As for the Hurricane, it will probably be just a bored out Triton. It will guzzle gas big time. They will need to offer Dual-VVT if they want to at least keep up. I remember when the '04 model F150 came out, they stole Dodge's commerical and claimed they had a faster engine. They will say that over and over again with each engine and it always turns out to be a slow engine. They don't need a powerful engine, they need a fast engine. They already have the most powerful gas engine last time I checked (the 6.8L V10).

 

their v-10 is more powerful then the old dodge 8.0L v-10? (not counting the viper since it is a sport car engine)

 

Well horsepower wise, yes. The Dodge 8.0 V-10 only made 310hp. They are about even on horsepower.

 

ah, well, instead of a an engine that hasn't been used in 4 years (or so), the viper v10 destorys theirs

GO DODGE

 

Actually the Ram V10 hp & torque dropped to 305hp & 440ft-lbs of tq in '03 because the only model they built was the model they sold in CA. Before that it did produce 310hp. The current 6.8L V10 produces 362hp & 457 ft-lbs of tq, it is able to produce thanks because it has 3 valves per cylinders instead of 2 like the Magnum V10 had. I could be mistaken, but I believe the 6.8L V10 it has VVT which also helps a little. The current 6.8L has a 9.2 to 1 compression ratio in comparison to the 8.0L had around a 8.4-8.6 to 1, this contributes to it as well. I have never driven either one before, but I can tell you by the way the 6.8L 2 valve version felt while being a passenger to a 1994 8.0L V10, the 8.0L throws you back in the seat and feels very powerful, whereas the 6.8L V10 doesn't. The 8.0L V10 feels like it is underrated. The torque peak for the 8.0L was 2800 rpms and the hp was 4000 rpms, in comparison the 6.8L produces its torque at 3250 rpms and its hp at 4750 rpms, So the Ram V10 had lower-end tq.

Of course the SRT-10 is the most powerful engine, but I wasn't including that since the SRT-10 is not a work engine like I believe the Hurricane is supposed to be.

 

All this talk becomes mute when we consider gas could reach $4.00 a gallon in some parts of the country lol.

 

gotta couple of friends that work at the romeo plant and they got a 6.2 and a 7.0 hurricane/ boss mules running durability tests now