Was stopped at a light the other night and guy next to me in one of those new hemi pickups starts reving at me. 89 Formula 3.73s exhaust open element chip other minor mods. took off from the light and took the guy by about 3 car lengths. I thought these new hemis were supposed to be fast

 

Im sure theres a site for their performance someplace...you should go look for it and see the stats vs yours...

 

you yell out to him and say"that thing got a hemi"

 

I am not so sure what all the hype is about the 5.7 HEMI is. I test drove one of those new pickups with HEMI.....well, I'd take there 5.9 (360) or the 318 over the HEMI anyday. Not impressed with the exceleration or passing ability. I know its a heavy truck but I test drove a lot of them and the HEMI is a true dog for something rated 375 hp. Looks like Dodge is trying to capitalize on an old MOPAR name. Its a shame though that HEMI does no justice for the meaning of HEMI. Ford 4.8 or Chevys 6.0 would kick the crap out of the HEMI easily in my opinion

 

 

see avitar I guess its spelled avatar, according to the english teacher below, I forgot street ricing is full of scholars

 

WHOA!!! Easy on the HEMI bashing!! I have my POS Iroc and an '04 short bed reg cab 2wd Ram HEMI....I wanted the lightest full size truck with the HEMI so I could tow my car when I move (in the Navy)....I drove TONS of Trucks all different makes and the HEMI is by far the most powerfull/best handling full size IMO....granted it's all seat of the pants...MT ran a 15.1@89mph in one....

Yes it's a fast truck but I'm not at all surprised that your Poncho beat it ur car is lighter and you have mods etc.....the HEMI has a peaky torque curve...definatly like the RPM....anyways nice kill!



350Z POS

HEMI's are fast but they are still trucks...remember 14.0 in a 3rd gen is pretty quick but if your driving a Viper 14.0 is slow.....gotta compare apples to apples...

 

go race a srt10 truck. ill be here waiting for you to come back bawlin and crawlin

 

Oh dont get me wrong here I like the Dodge trucks very much. But its not that I dont like the HEMI,...well I really dont I think of other things down the road like how expensive aftermarket parts and the additional cost of maintenance will be because its a HEMI. Lets face it the 318 and 360 have been around a long time with all the bugs worked out of it and tons of aftermarket stuff to modify or improve the engine. I have owned a few dodge trucks, they are truly work horses without an ounce of trouble. Maybe a few years down the road the HEMI will prove to be more appealing to me. I learned along time not to buy the first model year of anything. I wait till the bugs have been worked out and have been proven through customer trial and error.

 

the 69 roadrunner hemis and 71 hemi cudas and teh charger 500s you know had and have a lot of kinks in them but i still want them carless what you say i still want one kinks and all. part of owning a car

 

Ahhhh Joc the engine are not even close in design. Get what you like whatever suits your needs you obviously like spending alot of money on your engines so go for it. You know the new hemi is a small block right the ones of the early 70 I think were all big blocks.

 

Are you talking about LA motors or the magnums? The hemi magnum 345cid (5.7) is rated at 345 horses (in Rams), not 375. It's rated at 340 horses in the new hemi cars. It's 375 lbs.-ft I think.

But there are other advantages for the new hemi. It's lighter than the 360 (5.9) and cheaper to produce. It also has 2 plugs per cylinder, and it does make more power. Give DC a few years to work out the problems and get some aftermarket in there. It's about damn time Chrysler released a rwd v8 car.

 

what did avitar write i didnt see it.

i dont like spending money on my engines no more than i have to im just saying there will always be bugs. and yes all late 60s early 70s hemis were bb the earlier ones were sb tho

 

I agree give it a few years and I would by a HEMI, not sure on wether or not they cost less to produce, they require more parts parts not used in other engines. I do woinder if it cost less to produce why is it an option for more $. It is about time the folks at dodge produce a rear wheel drive car with a nice v-8. I hope to see GM bring back the Camaro but only in a rear wheel drive. Nothing against front wheel drive, I feel muscle cars should stay in the rearwheel drive tradition.

 

cost more money cuz its new and everybody wants the newest stuff. it may require more hardware but its way more efficient. i agree with you on the cars but i dont think the camaro will be back any time soon.

i wish the new gto looked like the old gto

 

Yeah Jocc,

Unfortunately non of the new cars will resemble the muscle cars of yesterday..Ford tried to with the mustang and T-Bird...too me they just lack that muscle look of the cars of the 60's and 70's error. I wouldnt be surprised though to see the Camaro on the drawing board in another 5 yrs..GM will soon realize that the corvette alone cant fill the needs of street car enthusiest, ( they are to expensive for us average people). When will the engineers and development teams listen to the needs of the people who want the cars that put GM on the map of American Muscle. Atleast Dodge is waking up and smelling the coffee with emergence of revitalized muscle car programs. Truth betold I think Ford is the only company who has kept vision of muscle/street cars with the Mustang it was kinda disappointing to me they stopped the production of the t-bird there latest version is a lot like the Corvette way out of reach in price for most of us.

 

....you guys are wrong....about muscle cars of today...I think the late f-bodys and even the mustangs look "muscular" the new Hemi Rams/Lightings look pretty mean too...


POS350Z my .o2

PS. HEMI RULZ!!!!:hail:

 

actually i liked the new mustang and right now im not likin ponitac or chevy.

 

Muscle is deffinitly dying. in 88 they stopped making g bodies, and now they stop making f bodies? whats the world coming to? I guess well be stuck buying cars from the past. New muscle is a joke in my opinion. The new mach 1 and gto look nothing like the older models. whats left? The high priced, even higher to insure vette. Bah!

nate

 

the new hemi trucks are not that quick, but they sure sound bada@@ when they have an aftermarket exaust

 

they arnt slow they can beat most third gens

 

hemi shmemi gimmie a syty or a lightning. keep your overpriced overrated not quite even theoretically a hemi

 

i tooled one in a 03 grand am rental car

 

whats an syty

 

Sy



Ty

 

to bad they stopped making those in the late 80s sy sucked anyway wasnt really a truck couldnt haul or tow anything

 

no but a lightnin can

 

Ok, im only 15. So i have an excuse. But what exactly makes a Hemi...a Hemi?

 

ya with its half ton suspension and 5000lb tow capacity.....a real work monster lol

 

the heads man the heads best heads ever. best flowing best in combustion best everything.

 

I R not B towing any ting hevy no how. If we B talking toe Vhicules then Y not a Power joke? I thot we B talkin fast crucks?

 

Now now, no flame wars. We all know there is a difference between a sport truck like the syclone/typhoon or lightning and a common no frills/not performance oriented work truck like the silverado ss. This is off topic anyway.