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354 Hemi street engine power

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Truckedup, Mar 15, 2013.

  1. Drop it in there and see how cool it is now:D
     
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  2. InstantT
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    I have a 440 on hold for when I get my Grandma's 36 coupe from it's current owner.
    But maybe the 440 will go in my truck and the hemi in the coupe.

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  3. southcross2631
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    Jimmy Addison's car was so far from a real street car . How many acid dipped GTX's did you ever see in the show room and a 484 inch motor with back door support from Mopar against a 428 Mustang. Yeah, I guess he would do well, Tom Hoover was a Chrysler engineer and do you think his Dodge did not have access to any special parts ?
    I also saw the Motown Shaker do a burn out on the street in the 60's Did not make it a street car.
    I agree that the Hemi is one of the finest piece's of engineering ever to come out of Detroit, does not mean it could not be beat in a street race in the hands of a customer who bought one and was not a professional mechanic or racer.
    Have you ever seen one of the 68 factory Hemi race cars run before it got worked on ? I was at Miami-Hollywood when Southeast Chrysler Plymouth brought out their brand new 68 Cuda Hemi drag car . It was basically straight off the transport truck. As good as those cars were ,they needed a bunch of work to be competitive with the Thunderbolt Fairlanes when they were set up.
     
  4. What does any of that have to do with a 354. Thats what this thread is about.
     
  5. lippy
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    In my opinion, if I had a good running , clean inside 354. I would put a cam, valve springs, new timing setup, gaskets, intake and carb, ignition (if you want) headers and drop it in and run it on the street. Careful assembly (degree the cam ect...) would wake it up. You could do that pretty reasonable money wise. Would surprise you I bet. Lippy
     
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  6. southcross2631
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    racer-x . You are the one who brought up Jimmy Addison's car not me.
     

  7. Have to do something about that alternator, it hit the fender when we mocked it up the other day :confused:
     
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