I don't know much about it, but watching these guys that were talking about TurboLamik .
Seen another guy using what sound like a smaller one man operation company forget the brand, he said the guy helping but was taking months of back and forth working the bugs out.
i wouldn't mind doing something like this with my Avenger RT when it's time is up, I did a 85 laser in high school with a 360 and a 300z rear got it to a roller with engine mounted but had to get rid of it.
NA Torque is basically based on cubic inch and how well you fill the cylinders VE% per revolution and hp is all the revolutions added up. So just like hp torque is made by air flow. Most average street engines will make 1.15 - 1.25 lbs-ft per cid. To go over that you'll see engine with big...
Never gave the motor much thought. Until I just bought Avenger RT. Its a pretty high tech with good power and fuel economy.
Family sedans are as fast now as yesteryears muscle cars.
My point wasn't to dismiss the new hemi or even LS etc.. yes there great got a lot of good components OOTB. But doesn't mean older engines are necessarily inferior. If you build a 360 and a 5.7 hemi too similar specs your gonna come out with similar results.
And that really goes for any brand...
The Hemi is a great engine.
But even though it a clean sheet of paper design. It's short block at its heart (rotation assembly) is basically LA.
5.7 is basically a 318 bore with 360 crank. And 6.1 340 with 360 crank. And hydraulic roller cams.
The big change for power and the main reason...
another option would be 5.9 magnum engine, they have lots of power potential, can be had really cheap and a pretty simple swap for you already 360 car.
That the swap I'm planning for my Cuda, using a completely stock 5.9 and build off the stock short block as I can afford it.
I think it depends how you build it, 400 plus hp LA engines are built with rather large cams where the hemi uses lots of port flow with mild cam. If built that way I don't think it would be a huge difference, every talks about modern technology and fuel mileage but that's mainly highway in town...
The basic rotating assembly is very similar to LA/Magnum engine, bore spacing, bore size (318 ), rod lenght, stroke (360) yes it's a clean sheet build and nothing interchangeable but at the core it's just a 318 with a 360 crank and hemi (ish) heads.
5.7 Hemi is basically roller 318 with a 360 crank, sure its got variable displacement and now variable cam. EFI and OD can be installed on any LA/magnum so really not much of an advantage. It's really just a head package on a redesigned LA short block. The head flow is where these engines shine...