Dodge charger 70 engine switch?

(2012-02-03 15:15:12)

1. SYLVIA Says: its a dodge charger with a 440.. should i switch the engine to a 2003 viper engine? i havent done anything else to it.. but i wanna make it to a faster car.. proably a 4.0 sec car.

2. Don't know everything ! Says: The Viper engine will get you 0-60 in four seconds but for a couple of thousand dollars you can go 0-60 with the engine you have.

If you want to do a quarter mile in four seconds you need a long wheel base rail or a "funny car" burning nitromethane and putting about 7,000 horsepower to the asphalt.

If your Charger is an original "U" code car it is more valuable restored than modified.

3. Randy Says: The Viper engine (and transmission?) is longer than the 440 and fiercely expensive. You'll need to cut the body to get the engine in the engine bay.

It would be a lot less trouble to buy a crate 426 Hemi and a B&M Torqueflite with a Megashifter. There are a lot of performance options for the Hemi that can increase the power output. Then you need to get all this power on the ground with a limited slip differential and some decent tires.

You have unlimited funding, of course?

4. Old Man Dirt Says: Even a "pro stock" Cuda could only cut a 10.76 So I am not sure your expectations are reasonable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYN3l_RhDr0

5. DeerTracker2 Says: you want a 4 second car??I'd start praying to god now unless you have the money to buy a top fuel dragster

6. roadrunner426440 Says: just switching to a viper engine will not get you to a 4 sec car

7. Andy Pandy Says: find a big hill drive down it pedal to the metal that'll doo it.