Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Jeep Patriot SEMA Vehicle

Definitely not my favorite Jeep to come out of SEMA, nor the most noteworthy, but I felt this little rig should at least get a mention since it will be joining its other Jeep bretheren on dealer lots soon. The kinda sad part is that to look like this, they put a 2.5” lift on it (on a JK, that’ll fit you 35’s)...

Jeep Patriot

Specs after the jump. Jeep® Patriot
Builders: Chrysler Tech Center Vehicle Build Shops. (who??)
Trail-rated and designed to maximize the capability of the most off-road worthy vehicle in its class. Custom suspension lift raises the suspension 2.5 inches over stock-ride height and provides over 11 inches of ground clearance – to make way for the 31-inch BFG Mud Terrain tires on 16-inch Jeep Moab rims supplied by Prime Wheel. The front fascia is replaced by a custom steel bumper designed to protect the front end while allowing for as much tire exposure as possible. Custom roof rack ensures there’s plenty of storage for any occasion. Auxiliary lighting brightens any dark trails.

Jeep Patriot

Jeep Patriot

Friday, March 12, 2010

The Jeep Patriot 2.4L World Engine


The Jeep Patriot comes standard with the 2.4L 4-cylinder world engine. This powerplant was developed by GEMA (Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance), a joint venture between DaimlerChrysler, Hyundai Motor Company and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation. The ambitious objective of the alliance was to develop engines that could meet both aggressive performance and fuel efficiency targets. These goals were met through sophisticated cylinder head port and intake manifold design.

These technologies include dual Variable Valve Timing (VVT) and intake manifold design with flow control valves — technologies currently found only on more expensive performance and luxury engines in the American market. The horsepower and torque targets for the 2.4L world engine are among the best for four-cylinder engines – 170 horsepower and 165 lb-ft of torque.
Because fuel economy is a key factor in the four-cylinder market, the world engines are targeted to raise efficiency 5 percent over the engines they replace. These technologies also enable the engine to meet the ultra-clean ULEV II emissions standards.
GEMA set a high standard for sound quality and minimal noise, vibration and harshness (NVH). To meet these targets, engineers addressed NVH through several unique measures, including an isolated valve cover and a damped oil pan to reduce sound at the top and bottom of the engine.
GEMA has also produced a 1.8L and a 2.0L world engines. The 2.0L is offered as an option with the 2007 Jeep Patriot.

Monday, March 1, 2010

Grand Wagoneer Parts

Welcome to Team Grand Wagoneer. We are dedicated to serving the needs of the Jeep Grand Wagoneer customer as well as the Full Size Jeep community which includes the Jeep J-10 & J-20 Trucks, the Full Size Jeep Cherokee & Cherokee Chiefs.

In the last year, Team Grand Wagoneer has grown to be the largest inventory of Jeep Grand Wagoneer parts and Full Size Jeep parts in the U.S.

Since we continue to add more Grand Wagoneer and Full Size Jeep parts weekly – and even daily – we have added a recently added parts section, along with a featured parts section. You can see all the new Classic Jeep parts that we have added without looking through the whole Web site.

We did this so if you watch our Web site daily, you do not have to navigate through all the pages of Jeep parts. This will make it much easier for our best customers to keep track of all our new Classic Grand Wagoneer parts and Full Size Jeep parts we add.

As there are other Jeep Web sites that sell Grand Wagoneer parts, we feel that you will find our Web site easier to navigate and easier to purchase our Full Size Jeep parts and Grand Wagoneer parts on our secure shopping cart pages. We try to give our customers the best pictures as well as the best descriptions of our Grand Wagoneer parts and Full Size Jeep parts.

The staff at Team Grand Wagoneer has many years of Jeep experience and will be happy and able to answer most all of your questions.

We also have added a Customers' Jeeps section on our Web site to show off our loyal customers' favorite Full Size Jeeps. Please include your name, city, state and year and model of your Woodie or Full Size Jeep. Be creative as far as where the picture is taken. All we ask is that you are a customer, and we will put as many Jeeps on the site as there are customers.

We would like to thank our customers and we will continue to build up our Web site to suit our customers' needs.