Hi, this is Dave and I'm here to talk to
you one last time about these new Hemi
V8s that we've heard about. And one of
them will be smaller, which means a
whole new block because they'd be
changing the bore spacing to make it
really compact. And the other one would
be bigger. And the bigger one would, you
know, what's rumored is a 7 L based on
the 6.4 truck engine. And this would
mainly be used for the Ram 2500 and Ram
3500
as a bigger alternative to the 6.4
and the uh cheaper alternative to the
Cumins diesel which is a real powerhouse
but kind of expensive and then you have
to pay extra to get the uh diesel fuel
in most places. So what I'm expecting is
that the 7 L really will be just for the
big trucks and that like the current 6.4
Ford truck engine. It will not be like
an SRT power rating. It won't be like
485 or 500 horsepower. It'll be a
reasonable horsepower, reasonable torque
meant to last a long, long time under
heavy use. Basically, it's going to be a
truck engine is what I'm figuring. And
it might very well replace the current
6.4 L truck engine, which, you know, has
been around for an awfully long time.
And some people would say it's
underperforming.
Uh, but you know, it's again a truck
engine meant for durability, not for
racing. Now, the compact engine, which
would be roughly 4 L. That one I'm
thinking maybe it's there to replace the
5.7. Maybe this is the new engine that
we've been hearing about for years and
years and years that was supposed to
finally uh replace the 5.7, a new
generation. And by making it literally
smaller and more compact, they could fit
it into more vehicles without having to
design them with really big under hood
areas because, you know, if they can
save an inch or two down there, then
they can save a lot of money and cut
some weight and they can maybe use it in
places where they couldn't use it
otherwise. So, it would basically be a
smaller V8 but more places for it. And
then again, it would be very useful to
have something with more power for the
range extended electric vehicles. Let's
say that they wanted to do that for the
Ram 2500 and 3500. They'd need more
power and they might need more power as
it is for the Grand Wagon Ear and the
Ram 1500. Okay, that's it. Just a quicky
update.