i have to respond.
yeah, lot's of high mileage turbos' but they are not hurricanes......not bashing just speaking from my actual experience i have had turbo cars.
we went through this before diesel turbo yeah great! gasoline not so much.
according to google AI lol the highest mileage hurricane RAM has 44k on it.
it's a cliché but it hold's true "the light that burns twice a bright burns half as long" the new wave of turbo 2.0's and 1.5's 4 bangers won't hold up long term either they are not meant to, let's be clear the manufactures want you buy cars/trucks every few years they only care that it makes it past the warrantee. but 2026 RAM 10 year 100k is promising if they stay in business that much longer.
there are many hemi's with well over 200k and i'll eat humble pie if the hurricane get's anywhere near that point.
with millions of hemi's on the road yeah you have some hemi's with issues but percentage wise not huge even when you factor in e-torque.
i hope i'm wrong about the I-6, time will tell.
i am biased as a whole i am anti turbo no matter what I-6, V6, V8, 4 banger hell even 3 banger. NA all the way
Im calling BS on that.
My 2020 Limited got minor damage in an accident this week. I picked up my rental yesterday, 2025 Ram 1500 Laramie with the SST and already 25K miles on it so I have both to compare side by side.
1st impressions, whoever claims the coli suspension trucks ride as good as the air ride trucks, BullS**t. My 97K limited with the factory 22's rides far better than this coil spring truck on tires with more sidewall.
2nd. Granted, I've only had it since yesterday and only drove about 10 miles I would not trade my 5.7 truck for a hurricane truck only because the improvement in power isn't worth a new payment.
If I were buying today, I
would the hurricane powered truck over the HEMI. The mid range of the standard output hurricane is exactly what I thought it would be. Part throttle driving is far better, mid range power is far far better, top end power is similar which I expected because both trucks have about the same HP.
Initial standing start is similar until about 5-7 mph then the SST takes off but I haven't really beat on it from a standing start, just normal driving. The mid range power the hurricane has vs the HEMI isn't even close, the hurricane is far superior in that area, I can only imagine what the HO feels like.
Driving at normal low speeds where the HEMI feels lazy, this truck does not, it simply accelerates with ease. the added complexity and longevity comments are subjective and silly at this point because its an unknown and mainly from people who want the engine to be bad or troublesome, remember all the complaints about the etorque system complexities? My truck has 97K miles on it and not a single issue with etorque or anything else.
I also don't like UC5 but that has nothing to do with nothing
Bottom line is the hurricane is better than the HEMI if you're looking for increased power. If you just want a truck to go from point A to point B, the HEMI or the regular V6 would be fine.
Id have no issue buying the hurricane, again, I wouldn't trade my current truck for it but that's because I don't want a new payment simply for the hurricane improvement but if I were buying and the 2 trucks were sitting side by side at the same price and options or the HEMI $1500 or so less, Id take the hurricane. Not even a second thought