chicken eh? Like that they they make the 454 in the trucks? Or the new 8.1 in the trucks?
Chicken indeed.

 

Is the corvette an 8.1 has the camaro been a 8.1?

 

Guess Ford's chicken for not putting there V10 in the Mustang.

 

Are you saying this because of the two little tangs of metal that prevent the combustion chambers from being totally hemispherical? If so, I don't think that's a valid point. The defining characteristic of a hemi engine, IMO, is the valve placement and valvetrain setup required to run it. In that way, the new hemi is faithful to the old.

Perhaps some people around here are just a wee bit jealous if the success DCX is having with their new V8.

 

I agree with you in the success part, but... keep in mind that hemispherical is not round... but the name is important

 

Truthfully, the new Hemi looks more like a Rat than it does a Hemi. The valve placement and design are a dead ringer for a big block Chevrolet turned 90 degrees. The runners are a dead ringer for the LSx family.

Maybe we oughta start calling it the "Porcupine Head" to **** off the Chrysler guys.

 

They totally went to school on the LSX stuff for sure...amazing actually.

I was thinking more along the line of Sorta-Hemi-Jet

 

Where is that article with the GM Powertrain engineer talking about how close the Hemi is the Gen III and Gen IV engine as far as design?