Lets build a CHEAP(!!!!!!!) bracket motor!
Mopar tax is a killer, nothing is cheap. Getting stuff for free from a friend doesn't count as far as i go too.
400 horse is a stretch for 1000 bucks in the mopar world. A warmed over 340 would struggle to make 400 horse, and it would be way more than 1000 dollars
400 hp with a 5.9 is easy and cheap even with brand new off the shelf parts. Let’s run this down, ready, set, go!
I got my 80K, 5.9 out of my daughters wrecked ‘00 Durango that I swapped for with a ‘99 Ford Taurus and a cranky transmission, leaking head gasket, etc... you know the Taurus drill here....
Prices below are not today’s prices so hunt these costs down at your favorite speed shop and add them up.
14 inch Open air cleaner
New Edelbrock 750 ($300 at the time)
Edelbrock RPM ($300-ish, I forget)
Hooker Super Comp headers @ 1-3/4 (B&E body) ($330 at the time)
Sub out for cheaper 1-5/8!
$30 JY distributor
$25 wires
$2 - plugs x 8 = $16
$50 - 2 X 4ft. Straight exhaust pipe
2 Hooker Aero Chambers
2 exhaust hangers, 6 clamps
New roller cam floats between $300 & $350 ish.
(Comp cams has a nice roller with similar specs to the 360/380 which has always dyno’d over 400 hp.
BAMMMMMMM BABY! 400+ hp right there!
Im sure it is more expensive than the 1G idea put forth by Greg, but as I said, those are “Brand New Prices” & bargin hunting, trade, swap from your own stash or given a part is all good game to me.
Would you turn down a xxxx part you need for free just to stay under this Theoretical $1000 build?
If you say yes, your a lier!!!!!!
