[Shotimes] (OT) SHO replacement

[kerbyh@netzero.net]

No.  Only the name is the same.  It is not based on either of the old big block HEMIs of the past.

Kerby

-- <alfitz@alfitz.com> wrote:
Is the new HEMI the same engine as back in the day?


Al Fitz
alfitz@alfitz.com

GET YOUR YAMAHA-SHO EMBLEMS AT:
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <kerbyh@netzero.net>
To: <ron@v6sho.com>
Cc: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] (OT) SHO replacement


> And the HEMI probably puts out as much power in 4-cyl mode as the V8-6-4
did in V-8 mode...
>
> If you have ever seen the Rube Goldberg contraptions that were under the
oddly shaped valve covers of a V8-6-4, you'd know why it was doomed from the
start.
>
> Kerby
>
> -- "Ron Nottingham" <ron@v6sho.com> wrote:
> oh lol! the caddy v8-6-4! early to mid-80's IIRC. It was a cool idea, but
> the computing power needed to run such a system wasn't available then.
now,
> the computer power is here to be able to control it, and the technology is
> available to be able to control individual valves (like variable valve
> timing). this is the next big leap for trucks/suvs, and we should be
seeing
> more of this system in the future.
>
> Ron Nottingham - Dalton, GA
> 90 SHO
> 89 325i
> (OO==00==OO)
> "It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile"
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Childs" <rbchilds@pacbell.net>
>
>
> > In the road tests I have seen of the new hemis, they have said the
system
> is not
> > even noticeable; much better than the Cadillac 8-6-4 system.
> >
> > -Ron Childs  '91
> >
> > --- BOB FISHER <thunderbird88@comcast.net> wrote:
> > >  cadillac tried this a while back and it was a flop.i wonder if it
will
> flop
> > > for chrysler too.BOB
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "bjshov8" <bjshov8@comcast.net>
> > >
> > > > I think the jury is still out on this but the Hemi has a system that
> drops
> > > > out some cylinders under light load in order to improve mileage.
>
>
>
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