"........We are still strugling for money and probably won't be able to have any big work done soon, but were still planning........"


Here's my 2 cents.

Go to: http://www.hotrodsandhemis.com/ and click on rebuilding a hemi, and print it out.

Then go to the Hot Heads site and order a copy of Tex Smith's "The complete Chrysler Hemi engine manual (around $30).

Read both and then re-read them again.

Knowlege is the best way to figure out what your going to have to do to build one of these engines.

Any engine you build (but especially if if your looking at things like supercharging) will require the best BOTTOM END you can afford to build. Yes the heads, pistons and cam are what make power, but the bottom end is what makes the engine live. I personally would concentrate on that area of that first.

I noticed a couple of broken valve guildes on you heads, but I suspect that buy buying the required parts yourself and finding a GOOD local macine shop you will be a good deal of money ahead.

That being said, Bob at Hot Heads sells quality parts, and is one of the most knowlegable people on these engines...... I would not be afraid to go the exchange route if thats what you want to do.