Cost to have 5.7 hemi rebuilt? Hydrolock

[blentine]

2008 ram 1500 hemi 95,000 miles
sucked water in and bent a connecting rod(s). Still runs fine and no visible damage but severe racheting noise/knocking.

Only let it run for a few seconds immediately after it occurred, to diagnose noise and prevent furthger damage.

Ballpark cost to have engine repaired, ?

Vs.

Swapping junkyard engine with close to same miles

 

[RonJon '06]

I burned a rod bearing two years ago and at that time the dealership quoted me parts and labor about 4K for a used engine, 6K for a reman and 8K for a brand new 5.7 from the factory. I did find a junkyard Hemi for just over 2K but since my block was ok I decided to rebuild it instead.

 

[blentine]

cool that gives me an idea where i stand with my block.
How much did it end up costing to rebuild instead? Since it ended up being ok

 

[RonJon '06]

I joined this Forum and went from a stock rebuild to forged pistons, headers, torque converter and cam. With the tuner and the bill from the machine shop everything came in at just over 7K but it was worth it.

 

[usaf2006]

And how much more peppy is the ol mega cab now? I was thinking doing similar to what you did in about 50k miles. It's either that or buy a new truck, and a rebuild with Mike build on a 5.7 is way cheaper than a new 2500 Cummins.

 

[RonJon '06]

And how much more peppy is the ol mega cab now? I was thinking doing similar to what you did in about 50k miles. It's either that or buy a new truck, and a rebuild with Mike build on a 5.7 is way cheaper than a new 2500 Cummins.

With the cam and the custom tune it drives like a different truck. I gained about 50HP and 35ftlbs of torque, you can really feel it above 3500 RPM.

 

[SilverStreak88]

With the cam and the custom tune it drives like a different truck. I gained about 50HP and 35ftlbs of torque, you can really feel it above 3500 RPM.

It only gave you 50 extra HP?? What cam did you go with? I've been looking at a spartan and with the proper tuning the cam job alone is getting an extra 35-40 to the ground from dyno runs I've seen.

 

[RonJon '06]

It only gave you 50 extra HP?? What cam did you go with? I've been looking at a spartan and with the proper tuning the cam job alone is getting an extra 35-40 to the ground from dyno runs I've seen.

This is all in theory because I haven't had it on a dyno but I might be getting it dyno tuned before winter, the tune that's in there now still isn't perfect.

Crazy Jay Plus - +45HP (quoted from Stu at Inertia)
.020" overbore - +4HP
Shorty Headers - +5HP?

I might have gained a little from the pistons too. Also he sent me a Spartan plus by mistake but I'm assuming the HP numbers are approximately the same.

 

[SilverStreak88]

This is all in theory because I haven't had it on a dyno but I might be getting it dyno tuned before winter, the tune that's in there now still isn't perfect.

Crazy Jay Plus - +45HP (quoted from Stu at Inertia)
.020" overbore - +4HP
Shorty Headers - +5HP?

I might have gained a little from the pistons too. Also he sent me a Spartan plus by mistake but I'm assuming the HP numbers are approximately the same.

You should get some chrome badges from Auto Zone... they are supposed to (in theory), give you and 10HP per badge I think... at least that's what I was told by the guy's down in the barrio.

 

[usaf2006]

This is all in theory because I haven't had it on a dyno but I might be getting it dyno tuned before winter, the tune that's in there now still isn't perfect.

Crazy Jay Plus - +45HP (quoted from Stu at Inertia)
.020" overbore - +4HP
Shorty Headers - +5HP?

I might have gained a little from the pistons too. Also he sent me a Spartan plus by mistake but I'm assuming the HP numbers are approximately the same.

How much did it cost to get bored over?
What was your overall cost for the whole build?

 

[FroggyMcNasty]

My buddy has one from an 08. He was selling engine tranny and tcase for $1500.

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[SilverStreak88]

My buddy has one from an 08. He was selling engine tranny and tcase for $1500.

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Were they both toast? With that price it seems suspect that there's big problems with it.

 

[FroggyMcNasty]

Were they both toast? With that price it seems suspect that there's big problems with it.

No. He bought two salvage title trucks from the auction and is using the body from one to fix the other.

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[RonJon '06]

Definitely cheaper and easier to drop in a junkyard engine. Here's the itemized list from my build.

Forged pistons, connecting rods and rod bearings 1525
Refurbished 6.1L crankshaft 200
Balancing of rotating assembly 325
Main cap bearings 125
Main cap bolts, balancer bolt 97
Non MDS lifters 325
Front seal 17
Rear seal 60
Valve seals 45
6.1L Valve springs 145
6.1L Pushrods 45
Cam bearings 37
Thrust Bearing 25
Spartan plus cam 465
Head bolts 50
Head gaskets 145
Oil pan gasket 60
6.1L Oil Pump 60
6.1L Timing kit 185
Spark plugs 40
Intake manifold gaskets 16
Fluids 95
Custom tune 200
Diablo Sport Intune 389
Labor at machine shop(clean block, rebore cylinders, clean/resurface heads, valve job, replace cam bearings) 625
Specialty tools 95

$5396

Extras

New fuel injector O- rings 42
Oil sending unit 60
Trans fluid/filters 90
Serpentine belt/idler pulleys 82
Fuel pump 240
1 Ton Trans cooler 210
JBA Shorty headers stainless 505
Edge 2600 stall TC (Moe's) 550

$1779

 

[ATXHEMI]

At that price I would have went with a 392 stroker rotating assembly.

 

[05RedHemiRam]

5.7 Hemi

Does he still have it? How many miles?

 

[chefred112]

i don't think I paid near as much to rebuild mine to 392 with forged components...i'll have to price it all out... except fpr block machining, i did all the work myself and saved lotsa money there...

 

[usaf2006]

Beautiful! Can't wait for a price sheet
I wanna' put one of those under my hood.
Just tell me how I can live without a running truck for a while, especially if that's the end result!