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Jul 6, 2010 | 06:55 PM

buckshot500

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From: Clover, S.C.

Year: 1998

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0L

98 XJ question

Do all of these engines have a $hit-ton of power?

If I'm rolling at like 25mph. & put the pedal to the floor, the AW4 downshifts & the truck launches into hyper-drive.

The speed triples in like 1.4 seconds. It's like I suddenly sprouted two extra cylinders.

I keep looking under the hood, but it's just a straight six.

Jul 6, 2010 | 06:56 PM

mike albo

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From: Loomis,California

Year: 1987

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 242 inline six

thats the 4.0 for you,it will supprise you everytime

Jul 6, 2010 | 07:10 PM

EUGENE the JEEP

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From: National Park , South jersey

Year: 1993

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0 IL6

yep

Jul 6, 2010 | 09:47 PM

carfleet mntc

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Year: 2001

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4 liter

What these engines have is torque and plenty of it. When A.M.C. designed these engines (the 256 and the 232 )back in the sixties they scaled down a small truck engine. The result is tons of low end torque.