Modern 3G Hemi all the way. Less weight, heads flow awesome and more and more offerings.
You can get the 707HP Hellcat crate motor (Hellcrate) with computer and everything for $14K right now. Sure that sounds like a lot initially, but it's nearly bulletproof, factory supported, blown and has all different internals. They list for around 18K but you can usually get them around 14K. If this had been available when I bought my 6.1 Hemi new, I would jump on it because by the time you get the motor, computer, build it for bigger power, harnesses and all the little things it makes since and 707 street worthy HP out of the box is pretty cool.
Otherwise pick up a salvage 6.4L and it will do nicely. Cleveland Parts has a lot of take outs with all the accessories on a crate.
If your are on the cheap even junkyard 5.7L and 6.1L can be found very reasonable and built crazy good. Most of the police cars which auction very cheap have 5.7L Hemis in them and you can get all the accessories with them, part the rest. Lots of choices for the 5.7L and a bit less for the 6.1L. Trucks and Challengers both have the 6.4L available so you can pick those up fairly reasonable as well.
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