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IntenseDak39
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10/17/2003
01:28:46
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 Subject: Just Some Pix of My 8-Banger
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400 BB * Crower .513/.513 290/300 cam * 452 heads * Double roller chain * Weiand TG Intake * MP windage tray * Comp Cams Valve Springs * Crane Pushrods * CAT 1.5 RR * MP Bolt set * MP Chrome Dipstick * MP Chrome Timing Cover * MP Wrinkle Valve Covers - modified * MP Electric Distributor Kit
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Pittdawg
Dodge Dakota
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10/17/2003
02:34:59
| RE: Just Some Pix of My 8-Banger
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Badass! What type of hp are u figuring?
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IntenseDak39
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10/17/2003
08:47:49
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probably not much because its got the stock bottom end so its got the stock compression. The motor is just gonna be the test motor to get a big block in there and then i am gonna build my stroker motor for it.
400 BB * Crower .513/.513 290/300 cam * 452 heads * Double roller chain * Weiand TG Intake * MP windage tray * Comp Cams Valve Springs * Crane Pushrods * CAT 1.5 RR * MP Bolt set * MP Chrome Dipstick * MP Chrome Timing Cover * MP Wrinkle Valve Covers - modified * MP Electric Distributor Kit
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Handy Hank
Dodge Dakota
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10/17/2003
12:51:10
| RE: Just Some Pix of My 8-Banger
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You should put a 440 crank in there and make that sucker a 451! Nice engine though
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IntenseDak39
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10/17/2003
13:38:50
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this motor is just gonna be the foundation to future motors. My goal with it is just to get it in the truck and have it run.
My next one will be a 400 bored .030 over, custom stroker pistons and a 440 crank stroked to 4.15"... it would be around 500 ci then... but who knows, this might be too much power as is.
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terry
Dodge Dakota
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10/17/2003
14:03:51
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so sense this picture did you get the timing cover chrome? that looks real nice though.
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IntenseDak39
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10/17/2003
14:13:58
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no its always been chrome... just hard to see it behind that 40 lb water pump in the first two pix.
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Dodge Dakota
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10/17/2003
17:59:40
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Is that your v-6 in the background?
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IntenseDak39
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10/17/2003
18:27:39
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yes
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Nick
Dodge Dakota
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10/18/2003
12:34:03
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My friend just bought the stroker kit for his 400, to make it a 451, hes putting on the edlebrock aluminum heads and lots of other goodies. He plans to install it in his 88 dakota, should be interesting.
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IntenseDak39
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10/18/2003
13:40:09
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yeah the 451 is easy to do. All you have to do is get 400 block, 440 crank and 440 rods.
Hell, you can find the parts really cheap and just have a machine shop do the work for you... would be just about the cheapest stroker kit out there
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GraphiteDak
GenIII
10/18/2003
15:08:21
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Are you saying you can stroke that engine with just those stock parts? I mean NO aftermarket special length rods or pistons with the wrist pin moved?
Damn. Makes me want to go find an OLD Demon or something LOL!
I like those motors.
And LOVE that EaSY 4 bolt water pump!
2003 Graphite QC 4X4 4.7 Auto 3.55
Home Brewed Cold Air Intake, Flowmaster 40 series, Modified TPS to .72VDC, Modified IAT. 160° T-Stat.
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IntenseDak39
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10/18/2003
16:20:39
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you have to get different "custom" pistons... but i have talked to a few people and they are so common that they cost just a little more than stock pistons would. The journals on the 440 crank would have to be turned down a little, thats it.
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rt13
Dodge Dakota
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10/18/2003
18:03:51
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how do you plan on getting the guages and what not in your truck to work?
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IntenseDak39
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10/18/2003
18:44:52
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so far i have figured a couple of them out. I am gonna keep the stock computer so with the oil pressure gauge and coolant sensor connected to the motor, i can still use those. My speedo will be fine because i am using a factory rearend. I am gonna use my factory fuel pump assembly to keep the gauge working but just have a regulator on the motor and a return line or just turn the volts down on the pump. Not sure yet. Only one i know for a fact that i will not be able to use is the tachometer. I am gonna try to use the voltometer but i am unsure of it.
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Shinnysideup
Dodge Dakota
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10/19/2003
12:29:29
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Looks like the makings of a wicked package! If you will end up with a larger motor later you should seriously consider replacing the rear end, I would also dump the factory computor if all you are doing is run a couple of gauges. Make a custom dash insert and run aftermarket gauges. You will most probably run into issues in attempting to run the fuel pump at a lower voltage (burn up pump). Install a fuel cell where the spare sits and use a mechanical pump ?
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IntenseDak39
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10/19/2003
17:18:04
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most of that stuff will come later when i decide to put this thing on a trailor. I am gonna run the stock 8.25 until it blows up... then i will probably get a 9.25. I want to keep the interior together as much as possible.
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yamaharider
Dodge Dakota
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10/19/2003
21:13:16
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YOU DA MAN!! that is a very sexy machine
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