Correct the 5.7L is an all new motor. but I also don't recall the 426
sharing much other than design with the 331, 354,392 Hemi either. The Hemi
has much potential, The people pushing them haven't let word out yet as to
just how much you can run it up to. In the next few years people could be
pushing the 5.7L to 600HP and staying streetable. Shouldn't sell the
concept and ideas short just because the old ways are cheaper and easier.
I've got everybody telling me to put a small block in my Dak; and I won't
simply on the pretense of I do not want to drive what everyone else has; I
want to do mine different. If I have to put a 3.9L Diesel, an 8.0L, or a
MPI 452 wedge.
Anything is possible, and the pricign varies with how hard you look, and how
creative you can get.
Aaron Wyse
----- 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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