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Silverado Brethern
08-08-2004, 08:54 PM
what joy do you reap from hi-jacking the best GM engine ever made and putting these moparizations into it? your hemi is nothing more than a GM standard 350 with hemi-spherical heads. GET YOUR OWN ENGINE!!!

bhartlen
08-09-2004, 12:09 AM
write a letter to Diamler-Chrysler with your proof

Silverado Brethern
08-09-2004, 12:19 PM
oh believe me sir, i indeed did write a letter to them with my concerns but i dont think they got to worried...im sure its all a big conspiracy!

Ace$nyper
08-09-2004, 01:28 PM
[QUOTE=Silverado Brethern]the best GM engine ever made QUOTE]
that doesn't say much does it?

02blackstallion
08-09-2004, 08:40 PM
arent all heads hemispherical now anyway?

fredjacksonsan
08-11-2004, 10:22 AM
Perhaps a little history is needed. In the 60's, MOPARs were crushing everyone else with the original HEMI motors. Then NASCAR made the rule that no engine could exceed 350cid, which of course disallowed both the HEMI and also the 360cid that Dodge had. (At this time, both Ford and chebbie already had 350's). So Chrysler came up with the 340, which started winning again. :) Don't be mad that NASCAR requirements are helping to dictate engine size, Chrysler is just doing what Ford and Chebby have been doing for 30 years - building motors to the maximum size that NASCAR allows. I hardly think that Chrysler "borrowed" a chebbie 350 and moparized it. I'd have to agree, mail your proof to D-C corp. Aren't you just mad that that HEMI Dodge truck roasted you from the light the other day? :)

fredjacksonsan
08-11-2004, 10:23 AM
(It's actually a completely new design.) And not all motors are hemispherical heads these days.

kevin032
08-13-2004, 07:13 AM
I went to school on the hemi motors in dallas. They are as close to a chev 350 as a orang to a grapefruit.

02blackstallion
08-13-2004, 12:38 PM
Well, the way I see it, us Chevy guys dont need to be squabbling with you Dodge guys, and vise versa. Because no matter what, we have at least one thing in common, we're American! All of us, the Chevy guys, the Dodge guys, and the Ford guys need to turn our attention to the japanese menace: toyota and now nissan. What you guys think?

dirty dan
08-13-2004, 12:49 PM
I sold my 350 Chevy just after I bought my Hemi. Was chevy & pontiac dude all my life (I'm 43). I can tell you the 350 isn't even close.

hemipower
08-13-2004, 07:00 PM
In September of 1998 I purchased a brand new Chevy Silverado 1500 extended cab LT with the 5.3 liter V-8.

In January 2002, I traded it in on a new 2003 Dodge 2500 quad cab 4X4 HEMI. It puts the Chevy to shame in every category, but fuel economy.

Didn't GM sell the rights to the 350 engine to Mercury marine and then purchase it back? Why steal something that even a marine manufacturer doesn't want.

Enjoy the chevy. I'll keep my dodge.....

kevin032
08-13-2004, 07:05 PM
The Chevy 350 is one of, if not the best engine ever made. I have one in a 1999 Suburban right now has 108k and runs like new. I agree with the guy that the big three need to address the new Nissan threat to their sovreignty

bawana
08-27-2004, 10:10 AM
chrysler had the hemis back in the 50*s first like 331 CI / a lot of the 392*s were used in drag cars.I think the 426 first came out in like 1963- chevys answer the 348(58-61) 409(62-64)( nice boat moorings )There was even some kind of hybrid z-7 or z9 that was like 427 ci with the big three bump valve covers--then chevy played catch up till 65 when the first 396*s came out/then uped it to 427 for 66.except for like one year( I think in the 30*s) chevy ran all straight 6 motors up until 1954.God bless Zora Duntov or they still would be.The biggest problem was chrysler didnt have a fast small block the 273 and the 318 were dependable but not fast.In 68 they solved that with the first 340*s.So who was stealing from who?????I drove a lot of muscle cars and two of the fastest pure stock cars I ever drove were the 67 GTX with the 370 hp super commando 440 auto and the 70 camaro with the 375 hp bb 396 4/sp.chevy -chrysler- ford-there machines love them all.PS the last stock good 350(LT-1- 370 hp) was in 1970.blame the EPA.

who fan
09-01-2004, 09:48 PM
I agree that the Chevy 350 was the best motor ever made I stress WAS. Since GM so wisely stopped making it over their slapping knocking engines they have now, that they say are perfectly normal I will buy Dodge thank you. The rules have changed. I also have read on another site that GM is building engines in China. So what is American anymore?

lil red
09-02-2004, 09:36 PM
How do you figure that dodge got the hemi from a 350 chevy. FOr god sake man the dodge 318 stock has more power then a Chevy 350.

