Ram 3.0 Hurricane straight-six- picture

[GON]

Came across a picture of the Ram 3.0 Hurricane straight-six, out of the truck. Looks like a complex assembly. Can't imagine what happens to all the vacuum and like routing hoses, wires, sensors after they turn brittle down the road.

Two years ago, I posted how simple and serviceable the V8's look in late model Chevy trucks. For self-maintainers, the Chevy V8 gas engines at least visually look like the smart choice.

 

[Bailey28]

There is an engine somewhere in there??

 

[wwillson]

Came across a picture of the Ram 3.0 Hurricane straight-six, out of the truck. Looks like a complex assembly. Can't imagine what happens to all the vacuum and like routing hoses after they turn brittle down the road.

Two years ago, I posted how simple and serviceable the V8's look in late model Chevy trucks. For self-maintainers, the Chevy V8 gas engines at least visually look like the smart choice.

I looked at the Jeep Wagoneer before I bought the Tahoe. The Wagoneer had great power out of that 3.0L twin turbo, but there is a premium for buying anything with the Jeep emblem on it and when I looked at how complex the engine compartment was, I said no thanks, plus the sales guy was drunk off his rear, which turned me off.

The engine compartment of the GM V8 looks empty. When the Tahoe has 200k miles, it will be much much simpler to work on.

 

[GMBoy]

I agree the Chevy V8's have always looked so clean and no clutter as do Rams. Ford has a lot of clutter. That Hurricane looks a mess about what the GM 3.0 diesel looks like. It takes 5hrs to change a diesel alternator there so much junk to remove.

 

[wwillson]

GM 3.0 diesel looks like. It takes 5hrs to change a diesel alternator there so much junk to remove.

Yes, I owned a GM 3.0 Duramax and you are correct.

 

[Allaned]

Ducts for a twin turbo I6 take up a lot of space. Would metal be better than plastic?

 

[LouC]

I prefer this one, lol. 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0
modern vehicles are repulsive to me.
I looked under the hood of a 2.7 Bronco and it was as bad as that 3.0 twin turbo
No thanks

here's my 2007 5.7, not as easy as the 4.0 six but not bad and has plenty of get up and GO.

 

[Danno]

Here's what it looks like going commando in our Ram shop.
Broke a valve spring at 500 miles.
I found it interesting the coolant passages are much larger on the driver's side (exhaust) of the engine.

 

[HemiBenny]

Everyone keeps talking about how much better this thing is than the 5.7l or 6.4l Hemi.
There’s no denying that it can slightly outperform the V8’s, but I bet it won’t outlive the V8’s. It sure as hell won’t be as easy to work on when there is a failure.

Give me a simple pushrod V8.

 

[CKN]

Everyone keeps talking about how much better this thing is than the 5.7l or 6.4l Hemi.
There’s no denying that it can slightly outperform the V8’s, but I bet it won’t outlive the V8’s. It sure as hell won’t be as easy to work on when there is a failure.

Give me a simple pushrod V8.

Well....it's only been a few years. We will see. BITOGers tend to like feed the dinosaurs.....because that's what the Hemi is. GM is coming out all new trucks for 2027-with new motors. It will be interesting to see how even further the Hemi will fall behind. GM is already quoting 10 to 12 per cent more efficiency.

 

[RooflessVW]

Came across a picture of the Ram 3.0 Hurricane straight-six, out of the truck. Looks like a complex assembly. Can't imagine what happens to all the vacuum and like routing hoses after they turn brittle down the road.

Two years ago, I posted how simple and serviceable the V8's look in late model Chevy trucks. For self-maintainers, the Chevy V8 gas engines at least visually look like the smart choice.

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Most of what I see there is wiring...

 

[HemiBenny]

Well....it's only been a few years. We will see. BITOGers tend to like feed the dinosaurs.....

I’ve loved dinosaurs since I was a kid!

 

[GON]

Most of what I see there is wiring...

Here is a post from an opening thread a few years ago.

"A coworker purchased a Chevy 2500 pickup, extended cab, 4wd, gas engine last week. Not overly optioned. Paid about 60k out the door, which I thought was a low price with Washington state sales tax of ten percent.

