The 273 is all wrong for a truck. It makes all it's power at high rpm so you need a $$$ motor built to handle high rpm. It loses it all on the bottom so you need a 3600 stall tc, that ruins your vehicle as a daily driver. Put the 273 in a stock block and you just built the slowest truck at the track.

 

+1. 273 + ram = maaaajor disappointment

 

Ok so ill look into getting a sidewinder then am sure most of you guys know what your talking about since you've gotten most of the mods i need. How much extra dough am i going to be coughing up for it tho?

 

You can usually find a used sidewinder on lxforums, dt or maybe htc in their classifieds. Used they are typically around 250, new is I believe 400 but FRI doesn't even have a functioning website anymore so who knows if you can even get a new one. You can also have one custom ground to the specs of a sidewinder as well. Best bet IMO is to find a used on and save yourself some $.

 

Check with Stu at inertia motor sports. He can grind you a sidewinder clone for close to the same price as a used one.

 

Hey frog, do you know off hand what stu charges for a custom grind?

 

I can't publicly say... but when I showed my wife the cost of a used sidewinder and how much stu wanted... she immediately gave me her blessing.

 

haha cause its chump change compared to the rest of the money you have in that truck. probably one of your cheapest major mods, right?

 

Parts wise yes, install wise it is number two (for time).

 

I dont know if it's supposed to be a secret but Stu quoted me 200 for a Spartan regrind for Weed's old 6.1 cam I have laying around somewhere..