Honestly I think Hemi's are mostly a piece of jewelry and bragging rights engine, but fine if that's what a person wants.
That said, you could do all those same things to a Magnum driven car and save a shitload of money for other cool stuff.
A complete Hemi swap with the trans all the related details is a lot of time and money, and especially if a person needs to keep finances in mind.
I think I have about 3k into the entire swap and that includes the trans, yoke, converter, engine, cam and timing gear, valve springs, heads and fully automatic shifting system for OD and lockup.
I designed the shift system myself with pressure switches and solenoids so I can use only the normal three gears, or turn either OD or lockup on in auto mode and it shifts like the three speed with lockup or a three speed with OD, or a 3speed with OD and lockup completely automatically.
OD comes on at 60mph and lockup at around 75, and slowing down they both automatically disengage at those speeds on the way back down.
80 miles an hour at 2,100 RPM and exactly 25 MPG if you don't do 120.:D
(which is about where the cam starts into torque building, by the way)
I'm going to put a 3:55 8.25 rear end in it before long here because I don't need all that top end, and it'll just be more fun in town.
