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My long standing feeling has been that the factory doesn't want to build low end torque. It's harsh on drivetrain and it could cause a viper-syndrome of people flying off the road.

They engineer a bit of peaky power into the car, it doesn't break axles (which early SRT's were known for) its easy to handle and it still "feels" fast.

You wanna see fast? Put a set of max ported early 5.7 heads on a 6.1 stock shorblock with a proper cam. Ported 6.1 heads will be trailing from the 330' mark and chasing all the way to the end. Keep a tight port on the car and make it build power early and keep it to 6600. Bigger hemi's don't even need to go that high on RPM....

That was proven in 07 by our group. A smaller port on a heavier car will always be faster if you can utilize more of the flow.



Good points but what about the VCT and variable runners the 6.4 has, Wouldn't this help keep the motor in its powerband, Now that we have the computers unlock this might be the new way to go....


And this quote is golden i am going to have to steal this one "It's harsh on drivetrain and it could cause a viper-syndrome of people flying off the road."