Bought 5.7 hemi/nag1 out of a cop car. Some questions.

A cam doesn’t have to cost $1500. I bought a 6.4 cam for my 5.7 for a little over $200, and the springs were like $150. Don’t have the numbers in front of me, just going off memory. Lifters will be $600+ if you buy factory one though, so I guess it does add up. I haven’t bought lifters yet.

Either way, almost certain you can turn MDS off electronically. The cars with Sport Mode did it from the factory when Sport Mode was on. But I can’t tell you which tuner module to buy to do it.