383 or 5.7 hemi

Mopar to ya said
My brother is in the middle of a 5.7 Hemi / Viper 6 speed transmission swap in his Warlock. He has been busting his *** to get it done for Mopars in the Park at the end of the month. Between fabrications and ecu / wiring harness issues he texted me the other night, and I quote:

"Bailing on this Hemi bullshit. I shouldn't have bought this motor. Intake won't fit under the hood, the intake I wanted to swap on won't fit. The guys who make the harnesses don't have truck motors to work off. so a custom harness is all on me if they make it and it doesn't fit. So close. So much money wasted. **** this ****. Selling it all if I can and searching craigslist for a Yugo."

I hope that helps you make your decision!

To be fair, my issues are because I bought a VVT truck motor. Bad choice in hind sight. Car based hemi's are better choices. Oh, and my hissy fit is over- back on the hemi bandwagon. (For now)

Depends on what you wanna do with your car. If you want lots of reliable, drivable HP with the ability for unreal upgrades- go with the hemi. Yes, its more expensive (but not nearly as expensive as the #'s zac 571 was throwing out) and there is a pretty good learning curve, but the potential these little motors have is amazing.

If you want an affordable to build, fun cruiser- BBD's cant be beat!