Condemplating puting a 6.1 in the cuda & have a few questions:
1) 5.7 & 6.1 Block......Same dimensions on the exterior??? (if we mock the car up with a 5.7 block will the 6.1 drop in.)
2) Will the accessories from the front interchange?
3) Pistons of the 6.1 Forged or hypereutectic
4) Crank 5.7 Forged>
5) Crank 6.1 Forged
Thanks
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5.7 & 6.1 Block differences & other misc
Moderator: scottm
5.7 & 6.1 Block differences & other misc
70 cuda, old SS car soon to be a 10.5" street screamer
04.5 Cummins powered 2wd Dually
04.5 Cummins powered 2wd Dually
1. Yes, same external dimensions
2. Yes, I have a 6.1 with the front cover and accessories from the 5.7
3. 5.7 & 6.1 have cheap hypereutectic pistons(I would get forged ones)
4. 5.7 crank is cast
5. 6.1 crank is forged(both same dimensions)
I would love to see a n/a high cr 6.1 in a Cuda.
2. Yes, I have a 6.1 with the front cover and accessories from the 5.7
3. 5.7 & 6.1 have cheap hypereutectic pistons(I would get forged ones)
4. 5.7 crank is cast
5. 6.1 crank is forged(both same dimensions)
I would love to see a n/a high cr 6.1 in a Cuda.
2005 Dodge Ram 2500 RCSB ThunderRoad Hemi Sport w/STS turbo
Thanks for the reply!!!
The shop that will be doing it has done alot of QUALITY turbo street mustangs. They have had a stock motored street weight (turbo charged) 05gt go 10.20's in stick shift form, & those have a cast crank & pistons I believe. I just hope MA MOPAR's parts & engineering are up to the task. I have read that some guys dont like the rod & piston geometry or cylinderwall thickness. But what the heck DRIVE IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT!!
The shop that will be doing it has done alot of QUALITY turbo street mustangs. They have had a stock motored street weight (turbo charged) 05gt go 10.20's in stick shift form, & those have a cast crank & pistons I believe. I just hope MA MOPAR's parts & engineering are up to the task. I have read that some guys dont like the rod & piston geometry or cylinderwall thickness. But what the heck DRIVE IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT!!
70 cuda, old SS car soon to be a 10.5" street screamer
04.5 Cummins powered 2wd Dually
04.5 Cummins powered 2wd Dually