrate. I paid extra for the visual Shaker vibration! That is truth.

I love the sound of a V8 Hemi more than Ford's flat crank V8s and Chevy's LS series. BMW's straight 6 turbo is very fast, but to me it still sounds like a foreign car. That is a good or bad thing, depending on one's preference.

And yes, I agree, it is a pick your flavor thing.

But I am generally a non-turbo guy. Less to shake and break. Naturally aspirated rules with me.

Be well. Jeep on.

 

[Wheelin98TJ]

V8's don't vibrate?

Said respectfully...

I have a 392 V8 Hemi in my Challenger Scat Pack Shaker. Don't tell me V8s don't vibrate. I paid extra for the visual Shaker vibration! That is truth.

I love the sound of a V8 Hemi more than Ford's flat crank V8s and Chevy's LS series. BMW's straight 6 turbo is very fast, but to me it still sounds like a foreign car. That is a good or bad thing, depending on one's preference.

And yes, I agree, it is a pick your flavor thing.

But I am generally a non-turbo guy. Less to shake and break. Naturally aspirated rules with me.

Be well. Jeep on.

You feel a V8 vibrating and rattling like a V6 or 4 banger? Does your scat pack shake, or does the hood scoop move?

 

[ShadowsPapa]

I want this - 861 HP in a 4.0
FCA already owns the 4.0 by virtue of Chrysler raping and pillaging AMC in the 80s.
It's a "stroker" with an AMC 258 7 main crankshaft.

 

[my dog Trigger]

In the poll I have chosen the Hemi because I love V8s. And I would even prefer an LS over the Hemi.

But, apart from the sound, I would see nothing what a V8 can do better than my EcoDiesel.
In my opinion a bad decision to ditch that engine.

Exactly a little more engineering they would have had the best hands down

 

[OldButStillJeeping]

You feel a V8 vibrating and rattling like a V6 or 4 banger? Does your scat pack shake, or does the hood scoop move?

Edit... Never mind

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