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Hemi450hp

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Well, after having a baby 3 weeks ago, I have decided to return the 4 door back to stock to make it a quiet and comfortable family vehicle. That said, yesterday I picked up a 2011 RC/SB Express to turn into the new drag truck. Truck came with a McGaughys 2/4 drop, but is otherwise stock. Today, I swapped out the 3.55 open diff ZF axle for an older 9.25 axle with a Detroit Trutrac and 4.10 gears. Later this week, I will be installing the basic boltons...Intake, throttle body, catch can, 170* thermostat, efan, and tuner. I have already sent the ARH 1 7/8" headers off to be ceramic coated, and will be talking to Edge tomorrow about building a 3600 stall converter. This truck will be getting a forged 6.4 392" motor with a Dragpack intake and a Nitrous Outlet Puck system. I'm planning to hit this thing with a 300-400 shot of nitrous if the suspension and tires will take it. I'm sure it will take a month or 2 to get the motor together, so stay tuned. Here are a few pics of the 2 trucks together, and a couple during the axle swap.

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And a quick video to make sure the trutrac is working ;)

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It was this or the hellcat...it was an easy decision for her...haha.
 

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Subscribed. This is going to be an awesome thread.


Sent from the Rocket in my Pocket
 

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Nice!! Any idea of what kind of power you are looking for out of the 6.4?
 

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very cool...can't wait to see the progress.
 

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Best thing about this build... everything you do to it is a tax write off on the company, lol. I tried that with my company but my accountant (wife) wouldn't go for it.
 

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Ahhhhh this is gonna be awesome!

Where are you getting the motor from? Unbroken and I were discussing options while swapping headers the other day and I'm not sure whether to do the 6.4 stroker or get a 6.1 based engine and crank it to 440ci
 
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I'm going to start out with a new 6.4 crate motor. Then Modern Muscle is supplying the drop in forged pistons and rods.
 

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Okay, so you're actually doing the 6.4 swap, not a 5.7L stroked to a 6.4L. Is that correct?

Also, which 6.4L are you swapping to? The SRT or the one in the power wagon? And can either one be stroked or bored out any more?
 
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