Of all the hemis, Desotos are the rarest, and hardest to find speed equipment for, simply because of the limited numbers compared to Chrysler or Dodge hemis. That being said, my Son Don bought a 291 Desoto that is waiting in the wings to be built for his 30 Tudor project. When I was researching it for him I called Hot Heads to ask if it was a good engine and the guy said "There are no bad hemis, they can all be built to be great motors."

You mentioned in your post that you don't mind spending the money to do it, and that is what it takes to do a hemi.........everything is costly for them, but the end result is well worth the "wow, it's got a hemi in it" factor. Gastrick on here pulled the sbc in his 32 and put a hemi in it, and IMO it changed the complexion of the entire car. It was always cool, but just cooler now.

Don