Well, again I'm reporting very slow progress...
Ben is, however, about to start work on it. Impetus is now coming from a potential marketing operation to sell modified Hemi 6s and performance parts internationally. For people who want something different.
One thing we're likely to do is make up a cast timing cover with inbuilt oil pump. The Hemi 6 has a bad habit of chewing out the oil pump skew gears on the cam, so this will obviate that. It also has a camshaft float issue that can be addressed at the same time.
And it will look neat and 'racy'!
We've found an H-beam rod that goes very close to fitting the Hemi 6 that will give a better rod/stroke ratio. This is 1.56:1 in the original setup, we'll take that to 1.70:1 with these rods. They only need to have a very minor shave from their big end cheeks (0.011") and require 0.008" off the journals to fit in with standard bearings. We've found that Ross make a forged piston that will take that rod with a custom pin position.
So let's see what Benno's flow bench says as he works on this over the next few weeks...
