Oh yeah, and what's wrong with just running a 360? ;-)
http://www.krcperformance.com/newcontent/mikedyno.html
-- JB""garett"" <hiltigarett@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Law15-DAV35Z6rUIlQB0000946e@hotmail.com... > > then i would have to switch over to carb wouldnt i? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Barnes" <barnesrv@comcast.net> > To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net> > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 8:52 AM > Subject: DML: RE: Re: RE: RE: 5.7 hemi swap > > > > > > 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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