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Sedans Chrysler 300/300C/300C SRT-8 Chrysler 300 or Nissan Maxima?
35 messages, Last post on Mar 17, 2009 at 5:13 AM
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Replying to: shipo (Apr 01, 2008 4:55 pm)
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Replying to: xtec (Apr 01, 2008 9:35 pm)  Best Regards, Shipo
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Replying to: shipo (Apr 02, 2008 2:51 am)
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Replying to: xtec (Apr 02, 2008 2:14 pm) I've often described that setup as a car in which it's illegal to flex your right foot.  Best Regards, Shipo
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Replying to: shipo (Apr 02, 2008 4:56 pm) |
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Replying to: shipo (Mar 25, 2008 8:46 am) No, No. There is only one V6 in the Charger. Chrysler did not put the 2.7l in the Charger because it is more sport oriented.
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Replying to: albook (May 29, 2008 11:42 am) Your post had me wondering if the rental agencies had el-cheapo special editions made just for them so I checked the Dodge web site. Guess what? They do list a 2.7 liter version of the Charger. Both the Charger SE "C" Package and the Charger SE "D" Package come with the 2.7 liter V6, however, everything from the Charger SE Plus and higher either comes with the 3.5 liter V6 or some version of a Hemi.  Best Regards, Shipo |
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Replying to: shipo (May 29, 2008 1:30 pm) It is funny this thread has been revived, seeing that there is a new Maxima-again. But now, as the new one has decreased so much in size, the 300 wouldn't be a good comparison. But the Pontiac G8 would. |
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Replying to: shipo (May 29, 2008 1:30 pm)
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Replying to: coolrunning (Jun 11, 2008 12:41 am) Look at it this way, if the engine was being called upon to deliver say 32 hp to sustain say 65 mph (just an educated/non-scientific guess that probably isn't far off the mark), then each cylinder needs to be fed enough gas and air to develop 4 hp. Since the engine is designed to put out 42.5 hp per cylinder at WOT, running the engine at less than a tenth of that power is not terribly efficient. When the ECU shuts off half of the cylinders, the power requirement of 32 hp to sustain the speed doesn't drop one bit, and as such, each of the 4 remaining cylinders must now be called upon to produce 8 hp. Even though the 8 hp isn't likely to be as efficient at burning fuel as whatever the engine's most efficient point is, it's still more efficient than asking 8 cylinders to produce 4 hp each, hence the 11% bump in fuel economy. Make sense? Best Regards, Shipo |
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