The usual-output six is predicted to supply greater than 400 hp, whereas the high-output model will make greater than 500 hp. The torque rankings are 450 pound-feet for the usual engine and 475 pound-feet for the excessive output motor. These rankings surpass these of the 5.7-liter Hemi V-Eight supplied in numerous Jeep and Ram automobiles. That motor makes 357 hp and 390 pound-feet of torque. The V-6 engine is rated at 293 hp and 260 pound-feet of torque.
The V-8-like energy of the brand new sixes is derived partially from a slew of high-tech options. Every turbo, as an example, powers three cylinders, growing response. The dual overhead cams have phasers that regulate the opening occasions of the 24 valves, and a direct gasoline injection system blasts gasoline into every cylinder at greater than 5,000 kilos per sq. inch.
The engine makes use of spray-in cylinder liners to cut back weight and improve sturdiness — the identical course of Nissan makes use of on the GT-R.
Stellantis says the Hurricane engines do not exchange the venerable Hemi V-Eight however can be supplied together with it. One engine the Hurricane would possibly exchange, nonetheless, is the light-duty 3.0-liter V-6 diesel, which makes 260 hp and 480 pound-feet of torque and is used within the Jeep Wrangler and Ram vans. The Hurricane presents comparable energy however can be inexpensive to supply than the diesel.
Stellantis is manufacturing the Hurricane sixes at a plant in Saltillo, Mexico, with an annual capability of 250,000 engines per yr. Stellantis is the third automaker lately to return to an inline structure for a brand new six-cylinder. Mercedes-Benz launched a brand new inline-six in 2016, whereas Normal Motors added an inline six-cylinder diesel to the choices checklist of light-duty pickups and SUVs in 2020.
Ford pioneered twin-turbo six-cylinder engines in its pickups greater than a decade in the past with the three.5-liter EcoBoost V-6. It rapidly turned the top-selling motor within the F-150.