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I just purchased a 2004 H.O. V8 Grand Cherokee to replace my aging GMC Jimmy.The Jeep is larger on the inside, much faster, better towing/off road/snow performance, and gets the same city MPG and noticeably better MPG Highway.

I love power and usefulness of the torque.

now 35MPG aint gonna happen. But the concept of a big I-6 TurboDiesel as a V8 Replacement i really like. Come to think of it, My 4.7 has very diesel 6-like numbers. 265hp, 325 lb-ft. Keep the hp, increase the torque and mpg and you have a winner.

Look people, theres something to be said for ENJOYING what you drive. You don't spend money to save money, drive what suits your needs and what makes you smile, life is too short.]]>Feb 14th 2008 5:36PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/Feb 14th 2008 5:38PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/
23-24MPG Highway from the Quadra-Trac Jeep 4.7HO Here

13-15 City at best. 15.1sec 1/4mi though, love to scare the ricers off ]]>Feb 14th 2008 5:39PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/Feb 14th 2008 5:43PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/Feb 14th 2008 5:46PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/
I'd like to see the numbers in a survey of small businesses that need pickups.]]>Feb 14th 2008 5:46PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/I think the article is referring to landscaping companies, construction companies, agricultural companies, and so forth. ]]>Feb 14th 2008 6:20PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/Feb 14th 2008 5:51PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/Feb 16th 2008 3:32PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/
So Dodge Viper buyers are switching to Dodge Rams?]]>Feb 14th 2008 5:55PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/Feb 14th 2008 9:35PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/
Remember, the number of cylinders only affects how smooth the engine is (more detonations per revolution), not inherently how powerful it is. And as power-per-liter goes up, liters can go down as well.]]>Feb 14th 2008 5:56PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/Feb 15th 2008 3:18AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/
Looks like they may have been right after all.]]>Feb 14th 2008 6:26PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/Feb 14th 2008 6:28PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/
The only remaining rationales I can see--in a sports or sport-luxury car, anyway--are whatever prestige or "manhood" one attaches to a greater number of cylinders.

That said, I can't imagine a 'Vette without a V8. Nor do I look forward to the loss of that distinctive woofly exhaust note. But outside of HD trucks, I think the V8's days are (relatively) numbered. Same thing happened to the V12 when improved V8 technology rendered the twelve's added thirst and complexity pointless.]]>Feb 14th 2008 6:29PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/
They get a pass because they trade displacement for overhead cams that end up doing the same thing.]]>Feb 14th 2008 8:07PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/When inline6 engines were made, way back over 100 years ago, the metallurgy was such that torsional oscillations were just accepted-sometimes to the detriment of the transmission.
Some even sold that as a feature, the 'power rattle'

One solution was to double the inline6 and make a V12. That isn't complexity, just a multiplicity of parts.
This resulted in net positive torque, and 'power rattle' be gone. This was very compatible with the contemporary vehicles design. The V12 engine wasn't any longer than inline6, nor any taller, and only slightly wider, a perfect fit for the engine bay.
http://www.epi-eng.com/ET-PistonExcit.htm

Another solution was to take two inline4 cylinder engines and make a flat plane crank V8. The flat plane crank V8 came first, then the cross plane crank came later.
The results of a shorter crankshaft and net positive also eliminating the 'power rattle']]>Feb 15th 2008 12:26PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/14/v8s-losing-favor-with-consumers/Feb 14th 2008 6:30PM