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How best to spend $8k for performance mods
That's my budget guys. I'd like some feed back on the best route to go. I've got to consider labor costs as part of the budget. Currently, the engine is a 100% stock 5.7l.
The two contenders are a 392 rebuild with heads/cam/headers...i figure this will will keep it to under $8k and give me about a hundred additional horsepower. The problem is finding someone capable of doing an engine rebuild.
The other is to purchase a used superchager system. They are sparse, but I've seen them for sale before. The used price should allow me pay for installation and still keep it under $8k.
Its really looking like a 392 rebuild is going to be the winner unless someone else has some good ideas. I just can't afford a new supercharger nor the twin screw blowers that just came out.
Specific questions:
- Who makes the best header system? I was thinking Dynotech.
- I am going to either go with Corsa (if they have 3" cat back) or BB 3" cat system.
- Where should I look for a larger throttle body? I saw some new ones a bit ago, but the asking price was over $1k. Forget it. What are the alternatives?
- Is getting a ported 6.1l intake worth it? Or is my stocker 5.7l fine?
- I plan on using only high octane fuel and want to go with 11.0:1 compression ratio or higher. Has anyone else done this successfully on the new Hemis? Do these engines lend themselves to high compression - I guess its the heads really - or are they detonation whores?
- I plan on getting a set of PPP heads. Stage II.
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