2026 HEMI or Hurricane?

[NJT3]

I have a 2015 with the hemi and a 2025 with the I6. I'd take the I6 over the hemi everyday. The I6 is smoother and quite a bit faster than the hemi and it pulls hard way past any reasonable speed limit. It can be a little jerky under low throttle, but I don't know if that's an engine or transmission issue.

A little jerky is why went with hemi v8 et vs Ford ranger turbo way jerky transmission plus those turbos you have to feed it higher octane to see real-world mpg..

 

[BowDown]

Mines not jerky at all, at any speed. As for the octane, I fill up at costco and was already using 93 so no change for me. Not running 87 in either truck

 

[BowDown]

I'm not sure I would call the Hurricane simple either because it has two less cylinders. It's DOHC with twin water & oil cooled turbos, electronic wategates, electric water pump, high pressure direct injection, etc. Also, the Hemi has been around since how long now? I suspect it's production has been amortized down quite a bit by now, whereas the Hurricane is a ways from that.

Do we actually have something official that states production costs of these engines currently?

I don't know that either are any simpler than the other but the I6 isn't complicated either. On paper, both Hurricanes are better than the HEMI. In real world driving, both the Hurricanes are better than the HEMI. Anyone considering either should probably go drive both trucks before making a decision or commenting (not directed at you, in general).

I don't get the failure or rebuild aspect the haters keep making as there's more angry HEMI owners that needed a new engine on this forum than there are angry Hurricane owners that need a new engine; I haven't seen any and I've only seen on on the Hurricane 3.0 FB group. I also don't get the failure/rebuild comments because the trucks have a 10/100,000 warranty, you're not paying for the failure anyway much less keep the truck long enough for it to fail. There's people in the FB group with 70K miles on hurricanes already with no failures/issues

 

[wvinson]

I don't know that either are any simpler than the other but the I6 isn't complicated either. On paper, both Hurricanes are better than the HEMI. In real world driving, both the Hurricanes are better than the HEMI. Anyone considering either should probably go drive both trucks before making a decision or commenting (not directed at you, in general).

I don't get the failure or rebuild aspect the haters keep making as there's more angry HEMI owners that needed a new engine on this forum than there are angry Hurricane owners that need a new engine; I haven't seen any and I've only seen on on the Hurricane 3.0 FB group. I also don't get the failure/rebuild comments because the trucks have a 10/100,000 warranty, you're not paying for the failure anyway much less keep the truck long enough for it to fail. There's people in the FB group with 70K miles on hurricanes already with no failures/issues

The only failures I 've heard of on the hurricane is from mucked up thermostats that stick closed and overheated the engine. Heat problem, not an engine problem.

 

[StuartsFriend]

I test drove multiple full sized trucks, including a RAM with a Hemi. The I6 did it for me. Absolutely smooth ride and great power delivery. I don't know why anyone would go with a Hemi. The rebellion against I6 turbo and Hemi's return puzzle me.

The drive 3K and sometimes 4K miles per month and already look forward to the next I6 RAM. Had you told me that a full size truck can move fast and stay smooth, I'd laugh at you. Not today though.

 

[RedDevil00]

Is it sad that I still love my EcoDiesel and hope that it lasts me a long time so that the Hemi/Hurricane debate can be settled and I will know which one to buy next.

I doubt that the Hemi/Hurricane debate will be settled soon...this is about EPA garbage,thus e-Torque appears. My 2026 Hemi with it isn't getting the same mileage I got with a 2020 F150 Supercrew 4x4 5.0. But that Ford has issues of its own, slippery 10spd trans & cam phaser issues at 30K, so e-Torque isn't helping that fuel mileage much

 

[BowDown]

I don't get the constant etorque hate, my truck has 97K miles and not one etorque issue as do the multitude of trucks out there. The negatives about etorque by a small group of owners are wayyyyyyyyyyy overblown