What about all the Cobra kit cars with chevy engines? Hey, if you got the parts sitting around, go for it!

do a big block fuel injected 427 chevy with twin turbos. theres something different. knowbody in you area would have that. you would make more than twice as much power than a hemi and it would probly cost around the same amout. but the real question is do u have enough moola to do this.

i think a hemi in a chevy is a great idea. anywhoooo, i do think it'd be neat. well, not as neat as a ford in a chevy but pretty neat.

and for way less then 20K. if you had 20 k, you could buy that motor and a camaro to put it in.

Hmmmmmm 1976 Jag with a 400 sbc sound interesting?

Regards
Mark

Or, a nitrous injected double overhead cam twin turbo quad four, with a rocket pack.
TEN TIMES the power of a Hemi, with half the cost and no maintenance!


LOL!

Sounds like Orc talk to me.

From what I've heard Hemi's are harrrrd to tune and they suck on the bottom end. You don't get the power until that Elephant starts breathing good, by that time you're crossing the 1/8 mile mark, lol.

Hemi's are great and the only way I'd put one in a car is if it was a Mopar and it had one originally.

I can't see spending all that money on a Hemi, all that time tuning it when you could just pick up a crate motor or something for your Camaro.



Oh and as far as that "I wanna be different" approach, there are far less troublesome and far easier engine swaps to accomplish that. I'm with the other guys that the Hemi isn't the best choice.

To begin with you can install a hemi in any vehicle that you can fit a small block Chevy with headers in.

That said, the 426 is about 80 pounds heaver than a typical 427/454 BBC and since the handling of a big block 69 Camaro was in the toilet anyway, it would be worse with a hemi.

If you do this you'll be ridiculed at every show you attend. The Chevy guys will consider it sacrilege, and the MOPAR guys will consider it a waist of a good hemi.

Bottom line is that there are certain cars that just shouldn't be engined outside of their pedigree. The Camaro is just such an example, as are tri-five Chevy's. It would be just as bad to install a Chevy 350 or Ford FE engine in a Cuda or Satellite. It just doesn't make good sense.

If you have a hemi, put it in a 64-70 Dodge or Plymouth. Even as a clone it will be worth more than the Camaro will ever be, and it'll have a lot more class.

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well said....

why would u want to go and mess up a perfectly good chevrolet car by putting a highly over rated mopar built hemi engine in it. go with a blown 427 to get the performance ur looking for. whats wrong with a chevy bb engine. dont mess up a good thing man. go buy a charger or something. dont hurt that chevy

Ok, here's the math, for all of you who mentioned prices:

426 Hemi crate motor from Jegs: $11899
Dist., plugs, wires: $500
Motor mounts: custom
Motor plate: $100
Flywheel ( to a GM tranny): $200
Oilpan: custom
Headers: custom
Engine bay mods, accessory relocation, steering shaft: ???

Total cost: 13,000 PLUS all the fabrication

ZZ502 from Jegs: $6999
Dist. plugs, wires: included
Motor mounts: $30
Motor plate: $102
Flywheel: $193
Oilpan: $220
Headers: $400

Total costs: $8000

More power than the hemi to begin with and still doesn't cost as much. Add a Weiand 6-71 for another 3000 and you've just covered the cost of the hemi motor itself for TWICE the horsepower and torque. To finish the drivetrain, you're probably looking at 15 - 18,000 total, vs. at LEAST 20 grand for the hemi job.

Go wit da Chevy Grass-a-hoppa!

if you really want to be different then put a four banger in thier then you will really be different and people would had you so bad. as for the hemi put her in a mopar and do something else with the camaro but its cool that you found an original idea so if you want you could ignore everyone and do what you want. Sure chevy and mopar fans wouldnt agree but do what you want not what everyone else wants. hope it helps

how about a high performance 230 or 250 inline 6cyl, ive seen it done, one was in a pro street 54 chev.

I thought this would get interesting.

If you already actually have the Camaro, putting the Hemi (hemorrhage) in it wouldn't be a challenge.

Why would you mess up a good Chevy by putting Mopard (Mopar-ded) power in it.

Cuda's and The like bodies Challengers are the only Mopards that looks half way decent.

Ok that was all in fun, seriously if you really want to do it it's your car go for it. As far as the guys that say Camaros are not worth much, Where have you been hiding the last 5 years. They are going for more than the Vettes these days.

Problem is there are no old Mopards left running, they barely ran when they were new.

Royce

Yep, that's why 99.9% of all funny car and top fuel drivers run hemis. Seems to me that Chebbys are pretty good at coming in second in those classes.

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