THOUGHT ABOUT THE SWAP. REMOVE MY HEMI AND STICK IN A 6.1L.
HAS ANYONE DONE THIS? I KNOW THE ACCESSORIES ARE IN DIFFERENT PLACES, BUT I THINK THE TIMING COVER SWAP WILL FIX IT. ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS, INPUT

 

just how much do you estimate that would cost if u sold the old hemi......like 3k or like 8k??

 

Try getting ahold of sharadon performance. They actually dropped a 6.4l in a hemi ram, and they specialize in mopar performance upgrades.

 

if your going to yank the motor just keep the 5.7 and throw some 6.1 heads and cam on it. The size isn't that much of a difference. Its less then half a liter. Now if I had a spare 6.1 lying around then maybe I'd throw that in there but I'm sureyou could get the head intake cam combo for less then an actual6.1 motor. Keep us informed if you do swap the motors. I'd like to know how it turns out.

 

To really make good use of the 6.1 heads, you would need to get the converted intake for it, the port sizes are vastly different between the 6.1 and 5.7.

 

well i work at a dealership as a tech, that helps out alot. maybe the next srt8 that comes in will have a set of warped heads !!!

 

keep the 5.7, swapp the 6.1l heads, cam and intake get some lt headers and throw a blower or turbo on there.

 

You could also try putting in a stroker kit in your 5.7. There's kits out there that up the displacement to 392

 

I know in my research I read somewhere that just throwing the 6.1 heads on without cc work throws your compression ratio off quite a bit.

 

yeah, thehemishop sells heads and intakes with combinations for different compression ratios, depending on if you decide to go F/I or N/A