hemi swap total cost

I suppose the big question is ultimately what you want out of it. As many prices have been quoted here, they seem a little on the high side to me, but they also sound like pretty complete builds that are designed to put down some good numbers. I had a carb'd 3g Hemi sitting in my frame rails running down the road for under $5k, but it was just that. Nothing pretty, nothing special, just a different engine in the engine bay than the car had it in. I used the same transmission, the same radiator, the same rear end and everything that I had in the car and it worked just fine. Aside from dropping the engine in about the only other things I needed to add were an standalone MSD to run the spark and an electric fuel pump to supply the carb. However, I will admit that this particular setup does not take as much advantage of the Hemi's capabilities as a more complete swap with fuel injection/overdrive transmission/etc.