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Hi, this is Dave from Motel and I'm here
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to talk to you about a new V8. And I'm
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not talking about the rumored big V8 for
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the big trucks that people have been
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talking about in various displacements
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up to a whopping 426 cubic in. Nope, not
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talking about that one. Talking about a
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smaller one, smaller than any modern
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Chrysler V8, including the next
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generation 4.7 that some of you may
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remember. uh talking about something
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that's smaller than any V8 Chrysler has
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made since 1956.
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How about that? So, uh I've been told
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that they're working on a Hemi V8, but
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I've also been told about the small V8,
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might not be a Hemi, might be more
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related to the GME or Hurricane series.
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Uh hard to know which one it is right
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now. They might be working on two V8s.
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That would explain a lot, but uh it
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would be a very modern engine. We're not
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talking about something with wedge heads
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or anything like that. We're talking
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about something very modern, partly
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because it would need some serious cam
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timing systems. Uh because this might be
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an engine to be used instead of the
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Pentastar V6 or a Hurricane. This might
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be an engine that goes along with the
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range extended electric vehicles, the
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Reeves. And they're planning that for
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the Ram 1500. They're planning that for
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the uh wagon ear. They might even use a
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Reeve in uh the Ram 2500 and 3500 at
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some point because it's nice to have the
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strength of an electric motor from the
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very start if you're going to be pulling
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a heavy load and stuff like that. And
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it's also nice to avoid having the kind
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of gas mileage that you get in a Ram
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2500 or Ram 3500 if you're using it in
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commercial use. So this is where you
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could see a gasoline engine acting as a
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generator to power an electric motor.
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And that is one of the positions that
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I've heard via the rumor mill that this
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new V8 is being slotted for. So we'll
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find out soon. But a small V8 would also
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be really nice as a feature bragging
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rights for the new midsize pickup truck
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that's coming in at around $40,000ish.
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So, we'll find out soon. This is what we
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know. There is a chance that it will be
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branded a Hemi regardless of uh the head
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design. If it's even a semihemi, you can
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call it a Hemi. I mean, Hemi is a
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trademark at this point more than a
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description of the heads. So, uh, will
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it be a four valves per cylinder or the
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Hemi's two valves per cylinder? Will it
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be a push rod? We don't know, but we
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will find out. I would assume that
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they'd want it to run Miller cycle if
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it's going to be used as a generator,
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but again, don't know. The important
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thing is that it have that torque at low
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revs. And I suspect that they'll be
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wanting to run it without a
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turbocharger.
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Well, for more, see our story at
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stellpower.com.
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And keep an eye out for more stealth
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power coverage of this new V8. We do
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expect to learn more very soon about one
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or both of these possible new engines.
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