Re: [Amc-list] I hate to say it...

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

I'm on my second 4.7L
No problems with either the 2001 in a Dakota Quadcab and the current one in a 04 Grand Cherokee.
The Grand Cherokee pulls like it has a V8 in it! Oh, wait it does!
Runs smooth as silk.
Gets 16-21mpg depending on where and how it is run!
Tows a 19' SBC powered boat no sweat. Gets in the 13-14 mpg range towing too.
The Grand Cherokeed is Quadratrac too, so it doesn't get cut any slack for being in two wheel drive!

I've often considered the 4.7L to be the ugly stepsister!  When i n reality it is IMHO a very good engine.
Revs like no tomorrow, sets you back in the seat anytime you want! 

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
" I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens! "

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Steve Cornelius <steve.c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Frank Swygert wrote:
> > If you want to do something like this you can go one better -- the 4.7L V-8. 
> Look at it closely and you'll see that it has as much (or more) in common with 
> the AMC V-8 than previous Chrysler designs. Story is that it was designed mainly 
> by former AMC engineers (Jeep Engineering), and that's why it was first 
> available in the Jeep Grand Cherokee. Should be a good tow engine, and you can 
> get some old Classic "287" emblems to put on the fenders! Everyone I know of 
> with the 4.7L seems to like it... I think Mark Price has one. More at 
> http://allpar.com/mopar/47.html
> 
> I'd have to second this notion too. There's several pluses for
> the 4.7/287ci V8:
> 
> * Will fit easier.
> 
> * Rumored to be AMC/Jeep designed.
> 
> * Is U.S. manufactured, in Detroit. Hemis are built in
>   Saltillo, MX. (Only engines currently built in the still-
>   operating Kenosha engine plant are V6es).
> 
> * Cap-less bottom end said to be bulletproof. It runs
>   incredibly smooth.
> 
> * Cam/induction kits can get you well up into the 300hp
>   range as bolt ons, and there's other tricks you can do.
>   Since it's OHC, cam swaps are easy.
> 
> * Designed to be coupled with the 45RFE transmission, which
>   was intended for modest towing loads.
> 
> They're found on WJ/WK Grand Cherokees, 2000-and-up Durangos
> and Dakotas, later Ram pickups (2002+?), and a few Magnums
> and 300s. If you look for one, be sure to get one set up
> without the CA smog package; that one uses a tri-catalyst
> setup with 4 o2 sensors. The non-CA version uses a single
> catalyst with 2 sensors, and will be much easier to retrofit
> into an older car.
> 
> I have a non-H.O. one in a Dakota, and after several
> years with it, have really grown to admire it. Only squawks
> have been minor; plugged idle circuit, oil sender, popped
> 
> You could also have a lot of fun with a stroked 4.0 (and it'll
> pull an amazing amount stock), but it won't rumble like a V8.
> 
> -steve c.
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