Bodacious
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- Jul 8, 2013
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I've been thinking about next winters project. I ultimately wanted to get an LSM block and indy head and see how much weight I could drop along with the power addition the head may have added. However, as stated in my first post on the Ram50 build, I don't need to be the fastest and of course the obvious is cost. If the current engine build lives through this year, it is going in a pulling truck for my wife for 2015. Therefore, I need to be thinking about a replacement engine for the Ram50.
I spoke with Dan Schied, LSM and Indy today concerning their aluminum offerings. I did not get a price from LSM, however, Dan Schied quoted me a price of $17,250 for a water block. The Indy head was $7,500. With these prices and some rough calculations, for around $43,000, I would have, IMO, the ultimate 12v for drag racing. I guess if you put things in perspective, a monster normally aspirated v8 gasser would probably be priced about the same and most likely could not be street driven. I would love to have it but, I'm thinking I might settle for something a little less.
I've been looking at the 3.0l BMW diesel. I have searched and read for a while and can't seem to find any hard core hot rodding info on them. I have been thinking instead of selling the farm for the ultimate cummins, why not get a wrecked BMW and see what I could ring out of it. I have no hard numbers, but, I bet the BMW wont weigh 2/3 of what the cummins egine weighs.
Anyway, I thought I'd post this up and see what you all thought. Their may be other engines out there I have not considered.
Thanks for any input.
I spoke with Dan Schied, LSM and Indy today concerning their aluminum offerings. I did not get a price from LSM, however, Dan Schied quoted me a price of $17,250 for a water block. The Indy head was $7,500. With these prices and some rough calculations, for around $43,000, I would have, IMO, the ultimate 12v for drag racing. I guess if you put things in perspective, a monster normally aspirated v8 gasser would probably be priced about the same and most likely could not be street driven. I would love to have it but, I'm thinking I might settle for something a little less.
I've been looking at the 3.0l BMW diesel. I have searched and read for a while and can't seem to find any hard core hot rodding info on them. I have been thinking instead of selling the farm for the ultimate cummins, why not get a wrecked BMW and see what I could ring out of it. I have no hard numbers, but, I bet the BMW wont weigh 2/3 of what the cummins egine weighs.
Anyway, I thought I'd post this up and see what you all thought. Their may be other engines out there I have not considered.
Thanks for any input.