Durango 392 AlcHEMI

[EricG]

Glad I have enough of the wonderful, peaceful, cooperative and balanced Sicilian blood left over from cus’ Vito (with 20% North African bro blood, and don’t give a shit middle eastern into her 80% Italian) mixed in with the pure Italian (Dad was one of the original 100% off the boat) from the other side to sit over in the right seat and let her drive all she wants. Just cannot get her to drive the Redeye for some reason. She will blast the Durango around so she does not have to watch and hear me drive it.

I was proud of myself the other day. Driving alone I got some lib closer to New Somalia to nail me with a long honk and a friendly signal I saw in my rear view mirror. I do not give them bastards in Hennepin County a fuckin inch when I need to drive over there.

Seen this?

 

[J-DUB]

Hey J-DUB....yer from Lackawanna...welcome I'm from Orchard Park....get the HC version..yer gonna be glad in the long run...

I did just that !

 

[J-DUB]

The lifter/cam issue is mostly caused by excessive idle time, as it largely relies on splash lubrication. A fix most guys do on the 5.7 and 6.4 is to delete the MDS stupidity and install Hellcat lifters. Can't recall the difference in the lifters but seems like the Hellcat version was better for oiling. A friend of mine had a few lobes on the cam go flat and got a new 392 in her Challenger under warranty. Not really a fix though, as all the new engine did was reset the clock on the cam time bomb.

The key 🔑 is the higher Volume oil pump ! As well as hardened/better lobes and No MDS ever on DDHC. That's why I spent ~$30K more than I needed to

 

[DGatzby]

My warranty just expired. Going to be taking the PCM oiut for an unlock and calling a good friend for a whole lot less than $30k and get it set-up to fix that crap. Only thing that bothers me is I can feel it vibrate in four cylinder mode. Cannot be good for it so it needs to stop without me pressing a button or two to get to a Custom, or Sport mode etc.

 

[EricG]

I never drove my Scat Pack out of sport mode due to keeping it out of 4-cyl mode.

BTW that movie clip was not mean to offend, I always thought it was such an awesome scene with 2 legends and shows how badass Italian people are. I have no idea if any of that is true.

 

[J-KAT]

My warranty just expired. Going to be taking the PCM oiut for an unlock and calling a good friend for a whole lot less than $30k and get it set-up to fix that crap. Only thing that bothers me is I can feel it vibrate in four cylinder mode. Cannot be good for it so it needs to stop without me pressing a button or two to get to a Custom, or Sport mode etc.

Nice , but U still not catching Me 😭 I'm only a smaller pulley , belt , CAI + better exhaust away from 840HP ! "Off the shelf" tune , maybe 🤔 And I'm good for a daily 🎭

 

[DGatzby]

Nice , but U still not catching Me 😭 I'm only a smaller pulley , belt , CAI + better exhaust away from 840HP ! "Off the shelf" tune , maybe 🤔 And I'm good for a daily 🎭

Hope so. It has to be a monster. I have the Redeye for my monster days, on the street it is basically somewhere btw scary and illegal. I know my tuner can certainly shut off the MDS and if the Redeye was any example, just cleaning up the torque management and other factory restrictions with a bit of a tune for 92-93 octane use will be fine for my Durango/392.

 

[DGatzby]

I never drove my Scat Pack out of sport mode due to keeping it out of 4-cyl mode.

BTW that movie clip was not mean to offend, I always thought it was such an awesome scene with 2 legends and shows how badass Italian people are. I have no idea if any of that is true.

It’s true. Italians love those movies. I was in NYC two weeks ago. Enjoyed the old fashioned Italian kisses. We could never do that around here without big attention and pointing that the mafia must be present. Had a breakfast with a friend who helped me thru what was needed for a dumb guy from the Midwest to do a construction project in Manhattan a long time ago. He talks directly with the very top of the ladder of Italian badass dudes. We had a short review of a recent conversation. I cannot type about it, Eric. Badass shit can happen. When I see ya, we will talk.

 

[1971demon]

It’s true. Italians love those movies. I was in NYC two weeks ago. Enjoyed the old fashioned Italian kisses. We could never do that around here without big attention and pointing that the mafia must be present. Had a breakfast with a friend who helped me thru what was needed for a dumb guy from the Midwest to do a construction project in Manhattan a long time ago. He talks directly with the very top of the ladder of Italian badass dudes. We had a short review of a recent conversation. I cannot type about it, Eric. Badass shit can happen. When I see ya, we will talk.

As a full blooded Italian in the food ingredient business for over 50 years...there are MANY things I cannot print on here...but make no mistake I am extremely proud of my American Italian heritage...