With gas prices the way they are right now it's crazy that there is such a HP race between the manufactures. I dont get it.

i think it's the American state of mind. When you want to live the American Dream and live big, you're not going to let a little thing like the price of gas stop you. manufacturers know this all too well.

 

where is the economy car with 50+MPG? lol

 

Its funny... instead of building a BETTER engine or tuning it better, they are substituting displacement. Still not gonna run as long as a Nissan motor, knowing Ford. .. Unless they buy someone else's motor like some manuf.'s do.

 

Ford 5.4 liter is fine, all they have to do is just engineer it a little better, like in 4 valves per cylinder etc. Well there will be one plus to fords 6.2 liter.............we will have someone beat on gas mileage hehe



-Shane

 

fords have always had bad gas mileage, even with the 5.0 let alone the 6.2

 

It better have at least 400hp to blow the Endurance and Hemi "into the weeds" as Car and Driver put it.

 

It would be funny if after spending millions to build the 6.2 liter it still is slower than the Titan. Hey its Ford don't take them seriously yet (they must have realized the 5.4 liter engine was a mistake), until the engine is proven. Besides as said above the gas mileage will be low.

 

Its funny... instead of building a BETTER engine or tuning it better, they are substituting displacement. Still not gonna run as long as a Nissan motor, knowing Ford. .. Unless they buy someone else's motor like some manuf.'s do.

Maybe they will get Nissan to make the engine :jester: :jester: :jester:

 

They can try upping the displacement all they want; if they're drivetrain stays as inefficient (compared to the Nissan) as it is now it won't make a hill of beans.

 

Dodge is also working on a larger Hemi that I read was in the low 6 liter displacement and delivering somewhere in the 425 horse range. There is an article on it in the Oct. edition of HOTROD magazine. They are already testing them in the desert in a 300M, a Magnum and a Grand Cherokee. I must say a 425 horse Grand Cherokee sounds very interesting.

 

Read yesterday that Gas prices should be over $3 a gallon by this summer (05) and probably not go down.

 

Bring it on.

 

This is insane that they are trying to keep outmatching each other while gas prices keep climbing. Honestly i thought toyota had the best idea by supposively making a gas electric hybrid tundra. We were just talking about automobile engines in my biology class. The teacher explained that they have a 3 to 10% efficiency rate which seems rather pathetic. Luckily i don't have to drive my truck that far.

 

3%? Sounds rediculously low. I've always heard it was in the 75-80% range. Your teacher doesn't happen to be a liberal democrat does she/he? I mean, she's/he's a biology teacher. Is the combustion engine curriculum in biology, or were they just ranting?

 

Look at the Texan bring the Politics! LOL

 

Well he said the steam engine is 20% which is better and it does say it in the text too, haha.

 

Dodge is also working on a larger Hemi that I read was in the low 6 liter displacement and delivering somewhere in the 425 horse range. There is an article on it in the Oct. edition of HOTROD magazine. They are already testing them in the desert in a 300M, a Magnum and a Grand Cherokee. I must say a 425 horse Grand Cherokee sounds very interesting.

Apparently the newest hemi will be released in the SRT-8 a race inspired 300C
rated at 425 horses.

As the HP race continues the cosumer interested in such things will be the winners.

 

Well he said the steam engine is 20% which is better and it does say it in the text too, haha.

Not the first time I've been wrong.