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Would you buy the 3.7 again
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RE: Would you buy the 3.7 again
Hey COYOTE10663
I amglad someone else understands Torque and Horse Power and making the most H/P not always means you have the badiest car or truck out there on the road.
I found a lot of pepole don't understand that they just look at the H/P ratings and go by that alone.
For example I have a older race motocycle this thing is fast but I changed the power band including porting it to get more over rev out of it upped the compression, changing the pipe ect, so it's more user freindly made it more a liner type power band rather than Hitting the pipe hard and hang on it now power no mather where you'er are in turn makes easyer to ride you don't have to hold on as tight get tired out as fast and turn faster lap times due to having the correct power band in the correct RPM range, the only draw 2 draw backs are now I have to run race gas $9.00 a gallon and 2nd I need to get rid of it now it's to fast just to go riding or putting around with my Kid and Wife It wants to go fast and now a days I just putt slow so the family can stay up or I going very slow soI can ride with them The motor dose not like it at all it jumpsspits bucks It wants to be rode hard and put away wet not putting around.
What I trying to say this motor Is great for going very fast and racing but not good for just going slow there is a correct and wrong set up for what you want and need one set up normaly can't do it all the best there isgive and take you or the builder of the engine you'r goinging to use for needs to put a lot of thought in to this not just drop any motor in and say it works fine in a car so it should work in a truck also.
As for me when I build this motor for this bike It was for racing and going fast many years ago when going fast I didmostof the time, but I don't need a race motor any more I need a motor that able to be ran slow not at full Bore all the time Like I said making the most H/P is not always the way to go is usable power for what you are going to use it for is.
I amglad someone else understands Torque and Horse Power and making the most H/P not always means you have the badiest car or truck out there on the road.
I found a lot of pepole don't understand that they just look at the H/P ratings and go by that alone.
For example I have a older race motocycle this thing is fast but I changed the power band including porting it to get more over rev out of it upped the compression, changing the pipe ect, so it's more user freindly made it more a liner type power band rather than Hitting the pipe hard and hang on it now power no mather where you'er are in turn makes easyer to ride you don't have to hold on as tight get tired out as fast and turn faster lap times due to having the correct power band in the correct RPM range, the only draw 2 draw backs are now I have to run race gas $9.00 a gallon and 2nd I need to get rid of it now it's to fast just to go riding or putting around with my Kid and Wife It wants to go fast and now a days I just putt slow so the family can stay up or I going very slow soI can ride with them The motor dose not like it at all it jumpsspits bucks It wants to be rode hard and put away wet not putting around.
What I trying to say this motor Is great for going very fast and racing but not good for just going slow there is a correct and wrong set up for what you want and need one set up normaly can't do it all the best there isgive and take you or the builder of the engine you'r goinging to use for needs to put a lot of thought in to this not just drop any motor in and say it works fine in a car so it should work in a truck also.
As for me when I build this motor for this bike It was for racing and going fast many years ago when going fast I didmostof the time, but I don't need a race motor any more I need a motor that able to be ran slow not at full Bore all the time Like I said making the most H/P is not always the way to go is usable power for what you are going to use it for is.
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Marv, you are absolutly correct. And I have thought about that issue for some years now. I do not have the time to do a full comparison of Ford vs. Dodge vs. GM on the HP at 1500, 2000, 2500 RPM, as well as the MAX HP and it's posted RPM for the V-6 models. I did this some years ago when I had my 2003 Chevy Cav. LS with the awsome Ecotec motor.( Comparing the Cav./Sunfire vs. Focus vs. Corrolla vs. Civic.) Just as important as the HP ratings, even more so in my book, is WHERE the Torque omes in at! Torque is what gets your speed up off the line. HP carry's you up the steep hill at 60 MPH.
Marv, you are absolutly correct. And I have thought about that issue for some years now. I do not have the time to do a full comparison of Ford vs. Dodge vs. GM on the HP at 1500, 2000, 2500 RPM, as well as the MAX HP and it's posted RPM for the V-6 models. I did this some years ago when I had my 2003 Chevy Cav. LS with the awsome Ecotec motor.( Comparing the Cav./Sunfire vs. Focus vs. Corrolla vs. Civic.) Just as important as the HP ratings, even more so in my book, is WHERE the Torque omes in at! Torque is what gets your speed up off the line. HP carry's you up the steep hill at 60 MPH.
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RE: Would you buy the 3.7 again
I voted for the v6 not because it is the truck I would choose if I had my choice but it is what I would choose again based on what my payment is. I don't drive that often anyways, I have 10k on my truck that I have had for a year and a half with 2k of those from a trip. If money didn't matter then I would got CTD no question. Would I try to find a 4.7 for near the same price? Yes, but would I pay another 4,000 as was 4.7 when I bought mine? No.
RE: Would you buy the 3.7 again
I think the 3.7L is a good engine for something like a liberty where your not really going to pull things but in a Ram or a Dakota even it just seems underpowered. Most of the competitor 6's out there have about 50hp more stock than the 3.7L does. Dodge pays too much attention to the Hemi and none to their V6 engines. If they made a Dakota with a good power V6 with better fuel economy then they would probably sell more Dakotas.