"Gabriel A. Couriel" <gcouriel@bellsouth.net> wrote:
: they'll probably lighten the frame a little (maybe get it back to Gen II
: weight, while still keeping the stiffness) and widen the truck to accept
: some of the durango sheetmetal. however, it might be difficult to wedge
: that HEMI in there. i don't doubt that if there is a performance version,
: it'll be a 4.7HO or maybe a supercharged version.
Well, the good thing is that its not the frame which is an
impediment to installing the HEMI - its the sheet metal. (Cowl,
and fenders to a lesser degree.) So, if the body has been
completely redesigned it would have been easy to design it around
the HEMI. So, I wouldn't count it out just yet. The part of the
truck which was preventing a HEMI install is the part that was
redesigned...
Then again, this IS DaimlerChrysler, and as we know, logic does
not necessarily apply in the hallowed halls of Daimlerdom. ;-)
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