Just pretty much a rant. I recently moved to the states for family medical concerns and in the meantime decided its time to sell my indy ram. I have dumped way too much money in the damn truck and finally sold the shell but yet when I'm selling the motor or parts from the build everybody wants to lowball. If anyone wants a built and boosted 408 let me know. I will deliver.

 

How much, and where ya at?

 

No idea how much it's worth anymore. I'm in Minnesota now.

 

I just went thru the same thing. I was trying to sell my AirGap intake manifold that hadn't been used yet just bolted down on the engine. Then things changed because I got a 408 short block. So I am back building a new engine but got to rebuild my funds first. All I can say is wait and someone will come along that is willing to offer you a fair price.

What kind of boost? Kenny Bell? Are you running lower compression pistons? Give us a price range you think it is worth. Give some details about the engine also please.

 

It's just the point in the history of the magnum when people start going for the newer stuff. A lot of Dodge guys are migrating to the Hemi since you can get a carbed intake and pretty easily source a standalone EFI setup now.
A junkyard 5.7 truck engine goes for what a magnum used to. A setup out of a Challenger or Charger is more spendy, but still doable and can be had with a 6 speed.
And then the LS is so cheap and easy that most Jeepers and Dodge truck guys are leaning on them as the swap now.

It happens to everything. Look back at the long list of engines that used to be hot stuff and now are relegated to the "weird old guys" corner of the hobby.
348/409 used to be a big deal. So did 351 Cleveland, Cadillac 500, Olds and Buick 455s, Buick v6, AMC 360/390/401 etc. ad nauseum.

It's not that expensive to build a 408 right now. The big problem is finding good cores with enough wall thickness (thanks Dodge) and keeping a transmission behind it from falling apart under the torque load (thanks Dodge). These are also reasons that the Hemi is taking off. Better drivelines and production QA make pulling a junkyard or salvage hemi and trans less of a gamble.

It's just numbers, man.

Wildman sold his stuff, but he had to wait for the right person to come along. With less people building the Magnum now, you just have to wait longer for that person to walk by.

 

Is 2k really too much too ask for a procharger now or 2.5k for a set of eddies with a full port and polish matched with an m1. Guess no body is really into these builds anymore. I'm asking less than half of what I've paid for these things.

 

Short answer is no, but the trucks are cheap now and odds are that most people who have one don't have the kind of money to do a build so they hope to get parts at 1/4 of new. Problem is if they get the parts they don't have the money to fortify the rest of the driveline , for example that procharger you have.

 

Well if anyone is looking for some parts let me know

 

I'm always looking for parts, depends on if I can afford them or not. Got any 1.7 rockers?

 

I do have a set of crower 1.7 adjustables I'd sell for 300 USD