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brandon
Dodge Dakota
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2/17/2004
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i have a 87 dak with the 3.9 and had the crappy spark control computer. but i bought the electronic ignition conversion kit. consisiting of the ecu, wiring harness, ballast resistor, and vacuumn advance distributor for a 318.
i took the distributor cap for the v6 and lined it up with where the spring clips hold down the cap to the 318 distributor. used a file to notch where the locating tab is on the 318 distrbutor.
made a custom reluctor for the magnetic pickup.
and thats it. install as instructed by the manual contained with the conversion kit.
if anybody wants pictures e-mail me brandou10l@msn.com. or if u want to try this urself and need a reluctor made.
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brandon
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2/17/2004
17:05:43
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yah by the way it runs 10x better than it did before i cant say yet on fuel milege because i did it 2 days ago
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dakattack98
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2/19/2004
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I've bben wanting to do something like that for a while. Is there a chance that you could email me some pics of what you did and how you did it. I hate the EFI on the engine now I want to swap it over to a 4bbl carb. My e mail is emt_156@yahoo.com.
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Aaron
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brandon
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2/19/2004
20:37:30
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yah ill have to take some pics tomorrow.
i got a 4bbl intake manifold from mopar performance catalog.
and a holley 390cfm 4bbl.
and the ignition is a mopar performance electronic ign conversion kit jegs p/n 312-p3690426
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brandon
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2/19/2004
20:41:39
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by the way i did this on a non fuel injected, its not a magnum v6. im not sure if the distributor will be the right size. be sure to look in to this.
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vern
Dodge Dakota
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2/20/2004
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i did this a few yrs back on a 87,i used the relector out of a slanted 6,i could,nt use the
vaccuum advance because it made my truck spark knock and i recurved the dist,put the performance springs in.also used the tin plate from the 3.9 dist that has the ear[tab]for the dist cap on the 318 dist and did away with vaccuum advance.
but i used a used 318 dist,box and wiring from a car[just because i,m cheap and no one could tell me if this would work]so i did my own experiment.
worked fine,good power,about the same mileage 16-18 with 4x4
total cost less then $50,wiring diagrams in most mopar books or maybe Brandon can post or email them
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87dak
Dodge Dakota
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4/25/2004
14:37:01
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How is this working? is there a milage/power improvement? does it affect the converter lock up? I was planning to do the same.
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brandou10l
Dodge Dakota
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4/25/2004
19:24:43
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so far its been working good. although i had to buy a reluctor for a slant 6. the one i made magnetized and wouldnt trigger the ign.
i cant say if it has been a mpg improvment. i am still tuning the 4bbl. it definetly has been a performance improvement. if u are switching to a carb its definetly the easiest route to go. id get a vacumn distributor and a capacitve discharge ignition. like msd or accel. id get a rev limiter also. as far as the converter goes i dont know, i have a 5spd. ill let u know my fuel mpg in a week or so i still have some tuning on the 4bbl to do
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87 dak
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4/26/2004
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Mine is an 87 carbed I have a jacobs ign. which has worked very well. I just put in a 2.5" exhaust which seems to help a lot. What kind of material did u make the reluctor out of?
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brandou10l
Dodge Dakota
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4/26/2004
06:19:23
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it was made out of 422 stainless steel.
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87 dak
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4/28/2004
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did it work for a while? or not at all..
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brandou10l
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4/28/2004
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yah it worked for about a week. then it developed a miss, then nothing
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