What the heck is a "hemi"?

[FearoftheNight]

That suv or minivan commerical w/ the guy and his "hemi" is pissing me off. WHat ish a hemi anyway!??!?

 

[BigSmooth]

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/hemi.htm

 

[Zim Hosein]

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=hemi

 

[FearoftheNight]

ok will read in a minute...seems interesting...

 

[BillGates]

Hick Engine Marketing Initiative

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: BillGates
Hick Engine Marketing Initiative

hahaha :gift:

 

[JulesMaximus]

A marketing gimmick.

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
A marketing gimmick.

roger!

 

[GroundZero]

it refers to an engine with "hemispherical heads"

 

[AmericasTeam]

Hemi

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: GroundZero
it refers to an engine with "hemispherical heads"

"combustion chambers"

 

[RU482]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
A marketing gimmick.

may be partially true, but just look at the difference in power compared to similar sized ford and chevy trucks. Not to mention the 16 spark plugs you'll need to change at tune up time with the Hemi

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: redly1

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
A marketing gimmick.

may be partially true, but just look at the difference in power compared to similar sized ford and chevy trucks. Not to mention the 16 spark plugs you'll need to change at tune up time with the Hemi

Bah, ratings by the manufacturer. I've heard those Dodge trucks lose something like 25% in the drivertrain and they aren't any faster than competing trucks with similar engines.

 

[kami333]

A funny answer

 

[ChicagoNick]

doesn't another car company use hemi's but only dodge markets it as if it was something "BIG"?

 

[Ornery]

Feelin' hemi: Big engines back in style
Drivers across the country seek power under the hood

• The popular Hemi, which dates to the 1950s, gets its name from the hemispherical shape of its combustion chamber, which Chrysler executives say allows it to produce more power and achieve greater fuel economy. Chrysler introduced the newest version of the Hemi in 2002 on heavy-duty trucks, then began offering it as an option on the Dodge Ram 1500 pickup and Durango SUV.
  
  Chrysler says a Hemi-equipped 2004 Ram 1500 can get 14 miles per gallon in the city and 18 mpg on the highway, roughly 10 percent better than the non-Hemi engine in the previous Ram.

 

[Tab]

Originally posted by: FearoftheNight
That suv or minivan commerical w/ the guy and his "hemi" is pissing me off. WHat ish a hemi anyway!??!?

I hate that commerical too

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: fivespeed5

Originally posted by: BillGates
Hick Engine Marketing Initiative

hahaha :gift:

No wonder he's a billionaire!

- M4H

 

[UNCjigga]

whoops wrong thread

 

[StageLeft]

Just another engine. One which doesn't push the Dodge fullsize pickup to 60 as fast as the Nissan Titan's engine (sorry I have no other numbers from that review)

 

[Howard]

Hemispherical combustion chambers produce more power and achieve greater fuel economy than what? Flatheads?

 

[sillymofo]

HEMI = VTEC in Japanese

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: FearoftheNight
That suv or minivan commerical w/ the guy and his "hemi" is pissing me off. WHat ish a hemi anyway!??!?

you have got to be kidding, right?

 

[TGregg]

Well, from the commercials during the Superbowl, only morons respected a Hemi. That one guy was flame-broiling his steaks, then set himself on fire. During the regular season, they had this one loser in a hair net who worked at a fast-food drive through dreaming of a hemi, and his co-worker (a grill jockey) doing the same while his grill caught fire.

Sounds like the folks who like hemis are complete losers.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: redly1

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
A marketing gimmick.

may be partially true, but just look at the difference in power compared to similar sized ford and chevy trucks. Not to mention the 16 spark plugs you'll need to change at tune up time with the Hemi

Actually, Ford's famous 427 was a Hemi too, just not advertised with that name. Almost all modern engines are at least semi-hemis and a good number are actual hemis that just aren't advertised as such.

ZV