Magnum is simply a marketing term adopted when they shifted over to MPI on the
engines and picked up some horsepower. Why would calling the 4.7 a Hemi be
'inaccurate'???!!?! They called the 4.7 a 'PowerTech' for a short time in
relation to the Jeep Grand Cherokee. But Ma Mopar uses the 'Magnum' term for
it's entire line of truck engines, even the 4 cylinder. So how can you say the
4.7 isn't a 'Magnum' either? It's simply a marketing term. Hemi however is a
descriptive term of the top of the combustion chamber formed by the cylinder
head mating to the top of the block. Kinda difficult to dispute that. Call it
what you want, if it forms a hemisphere it forms a hemisphere.....
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Speaking of which, why is it that the 2000s have the same ol' "V8
Magnum" badge as the older trucks? A cost cutting measure? Is there a
large surplus of badges? I thought the new V8 was supposed to be branded a
Powertech. Whatever it is, its not a Magnum, and its just as inaccurate to
call it a HEMI.
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