Granted the 426 Hemi is great in an A body.......if you only wanna go straight. Never have liked big blocks in A bodies. They just don't handle with that much weight up front! I'd go with the 360 bored to a 408 stroker if it were mine.
So I have a 5.7L Hemi I got out of my buddies 08 Ram, the thing is in awesome shape but bone stock.. What kind of work can I look forward to if I were to swap my 318 for this engine? The car is a 1968 Plymouth Barracuda Fastback (Avatar pic) Skies the limit right? Just looking for opinions/experience from people who've done it or atleast have more knowledge than myself. Thanks for any help!
I know my upcoming budget will be 2 thousand, for 2013. So I wanted to go fuel injected, or overdrive trans, Until I found out that fuel injection cost big dollars. ( at least to me ) I thought about using a factory truck intake, and computer, but I was afraid of the limitations of a closed loop system. A "program it yourself" deal is fine, but those deals that are basically, more like a E-Carb, aren't they just closed loop. I certainly don't have the know how, or money to set a car up on a dyno, or even explain to somebody what I want. ( Can you see how my internal thinking is asking, " What's the bang for the buck factor ? " ) Same with the Transmission. I'm asking what's involved, Wiring, torque converter, internal parts, cutting welding, drive shaft. ( For a 518.) So anyway I'm at Ray Barton's shop investigating the eagle head deal, thinking maybe I can do that ? Meanwhile he's explaining how people are not understanding the ignition curves, and fuel injection values when they are setting up the new hemi. So most people are not see the potential these engine have. So he asks me, " Where is your timing at right now, and why ? To which I basically replied " Duh !" what ever sounded good on MSD's little CD set up, and I don't know why. Because the engine started, and ran smooth. So I guess my reply is " I'm going to work on placing the rear tires in the fender wells properly this year
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I know my upcoming budget will be 2 thousand, for 2013. So I wanted to go fuel injected, or overdrive trans, Until I found out that fuel injection cost big dollars. ( at least to me ) I thought about using a factory truck intake, and computer, but I was afraid of the limitations of a closed loop system. A "program it yourself" deal is fine, but those deals that are basically, more like a E-Carb, aren't they just closed loop. I certainly don't have the know how, or money to set a car up on a dyno, or even explain to somebody what I want. ( Can you see how my internal thinking is asking, " What's the bang for the buck factor ? " ) Same with the Transmission. I'm asking what's involved, Wiring, torque converter, internal parts, cutting welding, drive shaft. ( For a 518.) So anyway I'm at Ray Barton's shop investigating the eagle head deal, thinking maybe I can do that ? Meanwhile he's explaining how people are not understanding the ignition curves, and fuel injection values when they are setting up the new hemi. So most people are not see the potential these engine have. So he asks me, " Where is your timing at right now, and why ? To which I basically replied " Duh !" what ever sounded good on MSD's little CD set up, and I don't know why. Because the engine started, and ran smooth. So I guess my reply is " I'm going to work on placing the rear tires in the fender wells properly this year
ops: Also Carb don't think, they are profoundly stupid things, but they are not limited by parameters, only vacuum. I get 17 mpg, and only have maintenance, and slight tweeking issues once in a blue moon, but fuel injection would be nice.
