Maybe we should start flooding the Dodge homepage with requests that they
keep the 318 and 360 as options in the future, and also tell everyone we
know to do the same, maybe if they get enough requests to keep it an
option they will realize how popular they are and keep making them in the
future, it's worth a try anyway, I'm going to the homepage right now to
send my request.....
Bruce
>
> Are you telling me that the old- school 318 has come to an end? It's a
> part of Americana. Mom, Apple pie, stars and stripes, 318.
> Robert Trottmann
> http://thelma.davidson.edu/rotrottmann/web/default.htm
>
> am14@chrysler.com wrote:
>
> > Jon Writes >>On a related note... A friend of mine mentioned that the
> > new engine for the Jeep Grand Cherokee is now 4.7 liters as opposed to
> > the current 5.2 liter. Apparently, it makes the same horsepower as the
> > 5.2, but this is a bit frightening to me. I hope Dodge doesn't do the
> > same with their trucks! (If you're gonna improve the engine so that it
> > makes a lot more HP per cubic inch, then don't decrease the engine
> > displacement to keep the HP the same! Keep the displacement the same,
> > and just let the HP end up where it may...) Arrhh arrh arrhh!!!! =)<<
> >
> > This is supposed to be the introduction of the "NEW" engine family. I
> > thought it was slated for a '99 introduction, but apparently not. This
> > will be the engine for all CC vehicles that fall under the "JEEP TRUCK
> > ENGINEERING" facet. This includes all trucks - Vans - SU's., which in
> > reality includes all rear wheel drive vehicles. It will be
> > phased in gradually across all vehicle lines noted above. The 318
> > becomes a 4.7L and the 360 becomes a 5.4L. Kinda heartbreaking isn't
> > it!!!!!! FOMOCO and GM have already gone the "Modular" concept I am
> > told, so CC now follows.
> >
> > OH well!!!!!!!
> >
> > Azie
> > .
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