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If you win, can you upgrade my 6.4 to a 454 stroker? Lol
GM's 5.5's torque isn't really usable,way to far up the rpm scale,the 6.4s torque is actually usable. S**** put enough money into billet rods/crank etc,and spin a 6.4 to 8500/9,000 rpm like the 5.5 and see what it makes for horsepower,lol.My wifes 1320 eats C8 Vettes pretty easily on the street and at the track,and the C8 actually has a bit of torque. If you want to roll race from a 100 mph up,the little 5.5 will win,but who roll races from a 100+ mph,lol.Horsepower is only torque X rpm/5252,a little single cylinder 5 cubic inch engine making 4 lb-ft spun to 100,000 rpm will make a pile of horsepower for it's size,roughly 305 hp,is it usable in an automotive application no,and that's basically what GM's little screamer 5.5 is trying to do.
No ****,wow you can actually do math,but the 6.4 makes 485 horsepower from its 392 cubes or roughly 1.24 hp per cube,while the 5.7 makes 395 from it's 345 cubes or roughly 1.14 hp per cube,differance being the 392's peak torque is farther up the rpm scale,but it's still well with-in a usable range,while GM's little screamer 5.5 isn't making much in the way of torque at a usable rpm.If you want to go fast at Bonneville,the GM 5.5 is what you want,if you want to get across an intersection and down the block quick,the 6.4 is the better engine,lol.GM does have a torque monster engine,but it's 632 cubes,and makes an advertised 1,000 hp,but it's still a pushrod engine,so you won't like it,or give it much credit,lol
I already told you the 6.4 has more in it with ported heads/intake /cam/headers etc.,the same applies to the 5.7.You appear to think neither engine can make more power naturally aspirated,when you couldn't be farther from the truth. Hell Kyle Tingles put a stock block 5.7 still with stock pistons/rods and crank,stock displacement ,into the mid 10's with heads/cam /headers etc..The fastest 4th Gen Ram on record right now is Rick Spillmans truck,he's running mid 9's naturally aspirated.By no stretch is the factory getting everything available out of the engines,the aftermarket is finally catching up,and there's good parts available now for the Hemi platform in naturally aspirated form and at stock displacement levels. I just like winding you up,lol.But you're not giving the aftermarket enough credit,they've made some big steps in the last couple years as far the Hemi platform is concerned.It's not that hard to pull another 100 horses out of 6.4 with the right combination of higher compression/ heads /cam/intake/headers /tuning etc.
I forget the name of the company,but they're experimenting with using compressed air instead of a supercharger on a drag car .I seen pic's of it on facebook a few days ago,but i don't know if they've ran it down a dragstrip yet.
