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Cylinders were numbered from the front of the engine to the rear; cylinders 1, 3, 5, and 7 were found on the left (driver side) bank, or "bank 1," with the even numbers on the other bank. [9] Coolant passages were located between the cylinders.
This engine family was Chrysler's first 60° V6 engine designed and built in-house for front wheel drive vehicles, and their first V6 not based on a V8. It was designed as a larger, more powerful alternative to the Mitsubishi 3.0 V6 in the minivans and debuted in 1989 for the 1990 model year.
Daimler Chrysler reportedly invested $297 million in 2005 to expand the Trenton Engine plant to prepare to build a new 4.0 L version of the SOHC V6 and to revitalize the 3.8 line. The plant ceased building engines in May 2011 [ 2 ] and Chrysler announced that it would invest $114 million to repurpose one-fifth or nearly 400,000 square feet of ...
The Chrysler Pentastar engine family is a series of aluminium (die-cast cylinder block) dual overhead cam 24-valve gasoline V6 engines introduced for the 2011 model ...
It is not the same as Chrysler's 360 V8. [4] Chrysler continued production of the AMC 360 engine after the 1987 buyout of AMC to power the full-size Jeep Wagoneer (SJ) SUV that was produced until 1991. [5] It was one of the last carbureted car/truck engines built in North America. [6] Chrysler never used this engine in any other vehicle.
The North Plant opened in October 2005, and the South Plant opened in November 2006. [1] Chrysler launched production of the 1.4 L FIRE engine at the plant in November 2010, after a $179 million investment. An additional $150 million investment was also announced in October 2010 to be used for capacity expansion and future engine production. [1]
The 3.5 L engine was expanded to 4.0 L; 241.2 cu in (3,952 cc) for the 2007 Dodge Nitro and Chrysler Pacifica. Like its family members, this is a SOHC engine and was built in Trenton, Michigan . DaimlerChrysler reportedly spent $155 million to expand the Trenton plant to manufacture this engine.
The city of Detroit bought it in 1982 but was unable to find a purchaser or afford environmental remediation for the site and returned it to Chrysler. In 1990 Chrysler began cleanup and demolition of the old plant and built a new factory on the site ("New Mack"). [2] The factory floor space covers 1,400,000 square feet (130,000 m 2). [3]