Tman100
Well-Known Member
Hey guys,
So I’m going this week to get a stroker engine I got off a buddy. 493 that makes 620hp. It’s a pretty reasonable street engine and my buddy drove the car about 2000 miles a year with this engine. He’s putting a gen 3 hemi in his 68 charger, so I had the opportunity to get this engine for a steal so I jumped at the opportunity. Now I can’t decide what to do. My original thought was to put the engine in my 68 charger cause 600hp charger would be awesome. Currently I have a 440 internet car with 500 miles on it. The engine makes 485hp and 550/ft lbs torque. I put a small cam in it for drivability which I regretted after the first 100 miles. But it’s a real nice engine and can light the tires at will. So now I’ve thought about putting the engine in my 67 Monaco. I built the Monaco 20 years ago and used to race it. I’ve since sold the engine that I had in it so it’s currently sits without a powertrain. I had thought to put the 440 in that car and put the stroker in the charger. But…. The charger is so nice that I’m thinking it would be better to put in the Monaco and go racing with the big c body again. I don’t want to race the charger… my dad bought the car new and it’s so nice and only has 500 miles since the restoration.
What do you guys think? The Monaco or monster-co as it’s locally known would be awesome with that kind of power. It has a few goodies like a line lock. Driveshaft loop. 4.30 gears and I have slicks for it. It used to almost lift the front wheels with 400hp with the way the weight transfer is set up. It hooked really hard but needed way more power to be great.
Either way I’ll get the Monaco going again likely this summer but not sure which way. Could use your feedback.I’ve attached a few photos from racing back in 05.
So I’m going this week to get a stroker engine I got off a buddy. 493 that makes 620hp. It’s a pretty reasonable street engine and my buddy drove the car about 2000 miles a year with this engine. He’s putting a gen 3 hemi in his 68 charger, so I had the opportunity to get this engine for a steal so I jumped at the opportunity. Now I can’t decide what to do. My original thought was to put the engine in my 68 charger cause 600hp charger would be awesome. Currently I have a 440 internet car with 500 miles on it. The engine makes 485hp and 550/ft lbs torque. I put a small cam in it for drivability which I regretted after the first 100 miles. But it’s a real nice engine and can light the tires at will. So now I’ve thought about putting the engine in my 67 Monaco. I built the Monaco 20 years ago and used to race it. I’ve since sold the engine that I had in it so it’s currently sits without a powertrain. I had thought to put the 440 in that car and put the stroker in the charger. But…. The charger is so nice that I’m thinking it would be better to put in the Monaco and go racing with the big c body again. I don’t want to race the charger… my dad bought the car new and it’s so nice and only has 500 miles since the restoration.
What do you guys think? The Monaco or monster-co as it’s locally known would be awesome with that kind of power. It has a few goodies like a line lock. Driveshaft loop. 4.30 gears and I have slicks for it. It used to almost lift the front wheels with 400hp with the way the weight transfer is set up. It hooked really hard but needed way more power to be great.
Either way I’ll get the Monaco going again likely this summer but not sure which way. Could use your feedback.I’ve attached a few photos from racing back in 05.