Quote: Which transmission and converter do you have on hand? If it's B/RB stuff you'd be money ahead to stick with the 383.
4-speed from a 70 340 Cuda. I have every big block piece needed save the actual clutch disc (have that too, but the shipper sent me an 18-spline one instead).
Quote: A mild 383 and 5.9 Magnum are going to be very close in power. For some reason the 5.9 has always been a gas hog.
Yeah, so the story goes, but i've always wondered if that was because the trucks they came in were underpowered and flogged all the more for it. EVERY time i see/hear a V8 Ram go by its being flogged. My friend used to get single-digit MPG with his 5.9L 4x4 Ram.
