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Owns A Torsen
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You could play it safe and get a 3.0. If all you are going to do is drive it then they are perfectly fine. 1 or 2 better in fuel mileage too.
The 4.0 SOHC is a decent motor but your mechanic is right about the guides on the excessive amount of timing chains.
In my opinion the 4.0 OHV is one of the greatest little motors ever made, why the decision was made to replace it with a multi-cam beast for minimal gain is beyond me and that plastic t-stat housing was a joke at best.
The only problem is a good non twisted minimal rust 98 thru 2000 is becoming harder to find by the month.
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