5.7 Hemi !! How could anyone not want the Hemi? It has so much more power compared to my 08 chevy 5.3 and gets better mpg! The chevy could go 275 miles before the gas light came on. My new Ram can go a tad over 300! Both have 26 gallon tanks. Plus the history of the Hemi is so rich. How could you not want to own a piece of history. The Hemi is the motor that got dodge banned from NASCAR because it was so fast!!!!

 

That and the seats in the GM?Chevy or Ford didn't fit me as well! 6"5" and 260lbs. I need a full size truck!!!

 

You are kidding, right...?????

It ain`t CHIT unless its got a HEMI

 

It's a nice idea, but we don't have a Hemi. We've got a 345ci V8 that's been given the Hemi name as publicity stunt.


Anyways.... 100more horsepower and 1 MPG less than the 4.7 is the main thing I looked at.

 

Regardless of name, it is 345ci of righteous smack-down waiting to be unleashed on some unsuspecting fool.

As others have stated, why not get it? It's better to have the power and not need it than to need the power and not have it.

 

We do have a Hemi, both by design and name - period.

 

I'll give you name, but not design.

The only thing that even remotely resembles the gen I HEMI motors is the head design. It's not overly surprising that Chrysler didn't roll with the original design anyways. I mean, the iconic 426 and 392 motors were so inefficient in terms of fuel and emissions that it wasn't even funny. In fact, in 2003 when the gen II motor came about, Chrysler didn't think that they were going to be able to get the emissions low enough to suite the EPA; they actually had to do some tricky stuff to the tuning of the motor to get the numbers right. It contributes a lot to the reason why there is so little support for the 03 rams with the hemi in them.


As for the name, again, I give you that. It's a hell of a marketing program to say the least. People know the name Hemi flat out. Just as people know what you're talking about when you say Charger. That car right there is a classic example of what the brand is doing. They didn't set out to recreate the Charger when they brought it back, but rather, they needed a name for a new platform of a four door sedan and Charger was the likely name due to its iconic history. Same goes for the motors including Pentastar V6, Magnum V8 and V6, and of course, the Hemi.

 

I got the 4.7 so I'm not on hear crying that my hemi shutters when the mds kicks on and off,I also had a 4.7 on my last truck and if it ain't broke don't fix it.

 

I got the 4.7 beacuse it was what I could find with all the other stuff I wanted at a price I felt like paying. That's the way it is when buying used. I wouldn't mind having the hemi, but I don't regret not having it either. I don't haul much besides my bikes and household stuff.

 

I have the 4.7, with a little over 7000 miles. 3000 of them were from a move from south texas, to northern washington. I could not be happier with the preformance and gas mileage. Sure a hemi would have been nice, but I got a smokin deal on the 4.7 so it was a no brainer for me.