An example of wasted time trying to teach kids proper grammar

 

Nooo, you jist dont know 'waisted'.......but thanks!

 

A V4, obviously, is a four-cylinder engine with the cylinders arranged in two banks of two, forming a V. Typically, the bank angle is ninety degrees.

AMC made an all-aluminum V4 to go in the "Mighty Mite" airliftable aluminum Military Utility Tactical Truck they made for the Marines in the 1960's (or thereabouts - I don't recall the M-number or the exact era of manufacture.) Saab also used a V4 for a few years in the Saab Sonnet - and the engine they used was merely the front half of a Ford V8-289.

There were probably other automotive V4s, and the V4 block has also been used in motorcycles (using both a 90- and a 45-degree included angle.)

Jeep used two V6 engines - both from General Motors. They used the Buick 225ci V6-90 in the CJ in the early 1960's, and the 173ci V6-90 in the XJ and MJ, 1984-1986. (They also used the V8-350 Buick around the same time as the V6-225, only in the full-size Wagoneer and J-truck.)

The 151-ci four-cylinder they used in the CJ in the early 1980's (before they got their own 150ci I4 off the ground) was a Pontiac engine - AMC/Kaiser/Jeep liked the GM engines. AMC passenger cars used the Audi 122ci I4 at the tailend of the 1970's, but it was replaced with the Pontiac "Iron Duke" until the 150ci I4 came into production for 1984.

And thus ends this Jeep history lesson...

 

Saab I think it was had a V4 back in the 60's. Don't ask me how I know this. I'm full of useless information.

 

Haha, I'm just messing with you, man.

 

Exactly - the Saab Sonnet. V4 was the front half of the Ford V8-289. Damned thing was a screamer - I actually had one for a while...

 

You guys are all great. Thanks. I know. . ."It's a Jeep Thing". My 16 year old daughter is now a member. I was able to buy the '99 for $2K. She'll love it. Thanks again. Vince

 

i had a guy tell me his xj had a body lift...... ok sure i want to see that seems their a uni

 

No worries - we're all here because we were new once, and most of us can remember what that was like. For some of us, "new" was a lot longer ago than others - so we just have more to teach the current crop of "new"...