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Originally Posted by EddieGTO
How much would you spend on a Ram Air IV SR engine complete carb to pan??
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Probably would need more information to give an honest number to this fishing expedition. A Ram Air IV SR engine complete? How complete? Does it have the exhaust manifolds? Were original intake manifold, distributor, accessories bolted to a SR block? Or is the entire assembly SR? Does it have the original Ram Air IV Q-jet?, or a SR Q-Jet? or just a Q-Jet? All these things have an effect on the value to a high degree. Also you didn't mention if this engine is a USED SR engine or an NOS SR engine. Of course that would have a huge effect on value. From a practical standpoint, having owned, worked with and raced Ram Air III, IV, HO and SD engines, it's mostly about how they are tuned and cared for that determines their performance. Certainly the 4 HP rated bump between a Ram Air III and Ram Air IV is a fantasy, IMO, A stock Ram Air IV does not have 75 to 100 + more HP as sometimes spouted in the magazines. It's an honest 25-30 HP bump, not the holy grail most lucky enough to own one like to think. The bump in the car's value is much greater than the decrease in quarter mile times.