Heavyweight horsepower! the Hemi V8 returns to battle in a truck, but also will see use in future Chrysler passenger cars. Light, compact and simple, the 5.7-liter overhead valve engine is surprisingly modern, and plenty potent. (Engineer).(DaimlerChrysler's production design and development )

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By the end of this year, DaimlerChrysler's new Saltillo Engine Plant II in Saltillo, Mexico, will be ready to churn out 440,000 5.7-liter Hemi V8s annually for the Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500 trucks, though an aluminum block version may also see use in the rear-drive replacements for the Dodge Intrepid, Chrysler Concorde, and Chrysler 300M due in the 2004-2005 time period. The iron block/aluminum head Hemi truck engine is 56-lb. lighter than the 5.9-liter V8 it replaces, and produces 41% more horsepower (345 hp @ 5,400 rpm) and 12% more torque (375 lb-ft @ 4,200 rpm), making this ...

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