Re: jeep questions

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: farna@xxxxxxx
" 
" On August 22, 2005 Rusty Quarterstaff wrote:
" 
" > I can't remember the exact year AMC bought jeep from Kaiser..but
" > that 6cyl could be the Buick odd-fire V6.  225 cu in, 160 hp.
" 
" 
" 1970, and yes, it's the Buick odd fire engine. Buick sold the tooling
" to Kaiser back in 65 or so when they stopped building them.

this was on the occasion of gm decreeing the chevy six would be the
corp std.  pontiac had already been using the chev design as their own
215, so they must've done some real fast tapdancing to keep the ohc 6
for the next 5 years, even if it was based on the chev.  olds didn't
have a six.

" AMC sold
" it back in the mid 70s when GM was deperate for a better mid size
" engine than their old straight six. The AMC straight six was much
" more modern than the old Chevy 250.

ironic considering the chev preceded the amc by only two years.  and
the chev's only real weakness was the head, so why didn't they
redesign it?  even so, they continued the chev alongside the buick for
another decade.

" The V-6 was only used in CJs, not SJs (or FSJs if you will). 

further trivia: it had twice the hp but weighed less than the f-head
134.  and it still lives on after several evolutionary redesigns as
the 3800.  and until the bmw takeover a few years ago, range rovers
used a 4.6L descendant of its ancestor, the aluminum 215 v8.
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