What you all think about putting an old 392 hemi

750 pounds dry weight. Exhaust is easy to get around. Look for the hi po manifolds with the 4 bolt outlet flange. Those outlets are 2.50". I have a pair going on my 331. They hug real close to the engine and will fit almost anywhere,plus they flow nearly as well as block hugger headers. One of the magazines did a shootout about early Hemi exhaust some years back and those manifolds surprised everybody. But they are hard to find in good shape and are not cheap. Prices in this thread are a bit exaggerated. You can get a nice set of 10.1 pistons from Keith Black for about the same as small block pistons. For the camshaft, I sent my core to Oregon Cam Grinders and they reground it to a pretty nasty little grind. .465/.465 240 at .050" on a 106 LSA......for 70 bucks. If you stick with the stock rockers, you need to keep the lift low. The exhaust rockers are LONG and they will be under a lot of stress at high lifts. Besides, the Hemi heads don't need tons of lift to flow. The two best production heads to use are either the "555" heads or the heavy duty truck heads. They both flow about the same, although a lot of folks say the 555 is better....dynos have said otherwise. If you're really gonna do it, pick up Tex Smith's early Hemi book. Like anything else, there are some mistakes, but there's tons of good stuff in it. If you shop around and ask around, you can do a Hemi on a budget. As unbelieveable as it sounds.....I am doing one myself.