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Re: Hearing this more and more....
[Re: justinp61]
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01/21/14 08:00 AM
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one of my daily drivers is a 2005 CTS-V Caddy.
super charged with heads, cam and a ton of suspension mods. It made 580 RWHP and handles the corners like a slot car. I bought it since it was a steal. Only problems were it ate a motor at 9,000 miles when detonation collapsed the cast pistons( GM only puts forged in Corvettes),a trans at 15,000 and rear( known to be junk at assembly time) at 6,000 miles.
It does go like the wind
home of the
Sox and Martin Hemi Duster
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Re: Hearing this more and more....
[Re: 4406bbl]
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01/21/14 03:07 PM
01/21/14 03:07 PM
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MattW
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Some of you guys need to go price this stuff.
An ls 7 is about 13000 for just the engine, an
Ls3 or 6.2 is about 9000, just the engine.
Chrysler sells the 6.1 for 9000 with everything
you need to make it run except the fuel pump.
I think you can buy just the 6.1 for around 7500.
Mopar looks cheaper to me if you start with
new stuff.
There are no more factory 6.1 being produced. You will need to purchase the 6.4 which in my opinion is a better block.
This year the heavy duty rams have the 6.4. There should be cores available soon.
 Matt
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Re: Hearing this more and more....
[Re: MattW]
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01/26/14 02:36 PM
01/26/14 02:36 PM
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Streetwize
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Good thread, I wonder if it's really more just the cost, the relative ease of tuning (admit it laptop tuning on the chassis dyno is much easier) or what.... I'm vexed because I have an 06 LS2 powered Trailblazer SS and it's hard not to like. I actually toyed with building a 4.125 stroke 427 iron block with trick flow heads for it....practically a turn key 550 horse daily driver with gobs of trailer pulling torque, I guess I can justify it to myself only because I'd use it to pull my Mopars to the track, lol. Ironically with just a tune and a few bolt one it's faster than the 67 440 GTX I had in high school 
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Re: Hearing this more and more....
[Re: Streetwize]
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01/27/14 07:52 AM
01/27/14 07:52 AM
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Streetwize:
Good thread,
I wonder if it's really more just the cost, the relative ease of tuning (admit it laptop tuning on the chassis dyno is much easier) or what....
I'm vexed because I have an 06 LS2 powered Trailblazer SS and it's hard not to like. I actually toyed with building a 4.125 stroke 427 iron block with trick flow heads for it....practically a turn key 550 horse daily driver with gobs of trailer pulling torque,
I guess I can justify it to myself only because I'd use it to pull my Mopars to the track, lol. Ironically with just a tune and a few bolt ons it's faster than the 67 440 GTX I had in high school
Add that your sporty Trailblazer SS weighs around 4800+lbs race weight, roughly around 1000lbs more than your 1967 GTX did.
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Look at all the parts they have available. We will never have this kind of support for anything Mopar. All Ma is interested in is selling new cars. 
