RE: Re: RE: RE: 5.7 hemi swap

From: Rick Barnes (barnesrv@comcast.net)
Date: Tue Sep 23 2003 - 09:52:11 EDT


Are crate engines out of the question as another alternative?

Rascal

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of garett
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 8:24 AM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: DML: Re: RE: RE: 5.7 hemi swap

there is nothing wrong with looking in to it. until someone investigates
then they dont know about all that. since we are talking about how its
cheaper/easier to get a 360 and put a stroker kit on it, how much cheaper is
it?

pardon my ignorance but what does NGC stand for?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Mankin" <bob@coralfarms.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 12:11 AM
Subject: DML: RE: RE: 5.7 hemi swap

>
> I've been fascinated by the way people have swallowed the whole Hemi deal
> hook, line and sinker. The marketing people hit a home run with that one.
> The new Hemi shares _NOTHING_ with the Hemi of old other than a similar
head
> design. I say similar because the new Hemi head isn't fully hemispherical.
> Yet everyone seems to be sold on the idea that it's by default going to
make
> some enormous HP numbers like the old Hemi. Sorry. It won't. Not for the
> foreseeable future.
>
> It's a sub 300 rwhp motor with an engine controller locked up like Fort
> Knox. The tricks that companies used to hotrod the computer before _WILL_
> _NOT_ work on this one. Game over. DC has to give you the keys to the safe
> or you're not going anywhere with the NGC. Aftermarket engine
> management....maybe.....some day. The DIY deal is far from prime time
ready.
> Bolt it on an older LA motor or something and it sorta makes sense.
Anything
> newer and it's a step backwards, IMO.
>
> $10K for a kit that'll make your Dakota a high 13 sec or 14 flat truck?
Why?
> If it's HP you're after you can have a low 12/high 11 sec screamer for
that
> kind of money with a 360 or a 408.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net]On Behalf Of Aaron Wyse
> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 9:09 PM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: DML: RE: 5.7 hemi swap
>
>
>
> That's not the point.. Once it has a Hemi in it.. There's no telling how
> far it can go. Not to mention, It'll still have a HEMI in it.
> Aaron Wyse
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Bell" <john_bell_2@hushmail.com>
> To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 10:33 PM
> Subject: DML: Re: RE: 5.7 hemi swap
>
>
> >
> > Y'know, I'd take a 408 stroker kit over a Hemi swap any day. Less
> headaches,
> > more power, and more than likely much cheaper to do / have done.
> > --
> > JB
> >
> > ""Bernd D. Ratsch"" <bernd@texas.net> wrote in message
> > news:005e01c38170$1e587620$020aa8c0@system...
> > >
> > > Not to forget the NGC PCM that's required, the BCM, TCM, and the
entire
> > > wiring harness.
> > >
> > > - Bernd
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> > > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of garett
> > > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 7:15 AM
> > > To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> > > Subject: DML: 5.7 hemi swap
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > has anyone actually looked in to doing a 5.7 hemi swap in to a genIII
> > > dakota? i really have been thinking about it as a future project but
> > > would like to have more knowledge about it before i just jumped in and
> > > started doing things.
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>



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