So a Friend asked me why won't you build a Gen 3 Hemi
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Almost begged me to build one last night and I told him I will give you an answer after I check on something today. Well I called him back with an answer this morning. I have one Keith Black block, one mega blocks, one 48 degree R block, a 59 degree R3 block, 3 stock 440 blocks, one 340 block, and 13 ( 360 blocks ). I turned down a 360 complete engine with a 727 bolted to it over the weekend for 50 dollars but may go back and grab it. After I told my friend the numbers of blocks I have he kinda understood but said he would still love to see what I could do with one. I guess if on fell in my lap it would be kinda fun.
1970 Duster Edelbrock headed 408 5.984@112.52 422 Indy headed small block 5.982@112.56 mph 9.38@138.67
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Re: So a Friend asked me why won't you build a Gen 3 Hemi
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When I see what guys are paying for rockers, intakes, cams, ect, ect, ect, I catch myself shaking my head. Some guys have switched to FI only to pay big money and really struggle with it for zero performance gains. But I'm thankful of the generation 3 because its really made for some good deals on the "old junk" parts. LOl Just gotta keep some spare change in your pocket for when a deal comes along.
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Re: So a Friend asked me why won't you build a Gen 3 Hemi
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Pick up the 360/727!!! I sure would.
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Re: So a Friend asked me why won't you build a Gen 3 Hemi
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Pick up the 360/727!!! I sure would. Pretty sure I passed the deal on to my friend. I honestly am set pretty good but it's a sure money maker if you need some quick cash. I just hate selling stuff once it's taken apart and stored in my shop
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Re: So a Friend asked me why won't you build a Gen 3 Hemi
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Super heads out of the box, good stock blocks, but few choices for intake systems ,cam control and ignition. Ma Mopar could have kicked off a great start for this engine family by providing low to reasonably priced parts for hot rodders and racers, but chose not to. Sad. I have thought that an eight stack constant flow alky injected Gen 3 would make a great race motor, with 800+ hp reasonably easy to reach, and very light for the power.
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Re: So a Friend asked me why won't you build a Gen 3 Hemi
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I got a blown up 5.7 for free and rebuilt it, collected a bunch of parts for it and there it sits. I wanted carbureted and have a couple intakes and so on. Nothing happened.
Plan B was, I've got two vehicles with 5.7s of the same vintage, one of them is my truck with 250,000 miles on it. It's really not worn out enough to change it. If I ever sold that other engine sitting there, the truck would probably throw a rod through the block the same day.
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Re: So a Friend asked me why won't you build a Gen 3 Hemi
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When I see what guys are paying for rockers, intakes, cams, ect, ect, ect, I catch myself shaking my head. Some guys have switched to FI only to pay big money and really struggle with it for zero performance gains. But I'm thankful of the generation 3 because its really made for some good deals on the "old junk" parts. LOl Just gotta keep some spare change in your pocket for when a deal comes along. This is how I see it also............the only late model for me is my daily driver and even though they've proven to make power, just like turbos today, no thankxx................
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Re: So a Friend asked me why won't you build a Gen 3 Hemi
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Im just curious because Im still learning. At what point do you need to buy rockers, because I just got off the phone with Arrow Racing and they use stock rockers in their Trans Am motors and the cascar(candian nascar) series
And Goss made many 200mph passes with a stock block before he ran over the crank
My 2 cams i bought, custom grinds were under $350 so ptbgracer you must be shaking your head at the money you waste on them 13 360s. Lolol
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Re: So a Friend asked me why won't you build a Gen 3 Hemi
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The big stumbling block to me is no dist. So no basic low budget build, big money right from the start. After accumulating parts all these years none work on the engine, you start from scratch. Lap tops, FI, fuel rails and injectors, o2 sencers, for us older guys a little intimidating. Never have had to pull heads just to change lifters-cam. Bad part, I got three looking at me right now while scratching my a$$.
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Re: So a Friend asked me why won't you build a Gen 3 Hemi
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The big stumbling block to me is no dist. So no basic low budget build, big money right from the start. After accumulating parts all these years none work on the engine, you start from scratch. Lap tops, FI, fuel rails and injectors, o2 sencers, for us older guys a little intimidating. Never have had to pull heads just to change lifters-cam. Bad part, I got three looking at me right now while scratching my a$$. You undo the rockers, pull the pushrods and rotate the engine. The lifters get pushed over to the side and you swap cams. Next, support a moparts member and get yourself a nice Thumpercarb(even though he wants to live in the past and hates on the new stuff every chance he gets) and put it on a $500 intake. Get a hemimsd6 and hook up all 5 wires and start it up.
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Re: So a Friend asked me why won't you build a Gen 3 Hemi
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Anybody want to buy 3 old out-dated 440 blocks. LOL
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Re: So a Friend asked me why won't you build a Gen 3 Hemi
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Anybody want to buy 3 old out-dated 440 blocks. LOL List them in resto section. They are useless
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