Re: Poll: 446"-470" B/RB or stock 6.4 Hemi
[Re: AlexP]
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07/30/14 07:00 PM
07/30/14 07:00 PM
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As much as I like a big engine I went with the 6.4 hemi. You can do a LOT more with less work in the engine. The architecture of the heads is far more capable than the old big wedge.
It's also a significantly lighter engine which is what you want on a car built for handling.
We are brothers and sisters doing time on the planet for better or worse. I'll take the better, if you don't mind. - Stu Harmon
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Re: Poll: 446"-470" B/RB or stock 6.4 Hemi
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07/30/14 07:08 PM
07/30/14 07:08 PM
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budget wise you'd be better off with the 440. forget stroking it, reuse the stock crank, get some better rods and pistons. edelbrock heads, use the MP528 cam and you'll have all the torque you want in the corners.
that will save enough money to go with efi and getting the ac fixed. especially if you want to keep the stock exhaust manifolds. you can do a lot with the engine as is. maybe even step up to a custom ground cam for better performance, but personally I like the MP528. its got a wide flat torque curve and acts like a stocker in a 440. I'm running a the MP557 in my engine now, a little lumpier, but very tolerable. doesn't have the vacuum the MP528 does.
also get as many aluminum parts onto the front of the engine as you can. water pump and housing, intake, heads it will get you close to the 6.4L hemi
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Re: Poll: 446"-470" B/RB or stock 6.4 Hemi
[Re: AlexP]
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07/31/14 06:25 AM
07/31/14 06:25 AM
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Hard decision, I have done the stroker big block with EFI, overdrive trans, aftermarket accessory drive, and it is alot of work, and can get expensive if using the expensive stuff. There is no way I could have done it if I had to pay labor for someone else to do the work. Early this year I picked up a 6.1L Hemi with the NAG transmission for another project. So far this looks like it may be less expensive (and easier), even if I get the Altercation K-Member which makes installing a new Hemi easier than trying to fit it around the stock K-member? For me the fuel tank / EFI fuel pump was the biggest issue. Currently I am using a stock style reproduction tank with a sump and external EFI pump (The pump that came in the EFI kit.) It works fine, and is quiet, but I don't like the way it looks. I have been thinking of making a custom stainless fuel tank that is a bit deeper than stock, with baffles, internal fuel pump, and fuel cell foam to reduce the fuel sloshing around. Having 100 lbs of fuel sloshing side-to-side is not good for handling
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