kenny thomas said:
We used a 300 6 cylinder for years. Fir short distance the gearing is more important than the power
Around here the 300 (4.9L) Ford I6 had a good reputation. I'm thinking the reason was it was built to pull.... square (bore-stroke), not to compete with the Chevy 289 V8...over square, short stroke. and in later editions, 8.8 compression ratio.
On gassers, don't overlook the Ram Hemis. I had 2 and other than their Champion conventional spark plugs, 2 per cylinder, and having to change every 30k mi. no problems.
Per the www: Run in otherwise stock trim, the 5.7L Hemi produced 385 hp at 5,500 rpm and 421 lb-ft of torque at 4,300 rpm. Illustrating that the Hemis know how to produce more than just peak horsepower was the fact that torque production from the 5.7L exceeded 375 lb-ft from 3,300 rpm to 5,300 rpm.
The last one was a 2009 with the 4-8-4 and the transition was smooth as silk, even when you were paying attention to see if you could catch it. The system required 5W-20 oil.....Ha. Get that 5W-20 engine oil specified and insisted upon out of an engine putting out 421 ft-lbs at 4300 rpms and 375 at 3300.....owner's manual said the oil pump was designed for it and said the 4-8-4 wouldn't work with thicker oil. Even the fill cap on the engine was stamped with 5W-20.
For the record, current mil is a Chevy, 2011, bought new, so I'm not a Dodge lover, just happened to run them for 10 years.