If I was young and tune with modern tech I'd be all over the Gen-3. I've got enough 400 blocks to build what I need for the future. I like the old stuff and I'll stick with it.

"First Stocker In The Sevens" is impressive no matter how you handicap or rationalize it.

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If disaster ever strikes my current bigblock drag motor, it would be out of budget to replace it. An alternative i have thought of would be a 6.4 stroked to 426, and my current alky mechanical fuel injection system made to work with a variable runner length stock intake locked in hi rpm position, with the injection nozzles run in the old Injecter bungs using some sort of adapter. A toilet type throttle body could be adapted to the stock intake.
So the cost would be headers, injecter adapters, an adapter ( home made) and toilet tb, stroker kit, machine work, motor plates and ignjtion controller, plus cam ,springs, lifters, head work ought to do it. Off the cuff guess is i could be at 700 plus hp for $6500 or less and i would be within .2 to .3 ET of my $20,000 ++ big block.

When I was at the Indy show a few weeks ago, I saw very little in the way of Gen3 stuff there. Or did I miss it. There was some, but I would hazard a guess that Gen3 stuff made up, maybe, 10 to 15% of the floor space. That in itself is an issue.

Stop kicking other mopars. The old hemi does produce a ton of HP in Super Stock and other classes. One problem with the older iron Hemi stuff is it is worn out being pounded for 40+ years. I you want to talk turkey my friends NA World Aluminum Block and FHO Stage V heads at 572 CI on the Dyno made 1365 HP. It is all what you want to build and how long you want to race it before you rebuild it or have to rebuild it. I remember FHO blown 500 CI Hemi with a 14 71 on it. It made a ton of HP near 3000 about 25 year ago in his street car. There all good just run what you like and can afford to replace or repair. I just wish Chrysler had looked a little farther in the future when it came to the new Challenger. The Mustang was out and they were light in weight and Chrysler did not compete with the weight factor comparing the Challenger to the Mustang or even the Camaro. They tried to even the score with a Helper but that is only a bolt on for GM and Ford. I like old motors in old cars and new stuff in new cars. Yes the new tech works wonders so use it on an old motor and put it in an old car. The learning curve is not that tough, all you have to do is ask any kid that runs an SRT4 at the track to explain what to do and what to buy. My son is one of these people and always bugging me to toss the carbs and run fuel management.

That they do. Mine are 2” primary with a 3.5” collector.

very good points Greg. if I was at the point if Id have to buy a aftermarket block......... That's when I'd make the jump. Barring a new iron b block being cast at a descent price point.

Another thought,,,,,,,,, add up the cost of prepping a stock block, then subtract that from the cost of a new aluminum block, and how much would it then cost to upgrade? Two other reasons to consider the AL block- Superstockers are now allowed to run the A L block, shed maybe 100 lbs? BUT MAKE another 50 to 60 hp! That is based on results from Dragpack chalengers i know that have switched. Impressive!

Real easy to do, when you have a race car, vs a car that drove to the track.

How could you not be impressed by something like Ray Meyers Car(Sixpackgut). 9.7, 9.8s, pump gas, 3200-3300lbs, stock rocker arms, stock heads ported by him. He took first place in his class on drag week 2016 and didn't turn a wrench on it all week. That wouldn't be easy to do on a small or big block mopar(The ET is easy, the low service and reliability is not)

I dont see how the gen 3 hemi is considered cheap by any means, junkyard motors are $1500-3000 around here where an LS is like $450...

Been 8.60s at 160s with one in a heavy ass streetcar. stock junkyard block, good internals, stock junkyard heads, stock truck manifolds, a blow through carb, at 3600lbs. And it’s going to go faster with EFI, and some better heads.

Light years ahead of any sb or bb. And way cheaper. You can buy 5.7s for <500 all day.

Like someone said above. Any idiot can go fast with a power adder. Pretty sure this is an NA application post.

Wow. Any idiot?? Not cool. Pretty sure this was a G3 post, period.

ANY IDIOT CAN GO FAST WITH A POWER ADDER....LMFAO ! ! !

WE WILL SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT FOR YOU I GUESS.....SHM ! LMFAO ! ! ! !

Used prices are stupid, a brand new (not reman) from dodge is under $1000, a couple eagle heads is a grand. I buy them this way and a couple hundred for a core for the misc pieces and you basically get a brand new motor less than a used engine.

It’s 2019, take your purple cam and 906 heads and bury them in the backyard, take some Metamucil and take a nap.

Although I did not say it, yes this is an N/A post. Everything is fast with forced induction except maybe a corvair monza spyder lol.

I do agree some members here have some quick Gen III engines. I wish we had a block that could make a 500 incher with these good heads.

All the SB and bb guys are mad cause they have $2000+ heads that don’t flow what stock pre eagle heads flow. It’s a lot to take in. Believe I was a SB guy once too.