The Birth of the Fast Family Hauler: The Jeep 5.9 

have 5.9 from 1998, buy it new when i was 18, in Rome, Italy. still in my garage

I had that that exact 5.9 limited in silver. I looked forever for it. It was really great until it decided to blow one of the cylinders and cost Chrysler $7,000. Not to mention basically replacing all of the infinity gold speaker's. And trapping me outside the middle of the night in lake Tahoe because it couldn't get off of a snow embankment where I had to have a sheriff come and pull us out or we would have died. And also its flipped the front left rotor which prompted me to get rid of it But beyond that it was really bad ass and I loved every minute

Love this car....my dad bought a new one in 1994 Laredo 4 L and was a beauty ....was realy something in the eyes of other people....greets from Portorose Slovenia ❤❤❤❤

Love it!! Great video. The ZJ is super nice looking. Had no idea of the design history, though I guessed it was based on the XJ

I have a five nine. This video captures my thoughts. Simple time then and these made big power then. I remember racing one in a built fox body and it was stock in ‘98. I won but it was less than a door handles worth. Those days are so far gone now….sad

don't forget with the edition of the magnum engines you now have mopar performance behind you and can make that 360 into a 408 stroker putting down over 400hp

I know Synthwave when I hear it! Neon Nox is incredible. So was the video. I guess I gotta get a ZJ now

You did an awesome job on this man

Of all the Niner videos on RU-vid, yours is the best. Liked and subscribed.

The 5.9 limited made SUVs never the same again.

LOVE MY ZJ

Love the 5.9! Miss my black one!

The interior was a huge upgrade in the 5.9, it was calf grain leather! My father and I both had zjs, mine was a 97 limited 5.2 and my dad has the 5.9, and the difference in the leather is night and day

Nicely done 🔥

Hey man just came across your channel. Keep it up, looking forward to future content!

Another banger

You learn something new every day

Good job on the Video

Really nice job!

It's a very fascinating story

I love my ZJ so much! I have a lifted 4.0 Laredo; runs like a dream

Dad had a 5.2 Grand Cherokee back in the day, and it was gorgeous, but the fuel consumption was just too much, far more than his 80-Series Land Cruiser, a much larger vehicle, when the 5.9L came out it was great looking and interesting, but he never even wanted to test drive it thinking on the fuel bill.

The 5.9 litre chrysler magnum is just a LA 360 cubic inch small block 245 hp and 330 lb torque from the factory the 360 came out in 1972 as a replacement for the 340 small block

Cool video! We had a silver 5.9 that we bought new and drove for 17 years.

We need the story of the tj next

Nice job!

Owned two, loved them driving a Navigator now

I have a 5.2 and the 5.9 work for Chrysler for many years believe it or not you can actually put more power into the 5.2 and it's more reliable especially after all the work I did to mine with the 508 cam amazing

Love mine. No rust.

Imagine going 124 MPH in a Jeep from the 90's.

Attainable dream car has gotta be a 5.9, right now I own a 1995 5.2l orvis edition. Maybe look into an Orvis video? Thought they were pretty cool and for 1995 my Orvis edition has all power seats and all power windows...

I have the 96 limited purple with the 4.0 I have the 97 Laredo and I have the 98 orvis 318 trail edition come with skid plates all underneath built the motor things great

Went to go back and rewatch the A Legend is Made, the xj video. Not sure what happened to it but its no longer available... I'm really sad. I love that video. Hoping it comes back up

Ram chargers are giant Jeeps on steroids I love them to death

I found a loop hole within a race between the Mitsubishi pajero Evo and the jeep grand cherokee 5.9 limited. The pajero had a 7.4 second 0-60 and a top speed of 130mph. But test show it actuality had a 0-60 of 6.4 seconds and a top speed of 138 mph. This was due to the gentlemans agreement. But compared to jeep manufacturers saying the jeep had a 0-60 of 6.8 seconds and a top speed of 124 mph.

Can you narrate my life XJHigg?😍

Love my niner

Man I still want a Niner Zj, I absolutely love my 5.2 and want another XD

I had a 318 ZJ .. had a Comanche too 88 .... wish I'd a kept both. Ida put the 318 in the MJ.. Ida had some fun sometime.

Nice video! You should make a video about the dodge Dakota

I am so glad they dropped that 5.9 in the ZJ, because that led up to the 5.7Hemi in the WK, which I do own to this day.

Bring us the WJ video!

BEEP BEEP*** COOLANT SENSOR BAD

I had a 5.9 ZJ a few years back. Quick off the line, but ran out of breath quickly thanks to the intake manifold having been developed to suit the smaller 5.2 engine. Its biggest weakness was that it used the same crappy NP249 transfer case used in most of the 5.2 ZJs. The TC only had 2 settings; AWD (aka full-time 4wd) and 4-low. There was no 2WD capability, so gas mileage sucked on-road and it got stuck offroad all the time. 2WD gets you stuck; 4WD gets you UN-stuck. And they didn't have exploding gas tanks on collision. That was a narrative put out by attorneys looking for $$. The ZJs met all govt collision standards etc., and any risk of fire wasn't higher than any other vehicle. Reminiscent of the fake news about gas tank fires on the Ford Pinto or GMC squarebody trucks. I got sick of the dealer calling me and offering to install a free receiver hitch on my 5.9 - which comes with the receiver hitch as standard equipment. The free hitch install was part of Mopar's attempts to shut up the BS claims from the ambulance chasers. The dealer was so stupid (imagine that) that they wouldn't even acknowledge that a receiver hitch came with the 5.9 package. The 5.9 is rare enough that a lot of people don't know what it is, but you'd think that at least the DEALER would know lol.

To be able to find a nice 4WD ZJ with a 4.0 liter and a five speed would be like winning the lottery.

I wonder if it was faster than the 4runner with the super charged 5vz. technically the trd supercharger was a dealer add on, so it usually isn't even mentioned, but it made about 245 hp as well.

Lightning cherokqueen

I miss true American cars so much. Chevy impala, crown victoria, Jeep and others. Nowadays Jeep cars are just a shadow of how great they used to be.

Wait! What about the Lamborghini LM002?

That wasn't the biggest engine available in the MOPAR parts bin, tyne 8.0 liter magnum and the Viper V10 was available!

Great video and research. I've owned four of these ZJs. 2 5.9s one of them new. I don't know what it is about these Jeeps in particular but every videos comment section just turns into just a bunch of misinformation and people that have no idea what they're talking about. I even had a guy tell me that the 3.6 pentastar would smoke my ass 🤤😂🤣

I had no idea there was a 5.9

Man, you gotta equalize your sounds, the music and static is ear rape but when you talk, it's just fine. but I do like the rest of the video, very good besides sound.

Let me tell you that this jeep had enough stock power to wipe out the 44 out back and we'll everything behind the trans was rebuild within the first 1000 miles of owning this thing lol

Companies "beg" to have their ads on race cars? I guess racing teams just have money pouring from their asses and corporate sponsorships are more annoying than anything

These are terrible for the climate, but damn they’re also beautiful in their way

first :)

the newer ones are faster

Great info and gret voice, but those lil joke bits with will Farrell, Back to the future, no signal tv , etc take away from ur content. Please consider removeing them from ur future videos...