29 Oct 11 09:59, TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:


 RW>> If your Dodge had the Hemi V8 engine, it would have a dual coil over
 RW>> with dual wires, one to a plug in the cylinder under it, the other
 RW>> to a plug in the opposite bank. Yes, they have two plugs per
 RW>> cylinder. One coil fires when the cylinder is near tdc, while an
 RW>> opposite coil will fire the 2nd plug when that cylinder is on an
 RW>> exhaust stroke. All in the name of emissions control. Someone told
 RW>> me a hundred years ago that the Chrysler hemispherical combustion
 RW>> chamber was inefficient and I guess this proves it.

 TW> Think that could be a reason for the Performance advantage??

What performance advantage? Even a 5L Mustang can beat their Hemi powered
Challanger...hands down. Factory Mustangs and Camaros run in the high
to low 13s at the dragstrip, Challengers run in the mid to high 14s...

                R\%/itt


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