Dave,
The 4.7 is an OHC V8 that CC has been developing over the past several years and
will beintroduced in thew 1999 Grand Cherokee.
I doubt if MP will drop support of the Magnum V8 for many years to come, They
still support the Hemi, B/RB, LA, Slant 6, 2.2/2.5 and Jeep 360. All of which
have been out of production for several years.
As far as DB nixing perfoprmance, I doubt it. They have a very long history of
building performance cars and in fact built a 4 door muscle car in the 60s
called the 300SEL 6.3. These cars could hold thier own in the 1/4 mile against
the premier muscle cars of the day and would out and out embarass GTOs, SS396s,
442s, etc.When it came to handling it was a no brainer. They are very active in
motorsports today competing in F1 and Indy car. They dropped out of sports car
racing in the late 80s because they dominated, it was a case of Mercedes
against Mercedes.
david zavetsky wrote:
> Well, I just read in Chrsler Power Wagfon and Sport Ute. mag that the Magnum
> is dead as of the end of 1998.
>
> Apparantly, there is a new line of V8s/6s coming called "Power Tech"
> .....The one will be a 4.7 L V8 making 275 HP......HMMM.
>
> This is great and all, but I hope this doesnty mean that the Magnum will
> become an "unnsupported format" so to speak.....
>
> Has anyone else heard this news?? Where have I been???
>
> I dont know....this news, combined with that whole Chrysler/Daimler deal is
> making me a liitle worried about the future of performance/etc for the pre-
> 97 Daks.......
> "M ove O ver, P ickup A pproacing R apidly!"
> 1992 Dakota 4x4, Standard cab, short bed, 5.2 L V8, K&N, Gibson/Dynomax
> exhaust,Power Puleys, MP SBEC, 180 degree thermostat, Bushwhackers,
> tire/wheel package, Lund Moonvisor & Interceptor, Custom Cover tonneau,
> Bundy rear bumper, chrome grillguard/pushbar
>
> see http://www.usaor.net/users/zavetsky for pictures!
>
> MOPAR or NOCAR!
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