Re: best bang for buck on G3 hemi swap motor?
[Re: ogopogo]
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12/07/18 10:19 AM
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ric3xrt
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As much as I avoid the 6.1s I think it's your best bet for "buy and drop in" if you can get a good one for 4K or less. it gives you room to "expand" Cams are cheap (relatively speaking) it's has good intake to start with if your staying EFI . Next would be the 6.4 or 5.7 Eagle(09+) both respond well to a 6.4SRT MDS cam swap ( Cam is still only $68-89.00 usd) lock out the cam phaser and your good to go. if you can find a SRT392 engine in your budget window, great but don't lose any sleep over not buying it....you can do just as good with a 6.4 truck engine...just add camshaft. 03-08 5.7 would be my last choice for Buy and Drop in...but my 1st choice for a good builder engine.
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Re: best bang for buck on G3 hemi swap motor?
[Re: ogopogo]
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12/07/18 03:58 PM
12/07/18 03:58 PM
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Around here the eagle 5.7s are cheaper than the earlier ones. I bought 2 different 2012 5.7s, one had 5k other 34k miles and paid 1k for one and 900 for the other. The earlier 5.7s are 1500 with 100k miles. One thing is the electronics you'll use. I thought I read here some don't work with the reluctor with 58 teeth. I run ms3 gold boxes, so they are all I really know.
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Re: best bang for buck on G3 hemi swap motor?
[Re: ogopogo]
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12/08/18 05:22 PM
12/08/18 05:22 PM
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johnscudashop
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Probably wont be able to use the Mopar ECU, On the Ram 5.7 some of the electrical connectors are in different spots, the Cam is different from the LX because of the active intake, after taling to chris at hot wire, he has a plug n play set up for use with the DBW TB for the 58 tooth tone ring hemis
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