What I was most surprised about this truck was its old school simplicity. I could see all the plug wires, and looked like I could change the plugs without any struggle. Under the hood was wide open, like a pickup from the early 1970s."

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Thread '2022 Chevy 2500 pickup- coworker purchased- very "retro" for a pickup'

Jan 7, 2023

A coworker purchased a Chevy 2500 pickup, extended cab, 4wd, gas engine last week. Not overly optioned. Paid about 60k out the door, which I thought was a low price with Washington state sales tax of ten percent.

What I was most surprised about this truck was its old school simplicity. I could see all the plug wires, and looked like I could change the plugs without any struggle. Under the hood was wide open, like a pickup from the early 1970s.

The interior didn't seem much different from my 1991 Chevy 3500. No big high tech screen, HVAC changes made with physical knobs. Only big...

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[GON]

Most of what I see there is wiring...

Thanks for identifying what I didn't holistically capture in the first paragraph of my post. the post is updated to holistically better capture the intent of the post:

"Came across a picture of the Ram 3.0 Hurricane straight-six, out of the truck. Looks like a complex assembly. Can't imagine what happens to all the vacuum and like routing hoses, wires, sensors after they turn brittle down the road."

 

[RooflessVW]

I guess it depends on how much you trust the MFG.

This engine in my Touareg is approaching 200k with no issues to report:

 

[HemiBenny]

Well....it's only been a few years. We will see. BITOGers tend to like feed the dinosaurs.....because that's what the Hemi is. GM is coming out all new trucks for 2027-with new motors. It will be interesting to see how even further the Hemi will fall behind. GM is already quoting 10 to 12 per cent more efficiency.

Hopefully it all goes well for GM. Chasing efficiency has caused a lot of problems for all of these manufacturers.
Things haven’t gone well for Toyota. (Supposedly the king of reliability.)
The Toyota 5.7l was a dinosaur compared to their 3.4TT, but which would you want sitting in your driveway right now?

I have nothing against advanced technology. I do have something against over-complicated engines that fall behind in reliability compared to the “dinosaurs”, all for the sake of “efficiency”.

Just to prove that I’m not a full fledged Luddite, I do think the GM 2.7l is a great engine overall. I have even suggested a GM truck with this engine to people looking at 1/2 ton trucks. I’ve even praised it here on BITOG.

 

[hemitom]

Wonder what a not so simple spark plug change would cost ?

 

[CKN]

Hopefully it all goes well for GM. Chasing efficiency has caused a lot of problems for all of these manufacturers.
Things haven’t gone well for Toyota. (Supposedly the king of reliability.)
The Toyota 5.7l was a dinosaur compared to their 3.4TT, but which would you want sitting in your driveway right now?

I have nothing against advanced technology. I do have something against over-complicated engines that fall behind in reliability compared to the “dinosaurs”, all for the sake of “efficiency”.

Just to prove that I’m not a full fledged Luddite, I do think the GM 2.7l is a great engine overall. I have even suggested a GM truck with this engine to people looking at 1/2 ton trucks. I’ve even praised it here on BITOG.

I would agree the previous Tundra had a great motor!

 

[GON]

Although remoive

I guess it depends on how much you trust the MFG.

This engine in my Touareg is approaching 200k with no issues to report:

Although removed from your VW engine, the serpentine belt seems somewhat visible and home mechanic replaceable on your VW engine. Take a second look at the serpentine belt on Ram 3.0 Hurricane straight-six, quite possibly a half day project. Hard to tell from the angle of the picture, but from what I can see I would not be thinking even a serpentine belt replace would be a cakewalk on the Ram 3.0 Hurricane straight-six.

 

[02SE]

Came across a picture of the Ram 3.0 Hurricane straight-six, out of the truck. Looks like a complex assembly. Can't imagine what happens to all the vacuum and like routing hoses, wires, sensors after they turn brittle down the road.

Two years ago, I posted how simple and serviceable the V8's look in late model Chevy trucks. For self-maintainers, the Chevy V8 gas engines at least visually look like the smart choice.

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I assume you've looked under the hood of your Dually.