Thoughts on the Hurricane 6? 9.988 at 132.83

With the current cost of the new rigs, I doubt I will ever be in the market. But looking at new applications might give me an idea if I could ever like the "around town" audio frequencies of the Hurricane motor.

Not that I expect to be in the market for even a swap anytime soon either.



I got into FWD turbo Mopars in the early 90's and culminated with an '89 GTC TII and an PT Cruiser GT but both gave me problems and I kind of soured on turbo cars. But before then I was all in and was planning a SB turbo car and have always felt a turbo was the best option for both power and economy, depending on the build and tune. What could be better than 3 liters NA and 7.4 liters at 22 psi?

I still think turbo's are the cats meow in regards to efficiency, but I have to admit the simplicity of the style of superchargers on the HC with it's built in intercooler really looks good.

Either way, I like the idea of a small motor with boost provided the boost doesn't come at too great a price. And the Hurricane is intriguing in that regard. Not going to change the direction on my '73, but makes me daydream a little in regards to my Dakota or something similar.
I've owned 5 different turbo diesel trucks with the fifth one is a Ram EcoDiesel... One of my favorite vehicles so far. At 19 years old, I bought a 1985 GLH Omni off of a friend. Had that thing for 30 years and many mods later, it netted an 11.45 @ 124.5 MPH... and got 27 MPG. I do miss driving that thing but don't miss working on it. Nothing like hearing the turbo spooling up!!