" From: JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx> " " " --- Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: " > yeah, me either. the concept of a six for " > smoothness makes sense, but " > they picked a lousy engine that was hardly more " > powerful than their " > own very good four. the 3.4 crate motor [160hp] is " > more like what they " > should've been aiming at. " " I'm not sure the 3.4 was available when the 2.8 was " selected for the Jeep. Anybody know for sure? no it wasn't, not until after the ~'87 redesign. " Anyway, I put 150,000 miles on a 2.8L S-10 Blazer in " the late 80s. It was not a bad motor. late '80s would put that in the redesign years also. all jeep 2.8s were first design, and that was the problem child. ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list