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This post will show everything you will have to do in order to put a 6.1 intake and heads on your 5.7 hemi.
Background:
The 4.7l in my 2003 ram quad cab went a few months back so I decided to replace it with a 5.7 hemi. After reading a **** ton and hearing how much more power you can get from the 6.1 heads and intake I decided to take the plunge. Now before everyone decides to flame me, yes I know my stock motor won't be able to take advantage of these mods. I plan on stroking and forging this motor to 6.4 and remote turboing it.
On to the project!!!
The 6.1 head do fit and clear the valves with cosmetic .075 thick head gaskets. I threw on the intake manifold and encountered my first problem. The left mounting hole for the ac compressor and the bolt hole to the left of that hole are in the way of the throttle body and part of the intake. To alleviate this I the a pair of 1/2" spacers betweend the heads and the intake. This did help a little bit however it wasn't enough to clear the ac mount. After taking a good hard look at the 3rd strike performance install kit I decided to cut those 2 hole off of the timing cover. I was originally going to remove the timing cover and mill the offending parts off however I've already put the harmonic balancer and I really don't feel like dealing with that again. Moving on my weapon of choice was a sawsall with a carbide tipped blade and a grinder with a cutoff wheel. I took off enough material to clear the throttle body. It looks like **** right now but ill go back after the mockup stage is completed.
After clearancing everything I decided I needed to make the spacers. For these I had just the right size material. I used the gaskets to mark and drill my mounting holes. After I got both of the spacer mount holes drilled and checked I moved on to the ports. For this I used a 1" hole saw and drill a square pattern, undersized of course. After I removed a majority of the material I milled the rest off for a nice finish. I'm currently in the middle of making these spacers and will update as I go.
This post will show everything you will have to do in order to put a 6.1 intake and heads on your 5.7 hemi.
Background:
The 4.7l in my 2003 ram quad cab went a few months back so I decided to replace it with a 5.7 hemi. After reading a **** ton and hearing how much more power you can get from the 6.1 heads and intake I decided to take the plunge. Now before everyone decides to flame me, yes I know my stock motor won't be able to take advantage of these mods. I plan on stroking and forging this motor to 6.4 and remote turboing it.
On to the project!!!
The 6.1 head do fit and clear the valves with cosmetic .075 thick head gaskets. I threw on the intake manifold and encountered my first problem. The left mounting hole for the ac compressor and the bolt hole to the left of that hole are in the way of the throttle body and part of the intake. To alleviate this I the a pair of 1/2" spacers betweend the heads and the intake. This did help a little bit however it wasn't enough to clear the ac mount. After taking a good hard look at the 3rd strike performance install kit I decided to cut those 2 hole off of the timing cover. I was originally going to remove the timing cover and mill the offending parts off however I've already put the harmonic balancer and I really don't feel like dealing with that again. Moving on my weapon of choice was a sawsall with a carbide tipped blade and a grinder with a cutoff wheel. I took off enough material to clear the throttle body. It looks like **** right now but ill go back after the mockup stage is completed.
After clearancing everything I decided I needed to make the spacers. For these I had just the right size material. I used the gaskets to mark and drill my mounting holes. After I got both of the spacer mount holes drilled and checked I moved on to the ports. For this I used a 1" hole saw and drill a square pattern, undersized of course. After I removed a majority of the material I milled the rest off for a nice finish. I'm currently in the middle of making these spacers and will update as I go.
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