HEMIWagon Project Log: Carnage Report

"JGrabowMSt" (jgrabowmst) 01/18/2015 at 17:07 • Filed to: HEMIWagon, carnage

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So the HEMIWagon is back in business and running very well and very strong with the new motor. Here's a good look at the level of carnage that occurred inside the original motor.

This is the best image of the carnage on the piston.

If you've got an H-Code HEMI, get your heads done. I was stubborn and didn't want to, and it cost me a lot more in the end. Should have just had 6.1L heads installed and called it a day. This is what the piston should look like:

It just isn't worth being stubborn.

 > JGrabowMSt 01/18/2015 at 17:08

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Time for LS swap.

JGrabowMSt >  01/18/2015 at 17:10

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LS? Why would I do something stupid like that?

I've got a fresh HEMI, and she's only going to get a HEMI under her hood. Wouldn't be the HEMIWagon if she had anything else.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > JGrabowMSt 01/18/2015 at 17:11

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426 swap?

 > JGrabowMSt 01/18/2015 at 17:13

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Beats me. I thought that's what all the cool kids did nowadays.

Alfalfa > JGrabowMSt 01/18/2015 at 17:14

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Carnage is a pretty accurate description. That looks brutal.

JGrabowMSt > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 01/18/2015 at 17:26

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Someday. I only had the time and money to have a fresh and reinforced 5.7L put in.

A 426 backed by a TR6060 is my vision for the final iteration of the HEMIWagon. I want to keep the simplicity of the existing fuel injection, computer, key, etc etc. If it wont be a simple turn-key solution, it wont be what the car gets.

There's no reason to go too crazy with it, because I'll need to reinforce the frame a huge amount to handle the extra torque. It's torquey as is, but a 426 will be a massive upgrade. The rear I know is simply not up to it, but I will have a wavetrac installed by the time I get to that point.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > JGrabowMSt 01/18/2015 at 17:29

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That sounds like the way it should've been originally built!

TheElephant > JGrabowMSt 01/18/2015 at 17:31

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No amount of reinforcement is going to save the car from the torque of a 426.

I've put about 25k on the 426 in my Challenger, running that thing hard, and you would be amused by the amount of dents/divots/twisting in the C pillars and roof.

It is literally turning the car into a pretzel.

But what a sweet, sweet pretzel it is.

JGrabowMSt > TheElephant 01/18/2015 at 17:38

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Yeah, but luckily the Magnum has a slightly different frame to Challenger. Theres a reinforcement bar that bolts up underneath the rear jack point areas that really stiffen the car up, Im going to cross that bridge when I get there and we start planning out the car at that point.

mr2gud2u > JGrabowMSt 01/18/2015 at 22:43

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I know a local guy that put a 6.1 cam in. I dont think he picked up any HP.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > JGrabowMSt 01/18/2015 at 23:21

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That should make a real nice paperweight for the office.

pip bip - choose Corrour > JGrabowMSt 01/19/2015 at 02:55

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not looking too healthy.

JGrabowMSt > mr2gud2u 01/19/2015 at 06:01

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The 6.1L head swap removes the valve seat issue, which is the primary motivation for doing the swap.

It would have saved me a big chunk of change...

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > JGrabowMSt 01/19/2015 at 11:52

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As someone who used to work at a place that made pistons I can tell you that this has gone completely wrong. There are supposed to be lands and grooves there.