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Posted on 08/28/2004 10:51:06 AM PDT by klpt
Despite high U.S. gasoline prices, DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler division on Wednesday said demand for its muscular Hemi V-8 engines was outstripping supply. "What we see is a tremendous shortage of our Hemis," Chrysler President and Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche told reporters. "It's a great problem to have," he added, saying Chrysler had underestimated demand for the big 5.7 liter engine, which is available in Dodge pickups and sport utility vehicles as well as the recently introduced Chrysler 300C sedan and Dodge Magnum sport wagon. Zetsche spoke on the sidelines of celebrations at two Detroit-area assembly plants, as Chrysler launched production of an all-new 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee sport utility vehicle and a Dodge Dakota pickup truck. The 5.7 liter Hemi will be offered as a option on the new Grand Cherokee, which goes on sale next month. And Chrysler is also building an even more powerful 6.1 liter version of the popular engine. The fuel economy of the Hemis is far from great -- the 6.1 p>
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My leased (thank God) 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited was a piece of junk. I'm done with Chrysler products.
It starts with the dream.
I thought it started with the ignition key.
still no luck...since I'm using a computer at the place I'm "house-sitting", I'll try
it when I get back home.
Thanks for trying.
Yeah, you're right. That's the great thing about this place. the truth always comes out.
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I recently sould a 1996 Impala SS I had (down to 4 car now). It had about every modification you could add to it except a supercharger. The CTS-V is much quicker. And there are a lot of mods avaiable for it already.
Chryler will release the 300C-SRT-8 with their 425 hp 6.1 liter Hemi towards the end of the year. It should sell starting at around $40K. I can buy the Cadillac CTS-V for about $50K so the 300C-SRT-8 should be a bargain.
That's nice! Imagine a supercharger in that.
My spouse just rolls her eyes at me when it comes to cars. It's a sickness I have. The next house needs to have space for at least 4 cars and handle two lifts.
It's only money right?:)
Back when I was home shopping I told the real estate agent I wanted a garage with attached house. ;-)
That's true But you have to have a plan for getting the key.
"hemi" is short for "hemispherical combustion chamber". The combustion chamber is where the spark plug does its business.
In 1951 Chrysler made a V8 with a hemispherical combstion chamber. They were really jazzed about it. Too bad other automakers have been making them for decades before that.
But back then it was novel.
Now it's a joke. I defy you to crack open a modern engine and find it not to be a "hemi". "HEMI" might be protected by lawyers. Now, it's what "tough guys" say they've got under the hood. But to any wrench that's been around a while, it means says more about the owner than the engine.
Yup, I just visited the site, it's "Hemi®".
Still using a cam-in-block pushrod engine. Ya, but it's a "hemi"! hahaha
Nowadays, it is just a name. Pretty much every overhead cam engine has a hemispherical cumbustion chamber, or an even more sophistacated shape. But the Chrysler Hemi V8 is a not even SOHC. It has a single cam in the V of the block, and connecting rods. Show a connecting rod to a Honda engineer and he'll think it's a chopstick.
Now yur speaking my languange, pardner
Very few models of US production engines made more than 400 horsepower in the 60s. ;)
I'll be the first to agree that this is just quibbling over a small amount.
Here's a new motor offered by Chrysler in the 2005 300 model, = 425-horsepower 6.1-liter HEMI® V8 engine.
Stock off the showroom floor, this year.
"HEMI" is short for hemispherical (indicating the shape of the cylinder head's dome). Add 2 spark plugs per cylinder and this particular feature of the cylinder head, and you will get a very efficient burning of the air/fuel mixture resulting in some serious horsepower and torque.
The HEMI"s usually pump out 1 HP per cubic inch of displacement (426cid=426HP; 347cid=347HP est.). Working as a professional technician for Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge I can tell you that the HEMI's are one hell of a powerful and reliable engine!
Did it use oil? Every one I've owned did, starting with the 1949 Plymouth.
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