page_title: Chrysler 3.3 & 3.8 engine
section_title: 3.8
hierarchical_section_title: Chrysler 3.3 & 3.8 engine / History / 3.8
caption_attribution_description: English: The 3.8 litre OHV EGH V6 engine in a 1993 Chrysler Imperial (teal), recently purchased from its ninety-something original owner.
context_page_description: This engine 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 option to the Mitsubishi 3.0 V6 in the minivans and debuted in 1989 for the 1990 model year.
  The engine has been produced in two major variants differing by their piston displacement: a 3.3 L; 201.4 cu in and a 3.8 L; 230.5 cu in. The 3.3 was dropped after 2010 with the Chrysler minivans, and the 3.8 was dropped after 2011 with the Jeep Wrangler, ending 22 years in production.
context_section_description: The 3.3 was bored and stroked to 3.78 in × 3.43 in (96.01 mm × 87.12 mm) to create a 3.8 L; 230.5 cu in (3,778 cc) version. This EGH version was also built at Trenton Engine in Trenton, MI.
  The 3.8 received an increase in power of 12 hp (9 kW), for a total of 162 hp (121 kW) in 1994 via a new intake system. In 1998 the compression ratio increased for a total of 180 hp (134 kW) and 240 lb⋅ft (325 N⋅m). In 2001, like the 3.3 the 3.8 received the symmetrical reinforced plastic intake plenum and revised camshaft which boosted output to 215 hp (160 kW) at 5000 rpm with 245 lb⋅ft (332 N⋅m) at 4000 rpm.
  Vehicles using the 3.8 include:
  1991–1993 Chrysler New Yorker and Chrysler Imperial 150 hp (112 kW), 213 lb⋅ft (289 N⋅m)
  1994–2010 Chrysler minivans
  2007–2011 Jeep Wrangler (JK) 
  2009–2010 Volkswagen Routan
caption: The 3.8 liter EGH engine in a 1993 Chrysler Imperial
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