New Jeep

[ibstolidude]

So the new 2005 Jeep GC has a 5.7 HEMI option w/325hp - 370lb-ft. The new MDS (multi-displacement system) aternates the vehicle between 4 (fuel economy) and 8 (hemi power) cylinders.

Anyone with experience with a similiar system?


FYI they are finally letting out the diesels in the US markets.

[Fintin]

it down right pisses me off...the hemi engine should be in street rods and muscle cars...not trucks and suvs...damn you gm and your marketing power to get huge sales...DAMN YOU...this rant has been brought to you by the new Ford GT

[ChuckThunder]

So the new 2005 Jeep GC has a 5.7 HEMI option w/325hp - 370lb-ft. The new MDS (multi-displacement system) aternates the vehicle between 4 (fuel economy) and 8 (hemi power) cylinders.

Anyone with experience with a similiar system?


FYI they are finally letting out the diesels in the US markets.

I'm currently trying to purchase a crate engine for my Jeep Wrangler and this guy who I was talking to about it has a HEMI in his Wrangler!

[PCarola]

it down right pisses me off...the hemi engine should be in street rods and muscle cars...not trucks and suvs...damn you gm and your marketing power to get huge sales...DAMN YOU...this rant has been brought to you by the new Ford GT

I totally agree with your comment. A Hemi in a Jeep? Someone must be turning in their graves! For the kind of HP they are talking about it better come with a good transmission if it's going to be used in 4x4 situations..

[Lysander]

Why on earth would someone need all that power in a Jeep? Any pics of the new Jeep?

[ibstolidude]

Why on earth would someone need all that power in a Jeep? Any pics of the new Jeep? towing capacity - although I do not need that kind of power, nor would I need that kind of engine. I am more interested in the Diesel being released in the US. I am curious to the system that the HEMI will be using and am curious about the gas mileage.

and it looks 99% the same as the last GC's.

[2Sheds_Jackson]

Well the fact is that the GC (and most SUVs) are nothing more than glorified station wagons - so the hemi would be right at home. Got to keep up with the Joneses 350hp Lexus SUV you know. :)

It's got to be a nasty squeeze to get that thing in the engine bay. It's a pushrod motor (narrower than OHV), but it still has to be a nightmare to work on. They prolly just drop the damn thing out to work on it!

Yeah, it's the same variable displacement system used on the new 300 - good write-up in last months' Car & Driver.
http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?section_id=3&article_id=8009&page_number=2#sidebar

The diesel should be pretty sweet for the off road Wrangler crowd.

[ibstolidude]

Well the fact is that the GC (and most SUVs) are nothing more than glorified station wagons - so the hemi would be right at home. Got to keep up with the Joneses 350hp Lexus SUV you know. :)

It's got to be a nasty squeeze to get that thing in the engine bay. It's a pushrod motor (narrower than OHV), but it still has to be a nightmare to work on. They prolly just drop the damn thing out to work on it!

Yeah, it's the same variable displacement system used on the new 300 - good write-up in last months' Car & Driver.
http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?section_id=3&article_id=8009&page_number=2#sidebar

The diesel should be pretty sweet for the off road Wrangler crowd.
the JEEP nothing more than a glorified station wagon? BULL****
for many SUV's that is true - jeeps were desinged to be Jeeps - last year they were jeeps 20 years ago they were jeeps - if you buy a Jeep to keep up with the Jones your ride is going to suck!
for many companies their SUV's were minivans - pickups and even the hinda civic - but now with different bodies.

[ibstolidude]

thanks for that article!