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Sure you can. TRX = Power, sound, and character.
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Anyone getting a 2025 with the I6 Hurricane?
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Sure you can. TRX = Power, sound, and character.
Ram is reducing that character with the RHO. I'm reserving my judgement on the RHO until I actually see and hear one in person.
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Reducing the power and sound too...
Idahoktm
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Not reducing, but eliminating the character.
It will most likely be a great truck and Ram will probably sell a bunch of them, especially since it has better specs and price than the Raptor. I think the lack of an exhaust clip in their launch video is very telling.
And RELATIVE to a Rivian quad motor or Cyberbeast it’s weak.
And yet, I’ll take a TRX please.
Life is best lived outside of a stat sheet.
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Old school V8 vrs I6, I6 more torque, V8 more HP. However they were simple engines, and made lower HP vrs same cubic inch. Todays engines with the computers and closer tolerances as well as better mechanical designs, to squeeze every once of fuel economy from an engine. look at the BMW's and Mercedes V-8's, their extremely complicated with overhead cams and timing chains and belts, hell theres a Duramax Diesel with a belt driven oil pump at the back of the engine. I guess we'll see the problems that come with the new Ram 3.0 I6 motor in the next couple of years.
And yet the fastest, most reliable cars BMW makes use turbo I-6 engines.
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I'm not a BMW guy. But have a local friend with a 900+ hp M3 Comp, and a 10 sec 1/4 mile X3M. Got to drive his M3 a couple times. It's a pretty spicy little carYes they do, but work on one.
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I didn't say they are slow, I lived in Germany for 5 years, and drove MB and BMW as well as other makes. Mercedes is over engineered and expensive, and BMW (Bavarian Motor Works) are quick and a little less expensive. However with the overhead cams and the mechanisms driving the cams make it complicated, then add two turbo's to make the HP that a Hemi makes, makes it a service nightmare.
The Hemi is simple, easy to work on, and the long production period makes a great source for aftermarket performance products. If I were to spend a few bucks, I could add on a super charger, and that Hemi would blow away the 3.0 I-6
The Hemi is simple, easy to work on, and the long production period makes a great source for aftermarket performance products. If I were to spend a few bucks, I could add on a super charger, and that Hemi would blow away the 3.0 I-6
Add a supercharger to the 5.7l and even with a good tune, and supporting mods, you would still be staring at taillights trying to race a M3 Competition. And that's straight from the factory
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You new to internet forums?
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Yes
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Apples to oranges, I thought were comparing Hemi to a Hurricane.
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If we were, shouldn't we be throwing a turbo or supercharger on the 5.7 so the playing field is even and then see which preforms better with power and mpg?
E.Hands
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No. To hypothetical.
Look the Hemi is ova!
You get a SST, period.
Erie - body complained about poor gas mileage so they gave us the same mileage with mor pwr.
Ramcares.Ram listens...
Enjoy it. Have fun. Cause thats what we get.
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Darksteel165
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I don't have an SST, I have a v8.
And when I need a new truck in 5-10 years + I will buy whoever offers an v8 then, or a super strong I6 with no turbo if there is some new breakthrough of technology.
If there are no v8 trucks and I still want one I will likely setup a deal to have an v8 installed. Maybe some kind of LS swap. Or if I want to go turbo I will go Ford who seems to consistently be ahead of Ram when it comes to engines lately.
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