Worth the effort?

greven said

The junkyard website has the following number noted down as “manufacturer code”
300-08159 If that means anything, the engine was pulled from a Grand Cherokee Limited and is the original engine for the car. I will get new up to date pictures of the engine lifted from the body.


Would 383 do it or is 408 the only size that's even close?
What are the reasonable max rpms of the stock 360, a 383 and 408 stroker?

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Starter is on the driver side on my jeep 5.9l

hp per cid and rpm
1 hp per cid is kind of the middle ground of performance engines compromise between mild to wild something like a 224 cam airgap 650/750 carb 9:1 cr and headers with a powerband 1000-5000 rpm and a 5500 rpm ish redline with mild stall and 3.23-3.91 gears. Under that more like a truck powerband stock gear and stall and over that goes towards streetstrip to full race engines. eg. 1.25 hp per cid is a healthy street strip type engine with aftermarket heads 235-245 cam airgap/single plane intake 750 plus carb 10-11:1 cr 3000-4500 stall 4.10-4.56 gears etc.. 2500-6000 rpm powerband 6500-7000 ish redline.

Heads are gonna be the main deciding factor of how much power you can make.