The 3.6 Tick Bites Trail Recon at 31,000 Miles

[ShadowsPapa]

I find myself agreeing yet again. I think there is ample power in the 3.6L not overly abundant but ample. A Jeep is desired with gearing in mind.
In my Rubicon for example with a 4:1 transfer case I dont care how big a motor you got it wouldn't make a bit of difference. You can only go so fast 25mph I think it says .
Additionally I like the weight of the 3.6L I have had 2 diesel full size trucks and they was as worthless as tit's on a boar hog in most any off road situation and sunk like a rock in soft material.
The 3.6L is light literally weighs 400 pounds. So it stays on top of material much much better..
3 cheers for the small but mighty 3.6L Pentastar V6 .

If I recall correctly, the 4.0 weighed in at OVER 500 pounds. (510 or 515 or whatever)
The AMC V8 of that time was 550 or something like that.
So you had an I6 coming in at only about 40 pounds lighter than a full V8 such as the 401

Weight matters today - with companies struggling to get the last 1/100 of a mile per gallon out of a vehicle........ trimming a few pounds off matters. It's one reason the frames are high strength steel - they could use normal steel and build a frame just as strong or stronger, but at great cost in weight.
The 3.6 is amazingly light for the power in an OLDER design!

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[Sweetums]

I can confirm, the 4.0 is a boat anchor of a motor and only puts out about 190 bhp at the crank. Our LJ is 0-60 with a time between "eventually" and "maybe".

People don't understand that the engine has a cooling system.

I have the diesel, I'm not sure it counts as a full cooling system; maybe 74% of a cooling system.

 

[DanW]

Sand & Dust . The area that dude runs in is full of silica . Super fine silica . Maybe its a filtration issue . That's what I was thinking . Heat I dont believe is the factor because once hot the oil behaves like a 20 weight regardless. And no climate on planet earth is 200+ degrees

Sand and dust show up in a UOA as sillicates and insolubles. Those are indicators of filtration effectiveness. Easy to see if that´s an issue.

I´ve run in Moab in clouds of dust for days on end. Started with a relatively clean filter and changed it before the drive home. The numbers in the UOA afterward looked as good as if I was driving in my own AO, which is not dusty.

So again, good maintenance practices with quality products makes all the difference.

 

[DanW]

If I recall correctly, the 4.0 weighed in at OVER 500 pounds. (510 or 515 or whatever)
The AMC V8 of that time was 550 or something like that.
So you had an I6 coming in at only about 40 pounds lighter than a full V8 such as the 401

Weight matters today - with companies struggling to get the last 1/100 of a mile per gallon out of a vehicle........ trimming a few pounds off matters. It's one reason the frames are high strength steel - they could use normal steel and build a frame just as strong or stronger, but at great cost in weight.
The 3.6 is amazingly light for the power in an OLDER design!

Yep. And the 4.0 was a great motor, but it had some years with major issues that people seem to forget. Anyway, it doesn´t produce the kind of power that the Pentastar does. Swap a 4.0 for a Pentastar in a YJ or XJ and you would have a rocketship.

 

[TheTrailGeek]

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