You're making an excellent point and one my friend is constantly telling me.
Initially I had considered purchasing a used R/T and going from there, but in
that case it is impossible to find an R/T that:
is NOT a rebuilt/salvaged title
has an excessive amount of miles (of the 2001-02-03)
is in generally good shape and does not need major engine/body work.
The V6 was a way to save myself a lot of money but the horsepower/price ratio
just plain sucks.
In article <eur96i$n82$1@bent.twistedbits.net>, jon@dakota-truck.net writes:
>
>
> msnbcnnbcbs@hotmail.com wrote:
> > My issue is if the cam needs to come out, things start getting
> > prohibitively expensive. between a new cam, a valvetrain that can
> > handle 55000+ rpms, and the custom tune, along with all the items i
> > described below, i may be looking at close to $5,000. My budget was
> > around $3,000. He is telling my upgrades are a waste of time without a
> > cam swap. Besides, this truck is a daily driver and I didnt want to do
> > anything too radical.
>
>
> This is probably not the reply you wanted to hear but I figured I'd
> throw my $.02 in anyway. :-) If it were me, I'd question spending that
> kind of money on a V6. Granted, some people enjoy getting as much power
> out of any given engine as they can, and there is something very cool
> about beating up on the V8s with an engine that "shouldn't" be able to.
> :-) If that is your goal, then by all means, have at it! However, from
> a strictly cost/benefit ratio, $3K is an awful lot of money to drop into
> that engine for the amount of power increase that some head work,
> rockers, headers and a chip will net you. As far as head porting goes,
> I'm sure it would help, but truth be told, these Magnum heads are
> actually fairly decent, as factory heads go. If you have the know-how
> and/or the Mopar Performance templates to do the work yourself, or if
> you can have it done very inexpensively then its probably worth doing,
> but it seems to me that in general, having head porting done is usually
> not a great beneift on a power per dollar basis unless the heads you are
> starting with are pretty bad.
>
> For the same budget, you could likely swap in a (used) V8, or you
> could go the forced induction route with a turbo or blower. Either one
> of the above options would probably give you more bang for the buck.
>
> Like I mentioned above, if you're looking to stick with the V6 for
> the "cool factor" of making power with a small motor, then just ignore
> this post, but if your perspective is instead getting the most power for
> the least amount of money, I think there are probably better routes to
> take.
>
> On a somewhat related note, be aware of your transmission as well;
> depending on what you got from the factory, once you get to a certain
> power level you may be looking at an upgrade in that department in order
> to ensure reliability. (i.e. 42R series to 46R series, A500 to A518,
> performance rebuild of 46R series or A518, etc.)
>
> --
> -Jon-
>
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