Is Jeep Liberty 3.7 L engine a slant 6?

Earlier in the day, I was behind a Jeep Liberty at a stop light. I noticed
a "3.7 liter" emblem on the rear. My 76 Plymouth (Ohhhh the Plymouth name
brings back nostalgia!) Volare had a 225 CID 3.7 l slant six engine. I got
goosebumps at the light at the mere thought of the slant 6 being
resurrected. I guess the 64000 dollar question is.... Is hte Liberty
equipped with the slant 6 engine?????

My grandpa owned a 63 Valiant with the slant 6, my uncle owned a 78 Dodge
pickup with this powerplant, my cousin had a 72 slant 6 Plymouth Duster with
this legendaty powerplant. I will be elated if the slant 6 is back in
production! Thanks!

 

I guess the 64000 dollar question is.... Is hte Liberty

Nope, it is a v-6 engine. I believe it is the same one DCX uses in the
Rams, Dakotas, and Durangos. This 3.7 V-6 is a new design, which
replaced the old 3.9 V-6 that was based off of the 318 design.

Sorry to burst your bubble......

 

The Liberty engine is the 3.7L PowerTech V6. No slant 6 to be found.
The length of the engine and as I understand getting it to meet the
emission standars of the time are what killed the engine. It would be
nice to see the old girl come back again but I don't think it will
happen.

'course I never thought there would be another decent sized
convertible with a real engine but Chrysler is promising a 300C in
convertible form so who knows what the future holds.

Steve B.

 

That's not *quite* the whole story, but almost. The Slant-6 was permitted
to die a slow, undignified death by strangulation. Its combustion chamber
and induction system could well have been substantially updated to meet
tightening emissions standards with increased performance, and various
promising experimental variants were built (OHC, new combustion chambers,
new 246cid displacement, etc.) but none of these was released.

More's the pity.

DS

 

Lack of attention killed and cost-cutting it. If it had been given the
same sorts of upgrades in head design, valve-train design, etc. that the
318 got, it would have lasted at least as long as the 318 did and might
have been the I-6 of choice during the 90s instead of the Jeep-inherited
4.0 (which itself is an excellent engine, no slam against it). The move
toward the 3.9 back in the 80s also meant that the /6 assembly line
could be shut down, and common tooling and parts could be used to
produce the 5.2 (318) v8 and the 3.9 v6, which is just 3/4 of a 318.
They shared pistons, rings, valves, connecting rods, water pumps, timing
gears, rocker arms... the only differences are heads, blocks, cranks,
distributor, ECM software, and manifolding. It was a cost-saving venture.

 

The 3.7 in the Liberty is a V6 which is the 4.7 V8 used in the Grand
Cherokee, Ram, etc. with two cylinders missing.