Hemi to be replaced by inline six?
This was announced a while back, but Stellantis has finally released details on the new twin-turbo 3.0 liter inline six that might replace the Hemi in the Ram 1500 and other Stellantis vehicles. Prett...
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Me Again wrote:JRscooby wrote:
Back in early '70s I leased on to a company that half the company trucks where inline 6I71 2-stroke. The others, 6V71. The worst of the I6s could out pull the best of V6s. Most of the owner operators had 8V71s Some of them could be passed by the best of the I6.
The 350 Detroit 8V71 with 13 speed in the truck was more or less a dog. Any 350 Cummins I6 would walk all over it. And it was a fuel and engine oil hog.
For a long time 8V71 was the engine of choice in a lot of applications. Until Cummins started putting turbos on their 855 CID I-6, the lighter 568 inch could do a good job with a less skilled driver. If yours was 350 HP that means it had a turbo. Detroit did that because a average 290 Cummins was so much better than a 318 when pulling a van
