5.7 Plug n play
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5.7 Plug n play
Has anyone considered or used the new Mopar 5.7 Plug-n-Play Hemi crate motor in their older Ram? I'm just at 110,000mi on my 96 1500, but am having some heating up problems I can't seem to solve and thought maybe this would be an alternative to buying a new truck.
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I saw it last month in Hot Rod (I think). They put a 5.7 hemi in a 1970 Duster. Neat article. I also thought about that instead of a new truck. My 1996 5.2L 4X4 has 157,000 miles on it. Still runs great, but you never know.
Let me know if you see anything on a hemi install in a 2nd gen.
Let me know if you see anything on a hemi install in a 2nd gen.
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Funny you saw it in a Duster as I am currently prepping a 71 Duster to do a rotisserie resto and considered going that route for the engine. I'd sure be interested in seeing that article. Of course I'd have to think very hard as I have the 440 setting heredeciding onupgrades & planning on dropping it in the Duster.
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why not throw a 5.9 in there. with my mild mild mods i already stomp the heck out of any stock hemi ram (even short cab short bed 4x2s) imo the 5.9 is a better motor, which is part of the reason i bought one. besides, for the 5k+ you spend on the crate and accessories to make it work you could have a good 400 horse 5.9.
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agreed, plus as far as i know, the hemi would not be so much plug-n-play with your current computer systems...you'd have loose ends up the ying-yang. i'd start off by figuring out the cooling problem and go from there...just my .02
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It happens to have the 5.9 already & a few mods over the the 110,000mi life of the truck. Like mopar performance computer, M1 intake, 160 stat, polished throttle body. I was just was thinking outloud, I'm about to tear into the water pump because thats the only thing I haven't replaced in the cooling system, but I'm thinking while I'm that close I might go in & change the timing chain & put in a 4 degree cam offset. Of course theres a temptation to keep going & change the cam, but then I would have to consider some Hughes heads & before ya know it I'll be into a full blown rebuild. The thing I find unusual about the heating up is it mostly does it while I'm at highway speeds & comes back down when slowing & stopped. It especially acts up when I pull a trailer. I sometimes wonder how hot it actually is& replaced the sending unit, but that didn't change anything. By the time I slow down to check the actual temp, it has cooled down.
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It happens to have the 5.9 already & a few mods over the the 110,000mi life of the truck. Like mopar performance computer, M1 intake, 160 stat, polished throttle body. I was just was thinking outloud, I'm about to tear into the water pump because thats the only thing I haven't replaced in the cooling system, but I'm thinking while I'm that close I might go in & change the timing chain & put in a 4 degree cam offset. Of course theres a temptation to keep going & change the cam, but then I would have to consider some Hughes heads & before ya know it I'll be into a full blown rebuild. The thing I find unusual about the heating up is it mostly does it while I'm at highway speeds & comes back down when slowing & stopped. It especially acts up when I pull a trailer. I sometimes wonder how hot it actually is& replaced the sending unit, but that didn't change anything. By the time I slow down to check the actual temp, it has cooled down.
It happens to have the 5.9 already & a few mods over the the 110,000mi life of the truck. Like mopar performance computer, M1 intake, 160 stat, polished throttle body. I was just was thinking outloud, I'm about to tear into the water pump because thats the only thing I haven't replaced in the cooling system, but I'm thinking while I'm that close I might go in & change the timing chain & put in a 4 degree cam offset. Of course theres a temptation to keep going & change the cam, but then I would have to consider some Hughes heads & before ya know it I'll be into a full blown rebuild. The thing I find unusual about the heating up is it mostly does it while I'm at highway speeds & comes back down when slowing & stopped. It especially acts up when I pull a trailer. I sometimes wonder how hot it actually is& replaced the sending unit, but that didn't change anything. By the time I slow down to check the actual temp, it has cooled down.
(if you do decide on the hemi, i want that m1
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