A concern of mine as well.
2026 Ram 1500: The Hemi is back in business
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The Hemi has to have some identifying sound! We have to be fair!
The Ford 5.0L has the wonderful piston slap and rattle, so that's out of the question.
Ford also has a patent on the timing chain rattle for the 5.4L and 3.5L EcoBoost engines. So that noise is out of the question.
GM is in a tough battle with Ford to claim the patent on the king of rattle with their 2.4L and 3.6L
GM has won the "Worst PCV design" on some of their engines by a landslide, so nobody dares challenge! (Yay GM! You go, girl!)
The GM 5.3 and 6.2 have...well, you know, something far worse than the Hemi ever had. I've seen so many new GM trucks on the side of the road with their hoods up. They wish they had a Hemi at that point.
Kia/Hyundai engines are special; they decide when they've grown tired of your efforts to keep them running, so they just knock a few times and say, "I'm done!" BOOM!
I'm too tired to keep going.
I'll take my Hemi any day.
Well said!
And bringing back the Hemi will smooth the transition, if the Hurricane proves that it’s superior it will take over in the end. A big segment of truck buyers are inherently conservative. They want something that’s proven and something they understand, hence all the grousing when Ford pushed out the Ecoboost years ago. And the Ecoboost results are still not entirely clear, some of them hold up about as well as v8s (3.5), some die quickly (2.7, 1.0).
Keeping a lower-tech big-displacement v8 in the arsenal is not without precedent. GM still has the LSx (though its reputation is pretty tainted these days, first with cam/lifter issues, AFM, and now the 6.2 debacle). Ford created a whole new pushrod v8 (Godzilla) because they saw a market for it, and it’s doing well. Stellantis had a CEO that got far too swept up in “the new” on a rapid timescale, and the company (and he) paid the price. FORTUNATELY, the tooling and other production capability hadn’t been scrapped.
Must be the twin turbo straight 6 isnt going over so well . Given RAMS reliability general issues I would be extremely worried about having to worry about 2 turbos on a so far unproven platform . Maybe in a few years after it has been around awhile and has proven itself .
The Hurricane engine has been out for 4 model years now with the launch in the 2022 Jeep Wagoneer.
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Chrysler's history with turbos is actually pretty good. Transmissions? Not so much, hence everybody being thrilled when they stopped trying to do that one in-house and now deal with ZF.
The DS and DT trucks are generally pretty reliable. They have some common quirks, like the exhaust manifolds (DT) or studs (DS), the rear window on the DT's, and lifter failure on the pre-2018 trucks (which both GM and Ford also have).
I really want the hurricane to work out. Maybe stellantis isnt the best company to release something new, but the traditional Chrysler pedigree in general had a good history at producing good engines. The dual intake 3.5, venerable 3.3 and 3.8 family, “hemi,” 3.7 and 4.7, the 3.6 pentastar … I’ve owned a few and only one left me a little disappointed (the 3.7 drove well but it gave me rod knock when towing, early in life), and of course the 4.0 FTW if you go back far enough. I’d like to think they can get the I6 right just because what’s not to love about a TT I6?
How much of this is a mfr issue vs supplier issue?
How much of this is a mfr issue vs supplier issue?
Bringing the Hemi back seems absurd to me. I could see doing it to get some cheaper trucks on the road but at a higher price than the already expensive turbo-6 version? Nah.
Every review of the Hurricane engine I’ve ever seen or heard of praised it for nice performance, torque down low, plenty of power, good driveability. Long term reliability is unknown but can’t be worse than the Hemi or the rest of the truck.
Every review of the Hurricane engine I’ve ever seen or heard of praised it for nice performance, torque down low, plenty of power, good driveability. Long term reliability is unknown but can’t be worse than the Hemi or the rest of the truck.
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There aren't really any issues with the Hurricane engine, people just want the option of the stone-simple V8, so getting rid of it was dumb. Now they have a choice.
I have a feeling the hemi might be around a little longer than we think. From what I've been reading and hearing the I6 Hurricane is getting a lot of mixed reviews, making it not as good as many had hoped.
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People might want the v8 for a variety of reasons. Sound, easy to fix, mechanic in every rural town has touched at least one, high availability of aftermarket parts, easy to tune/mod etc.
It also has a higher tow rating than both Hurricane's. Make of that what you will, but obviously power isn't everything.
I'm willing to bet the hemi takes far more abuse in the real world without complaining.
As for "reliability is unknown"; exactly. The hemi's well tested design was an attraction for me, just like "mature design" is sought after by many toyota fans.
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Bingo, that's why it was on my criteria for my parent's replacement vehicle. The HEMI backed by the ZF 8HP is a pretty bomb-proof powertrain that'll pull whatever you put behind it without complaining.
There, I fixed it for ya.
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