05 Jeep 5.7 complete setup

Joe Dokes said
This swap isn't cheap, but it can be done cheaply, and when one considers that a set of headers and a cam has these motors putting out 450HP+, it becomes a nice package. Sure you can get 450 HP out of an LA or Magnum motor, but you'd have 5K into it.

I have built up a LA 318 before for around $2200 and was making some damn good power, but it was also turned into a 390 stroker and went in my 87 4x2 ramcharger :cheers:

Buddy of mine built up his magnum 318 in his 99 CD dakota around the same time as me. It just went with a bigger nitrous cam and I built mine for more torque. After all the ramcharger is was a pig at 4400lb with me in it.

I love the idea of putting in the F.I. HEMI, but also worried about the hidden costs of doing the swap also. It would be a lot simpler to put in a 318, or freshen up the /6 that it already has.

The BIG concern is how long my wife will put up with this project and me spending money on a car she wouldnt drive :oops::D
I will start off with the very 1st step, buying the car :glasses7:, then focus on step 2, step 3, etc...

Any questing that I have, I will diffidently ask on this forums!