383 or 5.7 hemi

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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!
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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!
 
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.
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everything i have read and have been told says the truck engine makes for a better swap because of the high narrower mounting of the accessories.
 
That is true, but the VVT is the monkey wrench thrown in the mix. VVT trucks have the throttle body pointing straight up into the hood. I was planning on using my 6.1 manifold, having read somewhere on the web that they fit the VVT motors. That may be the case with VVT car motors (although I have not verified that), but they do not, however, fit the truck motors because of the different accessory layout.
 
I did test fit my 6.1 intake onto the truck motor. Some minor clearancing on a front corner, and on the ribbing under the front of the intake would have been needed just to bolt it on. Not a huge deal, but to fit the TB in that position, I would have needed to grind into the front cover/water passage to make clearance for the shaft support boss.
 
If money isn't an issue, go late model. That's how I make decisions, long term affects considered.
 
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