Re: [FWDLK] New Acquisition

[Scott H <kneedrager@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I love the elephant but I took just that approach with my 56 Dodge.  It is
getting a 360/408 stroker aluminum heads and 727 trans I figure I have to be
saving 250 lbs or more with the lighter engine and trans plus loosing the
cast iron heads.
It will probably be stronger than any production HEMI BUT IT IS STILL NOT A
HEMI!!!
Certain things are just cool because of what they are and the legendary
status that they have acquired , a  hemi is one of them.

Scott






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From: eastern sierra Adj Services <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: eastern sierra Adj Services <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] New Acquisition
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 19:27:21 -0800

Hi, Joseph & Nathan; I'm certainly NOT disparaging Hemi's , but before
y'all spend the time & moola in installing those elephants, ya gotta ask
yourselves, to what extent do you want your cars to HANDLE, because the
Hemis weigh a TON , metaphorically , (you'll almost certainly have to
beef-up the front, & probably, rear suspensions) and their bottom-end
performance SUCKS, which is where you'll be trying to show-off (don't
deny it; I 'had' to go to a 3.55 SureGrip, to realize acceleration
'snap'--and now the "car" is 'noisy/busy' above 55 mph.

Your MPG will also suffer, with the Hemi, SO you do have to ask
yourself: wouldn't a relatively LIGHT-weight (remember: power-to-weight
ratio), hot-rodded, high-revving,  multiple-carb engine "work" better
than a hemi--ya'll may need to get the 'Hemi-complex' out of your
systems, but if I ever locate a ('regular-engined' , probably)
reasonably-priced 57 Dodge convertible, I will NOT hesitate to 'build'
its Poly V/8 engine, rather than try to 'clone' a D500  Hemi, out of it!

Everybody's gotta learn , for himself.

Neil Vedder
57 Hemi

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