RE: Re: New Dodge truck Suspension

From: Jeff Durling (jdurling@directvinternet.com)
Date: Wed Jan 08 2003 - 13:36:43 EST


>From the engines specs I have seen (nothing fancy just what is out
there) the 4.7 is not really any different to the 5.7 Hemi than the 318
was to the 360. Same block, different heads (to keep it from being a
Hemi), and shorter stroke. It what I have read is correct then you are
right Jon, the Hemi was most likely already coming when Daimler took
over.

Jeff Durling

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Subject: Re: DML: Re: New Dodge truck Suspension

"Josh Battles" <jbattles@bankfinancial.com> wrote:

: It seems that you're not too terribly bitter about the MB takeover of
: ChryCo, Jon. Why don't you tell us how you really feel?

     I'm not bitter. Oh wait, yes I am. :-) Daimler-Benz took a
beautiful thing and killed it. Even if they manage to make it work,
nothing will change the way the takeover was executed (lies, deception
and treason) - the ends do not justify the means. Like the Alamo,
I will never forget. (And if I can help it, neither will any of you!)
;-)

: I can sympathize with you on this, but I have also seen that advent of
some
: cool new technology stuff in the new DC vehicles. They brought back
the
: HEMI for one. I'm not too against it, but it does make me upset that
: there's not an american at the head of the DC steering wheel.

    How do we know they brought back the HEMI? Probably saying that
they
allowed the HEMI to be brought back would be more accurate. Also, given
the design cycles and product planning cycles of a large corporation, it
is very possible that the HEMI was on the drawing board for a while.
After
all, the 4.7 is sort've the HEMI's baby brother, and that was designed
when Chrysler was still Chrysler. To answer that question would take
some insider knowledge, which unfortunately I don't have. I seem to
recall reading somewhere that DC needed a replacement for the 360, and
one of the techs thought it would be cool to bring back the HEMI, so it
was one of the many designs considered, and after all the computer
modeling was done, the HEMI came out on the top. So, if I haven't
screwed up the details, the HEMI was born out of the passion of the
employees, not from a mandate from the top.

-- 

-Jon-

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