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<blockquote data-quote="inactive" data-source="post: 1967315" data-attributes="member: 7488">Everyone else nailed it but I&#039;ll pile on as a Jeep owner myself.The 4 cylinder is fairly equal to the 6 in stock form off the road, as you get 4.11 gears to compensate for the lower output, so it&#039;s certainly a passable little off road machine.&nbsp; But on the road, the gears hurt your mileage and the weak 4 cylinder starts to show.&nbsp; Any uphill grade at highway speed becomes a challenge.&nbsp; The gas mileage is no better as you have to really get into it to maintain highway speeds and overcome that 4.11 ratio.&nbsp; The 6 is an inline (assuming you are going with a TJ model Wrangler), and is really as simple and inexpensive to maintain at the 4.&nbsp; It is equally as good as the 4 off the road, even with the 3.55 or 3.73 gears, and much better on the road.&nbsp; If you make ANY changes to the Jeep, such as a lift with larger/heavier tires, re-gearing, etc. then the 6 pulls even further into the lead.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="inactive, post: 1967315, member: 7488"] Everyone else nailed it but I'll pile on as a Jeep owner myself. The 4 cylinder is fairly equal to the 6 in stock form off the road, as you get 4.11 gears to compensate for the lower output, so it's certainly a passable little off road machine. But on the road, the gears hurt your mileage and the weak 4 cylinder starts to show. Any uphill grade at highway speed becomes a challenge. The gas mileage is no better as you have to really get into it to maintain highway speeds and overcome that 4.11 ratio. The 6 is an inline (assuming you are going with a TJ model Wrangler), and is really as simple and inexpensive to maintain at the 4. It is equally as good as the 4 off the road, even with the 3.55 or 3.73 gears, and much better on the road. If you make ANY changes to the Jeep, such as a lift with larger/heavier tires, re-gearing, etc. then the 6 pulls even further into the lead. [/QUOTE]

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