400 hp 5.2l vs 5.9l Magnums

rumblefish360 said
Are these not in the magazine build thread?
And why bring them up?

Cause me and cousin are thinking of doing a youtube channel, for one our projects he's got engineless 340 Dustee that's been sitting around a decade or so and I got a beat up Grand Cherokee that we could do a series on low dollar build and do some racing with them. So I was looking at 5.2l magnum builds and notice how close they were to the 380 hp create engine. And thought some would be interested.

rumblefish360 said
What’s good for one can be good for another.
Sounds like you’re championing the 318/5.2 here.
To what end?

I don't care what people build as long they know what their getting into. I only defend 318 cause people's criticism of the 318 are way over exaggerated like performance part ceases to function in a 318.

If I was to push only one mopar engine it would be a 440 pretty much no matter what power level were talking.

The reason I'm thinking 5.2l for me and my cousin is there pretty easy to get around here fairly cheap and streetability ain't a huge concern, mainly though we're starting off NA but plan on playing around with nitrous, ebay turbo's etc.. So buy a few extra if we blow them up we blow them up :)

rumblefish360 said
Torque to the ground is a car chassis issue, not the engine. So torque at the crank is important.

Yes what an engine makes at the dyno/crank is important but what is more important is what actually gets to the ground and when. And gears are a major part if that.

rumblefish360 said
Saying otherwise is insanity and stupid.

rumblefish360 said
So, have you cleared out your in box yet?
I’ve got a few choice words for you and a few questions!

Yes I have, Kewl