Anyone else have an a body ute
ive considered buying an engine from a wrecked car, the 5.7 hemis are always up on ebay, they go from anywhere between $2500-$3500. ive seen a few 6.1s on ebay, but they were new engines. the cool thing is you can buy a new 5.7 for $5500 from S&P (a performance shop) and 6.1s for $7200, still pricey for most i know, but this is way cheaper then the crate hemis from Mopar Performance which run $8000 or more. youd still have to buy wiring harnesses, but the after market harnesses are cleaner and easier to figure out, theyre labled for easy instalation. both hemis fit in my year car, but the 5.7 and 6.1 car hemis alternator is mounted low and i might have to notch my frame out in order for the alternator to fit. the 5.7 truck engines alternator is mounted high and may not clear my hood (gotta research this more). heres a few more pics of some hemis in older car projects. the first few are from a guy building a second generation barracuda. you can see how close his alternator is (car hemis are mounted low). he can notch the flange and be ok, but i have a little less room in my 64 dart, so ill have to notch out even more. also in the pics youll notice the custom k member, thats from RMS, its the alteKtion thing ive been telling you about. i ordered mine last month, it will have motor mounts for the new hemis with it. one of the great things about using bills alterktion unit from RMS is header clearance. without torsion bars and gear boxs, headers fit so much easier, and TTi makes headers for the new hemis that flow better then 6.1 header/manifolds that come with the 6.1.
in a Hot Rod tech artical last year they took a 5.7 with the TTi headers and raised the rev limiter up past the conservative factory 5800rpm and at 6100rpm they got 401hp. very nice. later with comp cams big cam for the new hemis they got 480hp, however they did say the valve springs would probably have to be upgraded to stronger ones with this cam. this was done only to the 5.7 hemi, imagine what hp they could get out of the 6.1 :burnout:
ive considered buying an engine from a wrecked car, the 5.7 hemis are always up on ebay, they go from anywhere between $2500-$3500. ive seen a few 6.1s on ebay, but they were new engines. the cool thing is you can buy a new 5.7 for $5500 from S&P (a performance shop) and 6.1s for $7200, still pricey for most i know, but this is way cheaper then the crate hemis from Mopar Performance which run $8000 or more. youd still have to buy wiring harnesses, but the after market harnesses are cleaner and easier to figure out, theyre labled for easy instalation. both hemis fit in my year car, but the 5.7 and 6.1 car hemis alternator is mounted low and i might have to notch my frame out in order for the alternator to fit. the 5.7 truck engines alternator is mounted high and may not clear my hood (gotta research this more). heres a few more pics of some hemis in older car projects. the first few are from a guy building a second generation barracuda. you can see how close his alternator is (car hemis are mounted low). he can notch the flange and be ok, but i have a little less room in my 64 dart, so ill have to notch out even more. also in the pics youll notice the custom k member, thats from RMS, its the alteKtion thing ive been telling you about. i ordered mine last month, it will have motor mounts for the new hemis with it. one of the great things about using bills alterktion unit from RMS is header clearance. without torsion bars and gear boxs, headers fit so much easier, and TTi makes headers for the new hemis that flow better then 6.1 header/manifolds that come with the 6.1.
in a Hot Rod tech artical last year they took a 5.7 with the TTi headers and raised the rev limiter up past the conservative factory 5800rpm and at 6100rpm they got 401hp. very nice. later with comp cams big cam for the new hemis they got 480hp, however they did say the valve springs would probably have to be upgraded to stronger ones with this cam. this was done only to the 5.7 hemi, imagine what hp they could get out of the 6.1 :burnout: