Mopar Performance Carb 5.7L Crate Engine

$6200 for the crate motor doesn't sound too bad to me considering it is a fresh motor, not something with unknown history and you save yourself a lot of trouble hunting around for the extra bits you would need if you want to go carb with one.

Even if you buy a cheap injected motor is going to cost you at least a couple of thousand in computer, harness and other bits to get it running.

Geoffgeoff38, there are still opportunities to get into a cheap modern Hemi in Australia if you are prepared to do a bit of hunting around and some wheeling and dealing. I have a nice 6.1 Hemi sitting in the shed, which owes me very little, just had to buy a written off SRT8 to get it.