Maybe 6.5 related...may not be.

[Bruce Ostien]

Has anyone at least pondered the diesel Jeep Liberty?

Mercedes 2.8L, 4cyl., 160hp @ 3,800, 295lb-ft @1,800, 22mpg city, 27mpg highway, Rated to tow 5,000lbs.

That's 105 lb-ft per liter compared to 66 lb-ft per liter for the 6.5.

If you could mimic that with a 6.5 you would have 682 lb-ft.

But then the liberty in practice will end up with around 31mpg highway which is almost double my 17mpg.

[JohnC]

Originally posted by Bruce Ostien:
...2.8L, 4cyl., 160hp @ 3,800, 295lb-ft @1,800, ...That's 105 lb-ft per liter compared to 66 lb-ft per liter for the 6.5.So put in 2 of them. 5.6 liter 8 cylinder, 320 hp at 3800 rpm, 590 lb-ft @ 1800 rpm (17 mpg...)

Any one remember the 60's Buick V6 designed to be bolted back to front? Build your own V-12 - 18 - 24...

[rjwest]

Was that the big chevy truck " stump puller "????
I think it was a v12

[catmandoo]

from what i've read the jeep uses an italian diesel not mercedes.

[DA BIG ONE]

I have been considering the diesel JEEP Liberty for some time now, for my wife, but somehow I wound up with a new Harley Davidson V-ROD Screaming Eagle, perhaps a mid-life issue?

Anyway, I think the JEEP is a great little machine that needs its share of the diesel market.

[dstoops]

Yeah Bruce I've been looking at them. Tried to find a Jeep message board as good as this one but haven't found it! I wish they'd put that diesel in the Grand Cherokee. I've got 160,000 miles on my '97 Orvis Edition Grand Cherokee and really love it. The Liberty is just too small and cutsey.

[catmandoo]

da big one ,your reply reminded me of the commercial,dude in a gas station filling up and a couple harleys roll in,guy gets talking to the one guy.yeah i was gonna get a harley but it was either harley,dinet set,harley dinet set.