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Just get the engine. Holley has plug and play solutions, engine gear frankly is irrelevant.

 

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408 will technically make more power, as it's highly modified, but the stock 5.7L in my 18 2500 makes 383 HP and 400 ft lbs of torque, bone stock. That's not bad for a reliable, stock engine with no mods whatsoever. Then there is this...

How to Make 627 Horsepower for $3,831

Having successfully applied low-buck, 76mm, eBay turbo systems to both the Chevy LS and Ford Modular engines, we decided to try doing the same thing to a modern

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Totally dependent on the 408 build. A stock 5.7 1500 truck engine makes 395hp and 410lb-ft. And they rip! A tune alone takes them over 400, and of course depending on heads and cam and intake on the 408…

And of course there are the Dodge Hemis, making from 375-485hp. Excluding Hellcat because it’s spendy