BearRunr
11-30-2004, 05:35 PM
I wouldn't go THAT far.

scoutinkeith
12-02-2004, 11:26 AM
just thought I'd throw in my two cents worth; as mentinoned before, I also think the 350 "was" one of, if not the best engine made. my first vehicle was an 82 chevy truck with a 350, my mother bought it new, and then sold it to me when I turned 16. when I got it, it had 350K miles on it. I drove it for another 100K (450K on origional engine) before I decided get a little more performance, and swapped engines. anyway, even at 450K the engine still ran like a top.
my biggest complaint is that they don't make 'em like they used to. it dosn't matter what brand, chevy, dodge, or even ford, back in the 60's, 70's, and even into the 80's, trucks were trucks, not car wana bees. they rode rough, did't get great milage, and in most cases did't have all the frilly options, and were actuailly used for work, not to haul the kids around and go to the store. I kick myself almost daily for ever selling my old chevy, there is no way that the truck that I have now, or any newer truck for that matter, could hold up as well or last as long as that truck did.

who fan
12-03-2004, 05:44 PM
Ford dropped their 300 six what were they thinking? One of the best engines you could have in a truck. I agree they don`t build them like use to . I do think over all they are better today than ever. Somethings are not for the better ,most are.I personally think when fuel injection was added to the old engines they became too reliable so the companies cheapened them up. Especially true for the automatic transmission, lots of problems.

BleedDodge
12-03-2004, 06:32 PM
Exactly. Everything was built so well that vehicles never had to come back to the dealership after they were purchased, and the dealers weren't making any money that way. They solved that by designing things so that they break, and make it so difficult to do yourself that you have to bring it back to the dealer and give them money...

Gonein2seconds
12-26-2004, 10:42 PM
yeah your right, i think any american engine will last a good amount of time especailly if taken car of i've got a 96 dodge ram 5.2 with 200k+ miles on it and the only problems i've had with it is the water pump, looking for a engine swap with a 67 440,but as far a DC i think chevy and ford should duck and hide cause with DC looking into a 6.1 liter HEMI there might be some problems for a while with it making almost as much h.p. as the original 426 hemi, but it seems like Chrylser has always been on top of the engine performance game.

indyram
12-26-2004, 11:36 PM
Well, the way I see it, us Chevy guys dont need to be squabbling with you Dodge guys, and vise versa. Because no matter what, we have at least one thing in common, we're American! All of us, the Chevy guys, the Dodge guys, and the Ford guys need to turn our attention to the japanese menace: toyota and now nissan. What you guys think?


You just want to turn our attention away from bashing that so called "good motor" that chevy made that was nothing special because you have realized that you cannot win this argument. Please come back when you have something more concrete. Thank you and have a nice day.

food4me
12-29-2004, 10:22 PM
since we're on the subject of big engines how about this one http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsshb/12cyl/

imtheoneandonlyD
12-30-2004, 12:49 AM
seen that a hundred times...

bigkane01
03-06-2005, 10:11 AM
Here's a fun fact. The very first 350c.i. engine wasn't made by brand X. Chrysler was the first to make it. I believe it was 1957, 350 cubic inch, "Golden Commando" engine with two Carter AFB four barrel carburetors, rated at 305 horsepower.

CrucialConcepts
03-06-2005, 05:33 PM
Doges Rock Chevys Rott!! All Chevys are future rust buckets...

troy1
03-07-2005, 09:38 PM
I'm a huge Dodge fan but here in SD 94-98 rams are the rust kings. bummer cuz I want one! Any one want a 95 V8 4x4 Dakota!!

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