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Yeah, It's a Hemi
Reader: Let me start off by saying your magazine is great; keep up the good work. Your story "Ram 1500 TRX4" (Sept. '07) on the truck on page 102 states that the truck is hauling a hemi in the bed, but it looks like an inline-six to me.
Brandon Miller, Middletown, IN
Editor: We always appreciate our readership. You were the only one who read that story carefully enough to notice that, yes, it is a straight-six engine in the photo. What you don't realize, however, is that the pictured Jeep Tornado 230ci overhead-cam six-cylinder engine is indeed a hemi. Hemi is slang for hemispherical combustion chamber, popularized by Chrysler in the '50s and made legendary in the '60s musclecars. Jeep produced this Tornado hemi in the early '60s, but it was far ahead of its time in technology and failed to win public acceptance due to the complexity, lack of power, and weight nearly that of a diesel engine.
We Messed Up Again
Reader: I was reading the Aug. '07 issue and noticed an error that was repeated multiple times. In the article "Big Chief" it is stated multiple times that the Chief has an LT1. However, the picture shown is not an LT1 but the older L98 motor.
Bill Voet, Burlington, KY
Editor: Thanks for setting us straight. We'll fry the writer in 10/40 oil until he knows the difference in Chevy engines.
Missed His Orphan
Reader: I was disappointed when you did an article on four-wheel orphans (Nov. '06). You had a picture and a short description on just about every 4x4 on the planet, except for the Mitsubishi Montero. Then in the June '07 issue, you made me feel a little better by including a picture of a rather beat-up Montero in the "oddball" group of project wheelers. Other than ARB, as you stated, there are no aftermarket parts available. Why is this? It used to be when a new 4x4 hit the streets, the aftermarket folks would wait and see if the vehicle would be popular before making parts for it. But look at the new FJ. You could fill an issue with all the goodies available for it. I am the second owner of a '92 Montero. It is very reliable, has a ton of room inside, has good handling on and off road, and I like the fact that it has a full frame. I learned how to wheel in it, and I have done anything that a stock Jeep could do. For the last seven consecutive years, Monteros have won the Paris-Dakar rally (not Jeep, Hummer, Ford, and so on). In other countries, Monteros are just as popular as Toyotas. Yet the only thing I can buy for my buggy is a bumper, a roof rack, and a locker. Please make my orphan wheeler feel better!
John, via 4wheeloffroad.com
Editor: Sorry, but the aftermarket manufactures products that they think they can sell. The fact remains that you have a very capable vehicle, but I'll hazard a guess that there are many more FJs made than Monteros here, and more owners are apt to buy more accessories.
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