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[Runner]

For some reason, mfgrs feel compelled to constantly make cars heavier. Some of it related to gov. required safety "features", probably more related to consumer demanded features and a LOT related to the fact that they just won't build a "small" car anymore.

1990 Honda Civic - 2165 lbs - 31 mpg
2024 Honda Civic - 2877lbs - 31 mpg

Imagine the gas mileage you would get if you put a 2024 Civic engine in the 1990 car.

 

[garry1p]

Same with RV's I had a 31ft 1969 Airstream 3300 lbs today same size 10000 lbs.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

376x2.54x2.54x2.54=5.710cc is 5.7 liter.

Being on TBN has made me handy with unit conversions.

Oddly enough, by converting 5.7 liters to cubic inches I get 345 c.i. You must be using that modern math.

I assume that’s a 6.1 SRT Challenger or is it the 6.2 in a Hellcat?

No, the 6.1 should be 370 c.i. Or 369.7 to be precise.
See what happens when applying liters to perfectly good engines?

 

[dodge man]

Yes I own two 5.7 Hemi cars they are 345 cubic inches.

 

[WinterDeere]

My 1995 Volvo 440 had no emissions, but it had a plastic cover. My 1991 propane burning 440 of before the facelift, didnt. I think they do it on your SRT because in this day and age, a bare engine would look very 1980s on a modern car.

Well, the SRT is bare over the intake, probably just no room to put much there with that engine under that hood. But they do have plastic covers over the valve covers, which is weird because they're plastic replicas of valve covers over what I suspect is cast valve covers. There's no full engine cover, in that car.

I mean how much heat would be rejected through the valve cover, while the water cooled block is exposed and the oil pan hangs in the wind ? Sure there is a bottom cover, but it has vents....

Bottom cover on the SRT is full, no vents. My truck lacks any bottom cover though, other than steel skid plate. Durango has a full plastic bottom cover, but with a hole big enough to access oil pan drain and filter.

So, maybe you have a point here. Again, just passing along what I was told, and it did seem to make sense, for two reasons:

1. I can't see auto manufacturers spending that much money and effort on under-hood cosmetics that most buyers will never see.

2. The addition of that plastic did coincide with an increase in engine operating temperatures.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Durango has a full plastic bottom cover, but with a hole big enough to access oil pan drain and filter.

Glad you brought that up.

My recently acquired '19 has a large void that I thought was supposed to have a cover on it. You're saying that it's meant to be an open area?

Also, the TRX has a (useless?) cover over the engine while the 'Cats don't.

 

[WinterDeere]

My recently acquired '19 has a large void that I thought was supposed to have a cover on it. You're saying that it's meant to be an open area?

Our Durango is only the R/T version (5.7L Hemi), as it's my wife's daily driver and I couldn't talk her into anything faster than that. But yeah, on that version there's just an open hole in the bottom cover, which I reach up thru to access the oil filter. Like you, I kinda wondered if there should be a door hatch there, but there's no provisions for attachment if there were one, so I guess that's just supposed to stay open.

I personally hate it. I like the removable pan of the SRT much better. Four 10mm screws, I can have it off in about 10 seconds, and then everything is wide open. The Durango is almost as bad as the RAM, in terms of making a mess while removing the oil filter.

On the RAM, I've actually taken to hammering an awl thru the bottom of the filter to drain it, before removing. Otherwise you end up soaking the 4wd solenoids and front axle components with motor oil, just to have it drip in the driveway for the next two days.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Thanks, WinterDeere, that answers my question.

My Durango is a V6, but I had a V8 version for a while. Guess I should look at the photos I took of that one when it was on the lift and compare.

Looks like there are holes where a cover could be fastened, but I haven't found one as a separate part. Wouldn't take much to make one I suppose.

Okay, found the photo. Sure looks like there's a hole in that one, too.

 

[Renze]

The short lived life of a solar powered ferry... listen and laugh (unless youre a Schleswig-Holstein tax payer)

 

[Renze]

Imagine the gas mileage you would get if you put a 2024 Civic engine in the 1990 car.

My neighbour has a 1.8 liter Blacktop from a Mondeo, in his 2nd gen Escort weighing about 900kg. Its darn quick and remarkably fuel efficient.

He sold the one with a 2 liter 16V and four Mikuni carburettors off a Yamaha motorcycle. It did 155hp but used a lot of fuel on his daily 4km commute, with a cold engine always on choke.