Not quite.The truth is,the 4.7 AND 5.7 were designed
by Dodge engineers who were vacationing in Germany in
1997.Unfortunately,it seems that when these engineers
sent one of their radio transmissions back home to
keep stateside engineers apprised of their research,it
was not on a secure channel,and it was intercepted by
an extremist group of German auto engineers in one of
their U-boats in the waters just off the German
coast.However,a U.S. ship nearby quickly picked up on
THEIR broadcasts,and the U.S.S. Weinershnitzel (the
covert spy vessel) set sail for home.When the Pentagon
debriefed the officers upon arrival,it was learned
that the Germans had also deciphered a coded message
sent by one of our Dodge boys back home to his
sweetheart in Alabama.That message contained
classified information about the 4.7 V8`s sintered
iron push rods.It was feared that the Germans would
capitalize on this newfound information,and possibly
use it against us in the new ML320 SUV,or in the
prototype Hemi-warhead bomb rumored to be near
production stage.But cool heads and quiet diplomacy
prevailed,and information the two sides had gleaned
from each other discreetly faded into the annals of
history............ Steve P.
--- George S Willhite <gswillhite@ualr.edu> wrote:
> Sounds interesting. This also means the
> new 5.7L engine could be a MB design as well?
> Come on, someone spit it out. ;)
>
> Need more input....
>
> GS -
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> bernd@texas.net wrote:
>
> : AHA!
>
> :> The 4.7L was designed PRIOR to the MB take over.
> :>
> :> It was, however, NOT designed by Chrysler. It
> was designed by MB under
> :> contract.
>
> jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
> Is this verifiable? This really should go into
> the FAQ once we dig up
> the truth (the whole truth and nothing but the
> truth) ;-)
>
> I'm no expert on the history involved here, but I
> *have* read quite a bit
> about the events that led up to the takeover, and I
> don't recall anything
> ever being said about MB designing an engine for
> Chrysler. I would have
> thought something that noteworthy would have been
> mentioned somewhere.
> Also, just on a personal level, I wonder why
> Chrysler would have done that?
> They had some of the best designers in the world
> right under their roof;
> why farm it out, especially to a company with little
> to no light truck
> experience?
>
> (Please don't take this the wrong way Steve, I'm not
> trying to call you
> a liar or anything like that, I am just genuinely
> interested in finding
> out exactly what the deal is here...)
>
>
>
>
>
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Steve Preston 1999 Dakota Sport 3.9V6,4x4,3.92 Anti-spin,42RE auto,Intense Blue,regular cab.
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