We did the same thing in my buddies old ford with a windsor motor. Built it for torque but ended up with a 700hp monstrosity. Broke the 9in rear with it. Ended up selling the motor with the bonus of a free truck coming with it. You could smoke em in 4 wheel for as long as you wanted with very little throttle. Like dhv said it was useless as a truck.lol

 

the 360 is a good base, but the torque gains you would see from doing a 408 conversion would be worth it. throw on your choice of Hughes heads, a good throttle body, intake and cam along with the proper PCM tune and you have got yourself a 350hp engine (maybe a bit more depending on your head choice).

Just remember, its all about matching parts. Pro-mod ported heads arent going to work well with a cam that maxes out at 4500RPM, find an RPM range you want to make power at and build from that.

 

We always suggest building a stroker. If you are going to rebuild it anyway it really doesn't cost any more and the benefits in both torque and horsepower are phenomenal. We would be glad to work with you on picking out the right parts to help you acheive your goal. Anything you can do to get more air and fuel into this engines is going to help. Give us a call some time and we can go over the details.

 

Hughes Engines, welcome to DF!! finally someone who knows what their talking about, lol. i hope you have your typin' fingers ready, because youll be on the computer for hours answering all the questions people will be asking you.

 

i hope they can answer transmission questions. LOL

 

If you are at all iffy with your engine rebuilding skills you should look into buying a complete crate stroker motor. I see them in the mopar mags alot and they are very reasanable.

 

The crate engines can be a good way to go if you are very careful who you buy from. Some of the crate engine people are just an assembly line type of manufacturer. You can just be glad if all of the parts are actually in the engine when you get it. Others do a pretty good job. If you do it yourself or buy a balanced kit from us and have a local shop do the assembly you have much more control over the quality of the final product. There is a definite difference between custom built engines and crate engines. This is one place where the old adage of "You get what you pay for" is correct.

 

so if i buy a balanced kit from you guys around how much would it cost???..

 

Our base stroker kit for the 5.9 Magnum come with crank, rods, pistons, rings and bearings. They are internally race balanced and will bolt in just like a stock rebuild. This kit uses Scat crank and Rods, Keith Black Forged Pistons & Clevite bearings. No cutting or scraping of bearings is required. The crank throws will clear. This base kit is good for up to about 500HP. You can upgrade to the Forged crank and "H" beam rods for higher HP applications and this may require just a little bit of grinding at the bottom of each cylinder to clear the rod. If you have any other question you can call us anytime. Good luck, Kevin