Anyone raced a hemi??

[David Proske]

I test drove a Dodge Hemi the other day; as my wife wants one. It was a light truck, a 2003 1500 regular cab, short bed. It had a K&N air filter and flowmaster exhaust. Only had 17,000 miles. It sounded awsome but that was about it. After driving it for about five minuets I wanted back in my truck. Even as heavy as my truck is, it still handled better and drove better than the dodge.

I expected more from the HEMI. Either this one was a lemon or these things are not making close to the advertised HP. I often wondered how the HEMI's performed, guess now I know.

[G. Gearloose]

No tyet, but you got to rev the snot out of them to experience the power... great truck engine..

Make a lot of noise, lets you think your going fast..
The 4.8 in my wife's K1500 has more grunt.

[G. Gearloose]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by G. Gearloose:
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[DmaxMaverick]

A friend has a 2003 1/2 ton hemi. He's put about $5000 into the engine and it still doesn't impress me. He brags about his "14 second truck". His power only comes in a real narrow power band, near the red line. A lightly mod'd current Diesel of any brand will stomp it. His tires will outlast mine by a long shot. He pulls a 2500# trailer and it falls flat.

Sounds nice, but that's about it.
We have a phrase around here that covers it. "Nice mufflers". Or "All that and a bag of chips".

[BMDMAX]

Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.

Hemi's are easy to wax with a Duramax and taste good too! :D

[chuntag95]

Ditto, they are fun to eat for lunch. Had one follow me back to work to find out what ate his lunch. :D

[David Proske]

I noticed when I test drove that truck that it had to rev to redline to make any power. It also had a tick to, not like the dmax tick- MUCH louder, sounded like something in the valvetrain.

I drove a 5.3 sierra a while back. I'll see if I can talk the wife into test driving one of them. It seemed to have alot more grunt to it than that HEMI, and would prolly get better mpg as well.

[G. Gearloose]

Likely, my wife's K1500 xcab 4.8 gets 20 mpg highway, in the green mountains, with the AC cranked...!