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Old 08-04-2008, 10:18 PM   #1
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"that thing got a hemi in it" guy dumping his hemi"gas guzzler"

http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/bl...-know-its-bad/

click the ebay link..funny contradiction I noticed "It also has a multi displacement system to help save on gas" if it worked, would he be getting rid of it??
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the 5.7L hemi gets the same 13/19 as the 4.7L, so I guess it works?
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the 5.7L hemi gets the same 13/19 as the 4.7L, so I guess it works?
wow like another 1/2 gallon less and that pig would get a nice gas guzzler tax
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I wish he would get his stupid ass out of all the pictures.... I don't even really know who he is; though I've heard rednecks around here say that Hemi line, all it does is piss me off. I guess I'm lacking on my commercialized media input.
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click the ebay link..funny contradiction I noticed "It also has a multi displacement system to help save on gas" if it worked, would he be getting rid of it??
He didn't mention anything about the fuel mileage, just that he is never at home to drive it. 8300 miles isn't too bad for an almost 3 year old vehicle. Whomever gets this truck will basically have a new truck sitting in their driveway. Don't know aobut the price though it's sitting at 35K and the reserve still hasn't been met.
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I wish he would get his stupid ass out of all the pictures.... I don't even really know who he is; though I've heard rednecks around here say that Hemi line, all it does is piss me off. I guess I'm lacking on my commercialized media input.
I always laugh because the "hemi" is neither a new nor particularly modern concept...IIRC some of the earliest combustion engines had hemispherical combustion chambers back in like 1905....

Hemis get a bit more power, but they're something like 30% heavier (per displacement) than a traditional combustion engine, and they tend to get comparitively bad lowrange performance.

Cliffs: HEMI is just marketing gimmick...and Chrysler has been using the "HEMI" since the 1950s...
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I wish he would get his stupid ass out of all the pictures.... I don't even really know who he is; though I've heard rednecks around here say that Hemi line, all it does is piss me off. I guess I'm lacking on my commercialized media input.
well if you want to mess with them, next time you hear it just say yep I got one since almost all DOHC engines do, 4 valves with the spark plug in the middle.
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well if you want to mess with them, next time you hear it just say yep I got one since almost all DOHC engines do, 4 valves with the spark plug in the middle.
hmm...that isn't true. Very few engines these days use a hemispherical combustion chamber, most modern engines use a wedge chamber.....

even alot of the engines marketed as "HEMIs" are really NOT hemispherical setups, truth be told.....they simply use a modified/rounded cc....
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hmm...that isn't true. Very few engines these days use a hemispherical combustion chamber, most modern engines use a wedge chamber.....

even alot of the engines marketed as "HEMIs" are really NOT hemispherical setups, truth be told.....they simply use a modified/rounded cc....
Yea Yea but hey it's kinda close a little polishing of the edges don't you think?
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Im...VQ35DE_005.jpg

and yes Pearl93VE I know its a VQ head but couldn't find a VE pic
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^^ That pic is proof that the VQ doesn't have a hemispherical combustion chamber.



OT: And looking at it again, that looks nothing like a VQ35DE head. DE quench pads are not nearly that pronounced. Might be from an HR.
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that's a wedge chamber....not even close to a "hemi"
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35,000 and reserve not met....

This guy thinks he is really important. However, no one has bidded yet. YAWN!
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like the ebay auction for $1 mill to have dinner with bill and hillary clinton
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$35,000 asking price, with the economy and current gas-guzzling social-stigmatization of trucks...

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I wish he would get his stupid ass out of all the pictures.... I don't even really know who he is; though I've heard rednecks around here say that Hemi line, all it does is piss me off. I guess I'm lacking on my commercialized media input.
guy is a total douche.
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that's a wedge chamber....not even close to a "hemi"
yep about the same as this
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so does it come with the $1.99 gas deal or at least a full tank?
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wow like another 1/2 gallon less and that pig would get a nice gas guzzler tax
no tax its a truck....
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no tax its a truck....
i stand corrected..thought it was just suvs

although it doesnt make sense for certain trucks ie rt10..where as same viper motor in a viper is taxed/ and may even get better mileage then rt10??
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Yea trucks get out of a lot of stuff like that due to the term "work truck"
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