The 4.7 is a semi-hemi head engine. the heads have a hemispherical
combustion chamber with one side being flat. this is why they are only a
semi-hemi and not a true hemi. the 318 has a conventional combustion
chamber. Does this make sense to you? I'm sure someone can better explain
if not...
Chris
(proud faterh of a 00cc, 4.7, 5sp)
>
>I keep hearing everyone refer to these new hemi engines and then refering to
>the 4.7Lv8 D/C is now putting in the Dakotas. So are these new 4.7's hemi
>engines or not? What type of engine is the 4.7 and how is it different from
>the 318??
>- -Tom-
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 11:48:05 EDT