i cant stand this engine
08-12-2011, 07:34 AM
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What gears are you running? If you have 35's and stock gears, There goes your power.. I have the V-6 in my 07 rubi and 33's and I get 18 to 20 mpg. I love the motor.
I've driven the Oregon Dunes for many years and love it. Put your foot in it and go like hell. Course I run Paddles too.
I've driven the Oregon Dunes for many years and love it. Put your foot in it and go like hell. Course I run Paddles too.
08-12-2011, 07:39 AM
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The portion of the traction control that applies the brake to the spinning wheel, (commonly called "brake lock differential"), is still active when the ESP is in "OFF" and "Partial OFF".
08-12-2011, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by FrankCastle01
The Avenger supercharger place is actually pretty close to my house so I went there to see what a super charger would run me and they must have had a gas leak or left a jeep running inside the bay too long cause he said 5 grand total
. The actually garage is 500 ft from a decent titty-club so Im assuming that price includes your four hour wait in the boom boom room while they install it
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. The actually garage is 500 ft from a decent titty-club so Im assuming that price includes your four hour wait in the boom boom room while they install it.
08-12-2011, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by srt8ftw
i love my jeep, but i despise its engine. the 3.8 is pathetic, i get the shittiest mpg and have no power????? on the road i dont have to many complaints besides the mileage. my previous car was a jeep srt8 with the 6.1 hemi but for some reason i get worse milage with my 1000 pound lighter wrangler equipped with an engine almost half the size with half the power??? its retarded. on the beach with my 35's in 4hi i can barely fucking move from a start its actually pretty embarrassing. jeepers with the auto i dont know how u do it. its even worse that u cant do shit to it to give u any noticeable gains your just stuck with it as it is. guess ima just wait till the day that i can put a real engine in my 40k jeep. wtf jeep idk what u were thinking
08-12-2011, 08:32 AM
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08-12-2011, 09:07 AM
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I have found that shifting into 4lo from a stop is best. either from 2hi or 4hi put the clutch in and shifter in middle (not in a gear) auto's just put it in N and then pull on the 4lo lever should slide right in almost no effort at all usually. if it does not put the tranny in the opposite direction you were going so if you were going forwards pop it in R then back to N then try it again works every time NO NOISE/GRINDING.
X2 on Disable ESP on sand with it on might as well get out and walk. lol
X2 on Disable ESP on sand with it on might as well get out and walk. lol
08-12-2011, 09:21 AM
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I'm just glad to see others who feel the motor is fine.
I don't think they really had a lot of choices when picking the motor for this, its not uncommon to see an older Chrysler minivan with hundreds of thousands of miles on it, and you know darn well Jeep had to contend with the reliability of the 4.0. The pentastar could be a good motor, but its not seasoned, there is no proof it will hold up to being beat on.
I don't think they really had a lot of choices when picking the motor for this, its not uncommon to see an older Chrysler minivan with hundreds of thousands of miles on it, and you know darn well Jeep had to contend with the reliability of the 4.0. The pentastar could be a good motor, but its not seasoned, there is no proof it will hold up to being beat on.