Yes! That is about right. I went through all options of first total amount
of dollars capped on this project and found the HEMI, WEDGE, or V-10's are
out of the league. My cap is 20K on this project and went at looked at what
Ford SVT did to there vehicles for 31K. See I can do better with a Dak and
better for performance. The 380HP/360 Magnum is the best deal at 2995.00.
I found out for those who have older engines that new blocks go for
1500-1900 for a 360. Now I have been talking to several performance shops
of yanking the engine and seeing the cost value for modification to the
compression (currently 9.3:1) to 10.5, street/strip cam, .60 oversize,
direct drive timing gears etc. What is more feasible, the 4.7 mod or the
crate 360?
Having a great engine is wonderful only if you have the right suspension
that can turn on a dime. This is very expensive item to include but well
worth the money. However, I would love to have a six speed double plated
clutch Tranny.
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Steven St.Laurent
Test Engineer
Test Branch, GSD,MCTSSA
MARCORSYSCOM, US Marine Corps
mailto:stlaurents@mctssa.usmc.mil (work)
mailto:Saint1958@home.com (home)
Office: (760) 725-2296
-----Original Message-----
From: DICEMAN469@aol.com [mailto:DICEMAN469@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 7:18 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: RE: 360 Premag Competition
In a message dated 2/29/00 10:08:07 AM Eastern Standard Time,
STLAURENTS@mctssa.usmc.mil writes:
> Go for the 426 Hemi motor. It is the closes you will get to the smog
> emission and have 500HP without a blower. The drawback is the sump pump
> modification-center pump.
I really want a motor like that but it would be too expensive and too
complicated of an install. 11 grand for a motor, then I have to find a
tranny, fuel injection, probably an Accel DFI system, custom mount
everything, yadda, yadda, yadda. It would be way beyond the scope of my
knowledge, so I would have to pay someone to do it for me. The whole thing
will end up costing me close to 20 grand!! I feel I can get the same power
using other means, saving me alot of trouble, almost no hacking up of a good
truck, with money left over to put into the other mods.
I honestly though of the V10 crate for a bit (Vipertruck should have a
Viper engine, right) but I scrapped that idea for the same reason. A
well-built 360 can put out 500HP probably for about 5 grand.
-Austin
Vipertruck
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