Your doing something wrong or the things is just plain worn out if your 5 spd Cherokee eats fuel! I ran the crap out of my 5 speed 96 here in the mountains of WV and through town traffic. I never saw less then 17mpg and had highs of 25mpg on the highway. The only exception was towing and the least I saw towing was 15mpg and that was with my 65 Ambassador convertible on a tow dolly,backwards with the top down and the windshiled acting as an air brake! Towed it 5 hours home that way!!!! I'd put the 4.0L in the Matador and if I wanted more power I'd stroke it! We had a 73 Matador 4 door sedan at the dealer I worked at in south western pa. 258 auto and I made more then one trip to Columbus, Ohio and back in it for Nissan training. It ran fine. wasn't a race car, but it was quite respectable in performance. I refuse to think a Matador coupe with an injected 4.0L would run worse or have enough less torque to cause any problem. If I didn't now own three 327 motors and a 287 I would be putting a stroker in the 65 Convertible!!!! Mark Price mpriceAtwestco.net Morgantown, WV 69 AMC rambler, 4.0L, EFI, 5 speed 65 Ambassador Conv, 327 AUTO, Basketcase 65 Ambassador 990H flood victim parts car! 01 S-10 CREWCRAP 4X4 ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Brien Tourville" <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: mail-From-mprice-westco.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 02:47:49 -0400 > > >From: "mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <List@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Matador 4.0 > start laugh track here > > >To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: 4.0 in AWESOME Mat Coupe? (almost 4 sale in MO) > >" From: Jesse <j2sax@xxxxxxxxx> >" >" >" I have an 87 4.0 o/d AT that seems like it would make >" better power than the 258.... anyone ever run a 4.0 in >" a full size? > >-------------------- > > >I have an '89 Cherokee 4.0 with a 5sp. stick >2dr. in Black as a daily driver. > >Forget it. Eats fuel and JUST manages >to move the Box around. > >It is too small for that big a ride. > >Bigger in BIG is Better > >try an Olds 455 or a Buick >455 with a TH400 > try >www.car-parts.com for >a combo > or on yahoogroups. > >Someone has a combo that >is a runner and can be had >inexpensively. > > > Brien. > NEW YORK > eagle registry #501 > >eagle kammback registry > > > >