http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/ Autoblog Comments for That thing got a HEMI? Maybe not: Chrysler cuts HEMI production http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/Sep 13th 2006 9:45AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/
I feel like a kid at Disneyland!!

I love these stories of desperation, reduction, crack-whores on dope running the US Auto Industry.

Brilliant!

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These comments are weak. At least the enviros have a decent reason for their grief. It's always comical when a WRX (as an example) enthusiast constantly harps on how useless trucks are, totally ignoring that his car is purpose built for violating every traffic law available (ergo: just as useless in the greater scheme of things). Where is fun defined as useful?]]>Sep 13th 2006 11:21AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/
-Stoneman

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Counting them and the countless other people that talk about "this thing got's a hemi", i have identified no more than three of them that know what "a hemi" is.

Hurray for marketing.]]>Sep 13th 2006 11:51AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/
I have a 2006 Dodge 1500 pickup with the Hemi engine; it averages between 18-20 miles per gallon, with several tanks over 21 miles per gallon.

by the way, a large percentage of these engines are in Chrysler 300s and Magnums, and the highway MPG is 26, the same as a Honda CRV.

obviously, ingorance shines supreme with the "rednecks and pickup trucks" comments. I drive about 150,000 per year, always towing a flatbed car hauler that weighs over 5,000 pounds. the Hemi (this truck replaces a 2003 Dodge V-10) gets excellent fuel ecomony, and has plenty of power to do the job.

for those who have never done any towing, the object here is to have an engne big enough to do the job. a small engine would be a poor choice, as it is working to death, and will return economy in the 6-8 MPG range when towing.

you will now see Hemi production returning to normal as gasoline prices subside, and sales of little teeny cars drop like a rock.

not my opinion here; just history repeating itself. I've lived thru every gas crisis since the first one in 1973, and the same thing is happening again.

Mike]]>Sep 13th 2006 12:02PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/
So its not all doom and gloom, besides this was probably bound to happen as Truck/SUV sales decline. but as AZmike said, the hemi is in more than just a durango and ram, its in the Grand CHerokee/Commander/Charger/300/Magnum, etc etc.]]>Sep 13th 2006 12:18PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/Sep 13th 2006 1:38PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/Sep 13th 2006 1:44PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/Sep 13th 2006 2:15PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/]]>Sep 13th 2006 3:04PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/They also had bank shutdown on the natural aspirated V12, but the market wanted more than a ~362hp V12, so the decoupling rocker arms were ditched, and two turbochargers afixed, bam ~500hp, take that BMW say MB, seeing as BMW used to outpower the 5.9 with a 444hp 6.0 in the 7 series.

66 coronet, Honda odyssey and accord hybrid. OC V6 engines with cylinder idling feature.

Doens't chrysler 'recommend' 5w-20 oil and doesn't use platinum spark plugs in the 5.7? come on.

If 4.7 cost less to make than the 5.2/5.9 it replaced, and the 5.7 costs even less than the 5.7, why does chrysler charge you more? Why didn't Chrysler just make the 5.7 the standard base engine in all 4x4 Rams/durangos? then there wouldn't be a % sales drop.
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There are sixteen Spark plugs in both the 5.7L and 6.1L engines. I imagine the Copper cores were put in to keep the Bean Counters happy.

5w20 Oil is required on the 5.7L for the smooth operation on the MDS collapsable lifters. The non MDS 6.1L uses 0w40.

I'm quite happy with my 5.7L Charger. 19 mpg combined and plenty of Oomff. The engine does not have "Hemispherical combustion chambers" but the Valves are in the right place in the head and it makes merging onto the highway a blast.]]>Sep 13th 2006 3:45PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/Sep 13th 2006 5:49PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/
make sure you tell the cop that pulls you over in that Hemi Charger that the Hemi is "short-lived". if you read the story, the engine is not being discontinued.

by the way, the correct term is "riddance" (as in "to rid") not riddens.

if you would like a good example of "short-lived", you might want to look at the Honda Insight, or the Accord Hybrid.

Mike]]>Sep 13th 2006 6:48PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/that-thing-got-a-hemi-maybe-not-chrysler-cuts-hemi-production/
Leon and Jones sound like a couple of douche bags!]]>Sep 13th 2006 10:10PM