528 hemi....which way to go

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Tue Aug 19, 08 9:59 pm

You are right The Dodge. But will the £20K that it will actually cost (real life) be worth it?

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Tue Aug 19, 08 10:01 pm

spark plugs are easier on some of the newer ally wedge heads anyway

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Tue Aug 19, 08 10:06 pm

Oh yes. The old angled plug trick.

Luxury.

the dodge · Post by **the dodge** » Tue Aug 19, 08 10:11 pm

Dave, if youve got the dough and its your dream i say go for it, one of my mates has had loads of different cars over the years, porsche's, merc's, beemers a couple of yanks (the only 1 i know is a pontiac t top - nice!!) subaru imprezza etc, he bought them because he could afford them, most of them he kept for less than a year, he says most of them were hard to drive and not very comfortable for every day use, he now drives a audi a8 auto or a golf gti as he says he's been there, done that & bought the t shirt etc

p.s put a hemi in your challenger, you know you want too

the dodge · Post by **the dodge** » Tue Aug 19, 08 10:15 pm

boosted, apologies for the hijack/slight change in thread direction, however there are lots of members on here who can advise and/or supply exactly what you want, good luck with the project

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Tue Aug 19, 08 10:20 pm

Dave wrote:Oh yes. The old angled plug trick.

Luxury.

and raised exhaust ports

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Aug 19, 08 10:56 pm

Love it Dave , so true too.

Welcome Boosted.

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Wed Aug 20, 08 7:39 am

Dave you crack me up, the skirt and Levis comment was just perfect

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Wed Aug 20, 08 8:54 am

I had been on the Jack-D last night for medicinal purposes.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Aug 20, 08 9:15 am

Boosted-

Its like hearing that Jon Bon Jovi has his personal hair dresser flown half way round the world and spends 4k on a hair cut....if you have the dough and dont mind spending it then why not...when you kick the bucket you cant take your dough with you!!!

Oh and Dave is the only one in the coutry who drives a 1970 R/T 440-6 G.O.M. Challenger....and thats just the way it is!!!

PS Daves dream car would be a new BMW with a stock street hemi from 1970!!!

....you love it Roppa440!!

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Wed Aug 20, 08 10:28 am

Boosted, what do you want the car for, this is the crucial point...

if its a Street n strip car....i 'd go Stroked wedge
If its a race car......I'd go stroked Wedge
If its a stonkin looking Street car and not to bothered about $$$ and want visual appeal,and Kudos, i'd go HEMI....(with a blower)

simple

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Wed Aug 20, 08 10:42 am

boosted wrote: I did hear somewhere that a "hemi type" head is being made for the 440....or did I dream it

They brought out heads like that years ago back when you would have found it difficult and expensive to find a Hemi block. But it required a lot of machine work of the block and became obsolete when Hemi blocks became available again.

I think Duncan has a Hemi head 440 conversion in his orange Challenger?

RobTwin · Post by **RobTwin** » Wed Aug 20, 08 11:54 am

If you want WOW! factor (IMHO

) and easy-access spark plugs you could go with a Max Wedge looky-likey

Those cast manifolds make it a fair bit easier to get to the plugs

Wouldnt look right in a 69 RR tho