5.7 L Hemi, ZF 8HP70 Swap

72BBSwinger said

Gen III Hemis weigh in at 520lbs. David Barton has the F/S record currently with his Challenger that goes head to head with COPO Camero's. Can't remember the et but the mph calculated out to 875hp out of his little 426 Gen III. If you could find more Gen III hemis in junkyards there would be just as many turbo builds as ls engines. But for some reason junkyards are not packed full of them like they are with ls stuff, go figure...

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Well, how many contractor/service trucks & vans are dodge?? The company I work for use to use 1500 class trucks/vans for the techs one level above me. We'd swap from fords to chevy's depending upon the deal they could get. Ball park 50 techs per state, Each turning in a vehicle after 2yrs/60-80k. And most having worn to hell interiors. So you end up with a large number of them in recyclers. Plus the extra 4yrs of being in production over the hemi.

I certainly wish they were as cheap as the LS, but even the cheapest most lowly hemi has an extra price added to it(2nd hand availability issues?)