I was thinking the same thing. My bro just bought a 2011 with the hemi and its nassstty. very fast truck...his truck was 35k though. I like having cheaper things with lots of horsepower.

 

I think he'll be more like 350 crank, maybe a bit more, it's not much more than a 360 with a few bolt ons and a few more cubes....But it'll have some sweet torque numbers.

He needs more head/headers/cam/intake/TB before he puts down 400 crank HP.

 

ofcourse desktop dyno isnt the real deal, BUT it can come close. I averaged from a few different programs and got 397hp/464tq.

id hope to get the truck on the dyno when all is said and done, so ill have some proof

ill be ordering pistons and rings w/ gapless 2nds tomorrow, hope to have it back in the shop by middle of next week and then back in the garage in a week or so

 

Man gobs o torque too. That's where you have the hemi beat. You're building a real truck engine there. You could tow a house up Everest at 90mph with those numbers.

 

torque is where it's at anyway.. horsepower is talked about way too much.. those are some really nice numbers too- and will give you a helluva lotta punch with that rig.

 

here are the results, both shops agreed that the results are just fine.

click here , this site would not upload it because it was too large

 

alright, just ordered these pistons and these rings

 

SO how much are you into it for? What's the total so far?

 

1200 initially, 500 for new pistons/rings, 120 for bearings, plus whatever my current tab at the shop is

am i forgetting something?

im regaining $250 because i have someone interested in the old pistons.

 

Relief has happened and now you're on your way. Your engine will be ready to rock soon. My son, who built my engine, did go with the 10.5 iCon forged pistons because he felt they matched the quench nicely of the R/T heads.
We did use KB hypers in a 360 drag engine and they worked well with a set of the modded up old J heads. You are going to love this engine.