Big block.
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Big block.
I like the way the new Challenger looks, and I may go ahead and pick one up...but I'm really not interested in the new "pseudo-hemi" engines.
Does anybody if anybody has swapped an old big block hemi - a real hemi - into an LX?
Does anybody if anybody has swapped an old big block hemi - a real hemi - into an LX?
#5
RE: Big block.
I agree with Mirada, why go through all the engineering and modifications to fit the big block in, when the performance potential for the 6.1 is plenty for the street. According to published horsepower ratings in Chilton's Repair manual for the 1969 Charger, the 426 Hemi with 2x4 carbs was 425 hp -- which is the same for the 6.1. I never owned a Hemi in those days, but my recollection was that they required a lot of TLC to keep them smooth on the street. The 6.1 seems to be turn-key, ready to go 425 hp without too much tinkering...
#6
RE: Big block.
ORIGINAL: wallstreetman
I didn't know the 6.1 put out 512 HP!
I didn't know the 6.1 put out 512 HP!
awsure, there is a dispute about the new hemis not being "real hemis" because of the combustion chamber design being a bit different...but considering that mopar groups its engines into wedge or hemi, its definatley not a wedge...so its a hemi.
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#8
RE: Big block.
a factory race hemi? i thought that they were well above 512...such as the hemi dart engines...i believe that they were known to dyno around 600...however, youre comparing a "Race motor" to a full scale production motor...and even if the "race 426" dyno'd 512, the 6.1L production engine puts down in the 460s...so 50 less hp from a full production motor is pretty good.
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#9
RE: Big block.
My personal opinion:
1. Use a newer technology Hemi - a better product without all of the expense and headaches of an older Hemi
2. Older Hemi engines needs TLC.
3. Newer Hemi engines have awesome performance.
4. Newer Hemi engines will not have legal emission issues in a 2008 Challenger
5. Okay, for nostalgia sake it is not a true Hemi because the combustion chamber is not spherical in shape but the new Hemi is emission
street lega,l has more performance and reliability, and you do not the added expense of an engine swap and then having more costs because of the
potential problems of maintenance.
For me is is not worth it for nostalogic sake.
Help me understand if I am wrong.
1. Use a newer technology Hemi - a better product without all of the expense and headaches of an older Hemi
2. Older Hemi engines needs TLC.
3. Newer Hemi engines have awesome performance.
4. Newer Hemi engines will not have legal emission issues in a 2008 Challenger
5. Okay, for nostalgia sake it is not a true Hemi because the combustion chamber is not spherical in shape but the new Hemi is emission
street lega,l has more performance and reliability, and you do not the added expense of an engine swap and then having more costs because of the
potential problems of maintenance.
For me is is not worth it for nostalogic sake.
Help me understand if I am wrong.
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