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- Ram Year
- 2017 2500 Laramie Crew Cab
- Engine
- 6.4L HEMI
Neither does a proper engine need an oil with super additives. We've been over this point ad infinitum - Hemi engines are not 'proper' engines - they have a serious design defect, hence the need for super additive oil.
That's why we ended up with a racing oil instead of an everyday engine oil - to try to band aid the design defect.
My point is that there are 20 years of Hemi engines produced out there, sans how many have failed or retired, and one would think there would be more super oils available for so many engines in the wild. Kind of like why API created an entirely new oil quality category 'SP' for the new, small, GDI, turbocharged engines (single injector) that are prone to LSPI.
SP changed the detergent recipe of these oils specifically for this engine design exclusively, adding the more expensive magnesium detergent and reducing the less expensive calcium detergent, then applying to all engine types.
It will be interesting to see what happens with the Beemer 'Hurricane' engine - my projection is that such a small displacement engine with twin turbos will sheer the bejesus out of any vii oil, and cook it too due to the high temp of making a small engine work hard. I mean, even the Ford ecoboost in trucks is 3.7 liters, not 3.0 liters.
If Fiat and Peugeot think Americans are going to shell out excessive high prices for engines that don't last 100,000 miles, they got another thing coming - as we are seeing in their sales drops.
That's why we ended up with a racing oil instead of an everyday engine oil - to try to band aid the design defect.
My point is that there are 20 years of Hemi engines produced out there, sans how many have failed or retired, and one would think there would be more super oils available for so many engines in the wild. Kind of like why API created an entirely new oil quality category 'SP' for the new, small, GDI, turbocharged engines (single injector) that are prone to LSPI.
SP changed the detergent recipe of these oils specifically for this engine design exclusively, adding the more expensive magnesium detergent and reducing the less expensive calcium detergent, then applying to all engine types.
It will be interesting to see what happens with the Beemer 'Hurricane' engine - my projection is that such a small displacement engine with twin turbos will sheer the bejesus out of any vii oil, and cook it too due to the high temp of making a small engine work hard. I mean, even the Ford ecoboost in trucks is 3.7 liters, not 3.0 liters.
If Fiat and Peugeot think Americans are going to shell out excessive high prices for engines that don't last 100,000 miles, they got another thing coming - as we are seeing in their sales drops.