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THEUFO1
Dodge Dakota
9/03/2001
18:04:30
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Hell yea thats what im saying! A supercharger is not 5,000 u idiots. Its 2 - 3 grand. And 6 cyl is a lot lighter than a v-8. A 6 cyl and spin up faster too, which means more acceleration. A v-8 doesnt mean sh1t. U really think i would sacrifice my mileage for the 8 cyl! hell no! I like getting 17mpg on the streets. 12mpg, hahahahhaha.
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Deerslayer
Dodge Dakota
9/03/2001
21:53:31
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Dude, quit beatin' a dead horse. The 3.9 and 4.7 are both good motors. I currently own both and am not sorry I bought either.
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Lesley
Dodge Dakota
9/03/2001
22:03:01
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THANK YOU!
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buswell
Dodge Dakota
9/03/2001
23:26:16
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love the 3.9 i have a 3.9 in mine where ,what,and how much did the upgrades cost .
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Dave Coburn
Dodge Dakota
9/04/2001
19:38:09
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I would like to find out where that guy got a stroke kit for his 3.9. I would like to do something for my truck. I have an 87 3.9 I run in the 15s I would like to go faster without 2 more cylinders.
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Dodge Boyz
Dodge Dakota
9/04/2001
20:46:43
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Yeah man a supercharger should work well for the 3.9, I beleive that the powerdyne is a good choice , for around 2,500-3,000$, but everyone who keeps telling you to get the V8 engine says that probably because they have a V8 but that is your personal choice, if you write about 3.9 performance then others should reply about the 3.9, not about switching to a V8. I myself have a V6 because that is what I chose.
Nate
2001QC
3.9 auto 3:55
flowmasters, airaid intake, IAT
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jay
Dodge Dakota
9/05/2001
19:28:12
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ok after reading all these garbage posts i'm goin try and make some sense here. First off it doesn't take alot of money to make the v6 run like a v8 all it takes is selection of the right parts and proper tuning. Second, my truck weighs 3900lbs and my friends 4.7 weighs in with the same equipment and same truck at 4700lb ( boy was he pissed when i spanked his as* with my v6.) Another thing is that a 3.9 will take 12lbs of boost on the stock head gaskets where as a 5.2 or 5.9 or 4.7 for that matter will only take 8lbs of boost on the stock head gaskets. For all you 4.7 guys who think your bad guess what when your aluminum heads decide they wanna blow head gaskets which they will my 3.9 will be driving by pointing and laughing oh yeah almost forgot about those aluminum or composite whatever valve covers hmmmmmmmmm can you say never ending oil leak. I bought my truck for reliablity not speed if i wanted a dragster i'd buy a hemi cuda or something to that effect not a v8 or v6 truck. To the guy who said that a toyota v6 would beat a dodge v6, your sniffin too much glue there guy lay off the paint chips, a v6 dakota will walk a v6 toyota all day everyday and if you can't then YOU CAN'T DRIVE. I'm tired of this " you need a v8 to go fast crap" and if you read the section on bernd's site about the v6 superchargers the boost settings are only about 6 to 7 psi plus you get all of the other stuff too get a 10 or 11 psi pulley and we're talkin power and also power to weight ratio, paxton makes a kit for the 4.7 and claims 115 hp and 85 ft/lbs more i doubt that, 4.7 will probably blow a head gasket because aluminum is not the most durable thing especially with heat and the paxton kit costs 4,000 just for the kit that doesn't include the other stuff included in the kits from bernd. SO 4,000 plus headers, exhaust, chip, and various other parts and we're talkin around the same price, but dollar for dollar a 300hp 3900lb truck is gonna spank a 300hp 4700lb truck everyday all day. Last but not least " F*CK TOYOTA " if you think they are so great then buy one but don't complain when your head gaskets suck and you dent in your door farting wrong in the truck, i'll take my steel doors and iron headed v6 anyday NOW STOP CRYING AND ANSWER WHAT'S ASKED NOT BEAT AROUND THE BUSH some of us don't have time to read through 8,000 posts of the same crap.
thanx
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lattimer
Dodge Dakota
9/05/2001
21:34:12
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Amen
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THEUFO1
Dodge Dakota
9/06/2001
03:35:15
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Tru dat u v8 fags!
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jay
Dodge Dakota
9/06/2001
21:33:25
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the lord and master has spoken NOW SHUT YER DA*N PIE HOLES
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tinekam
Dodge Dakota
9/06/2001
22:26:46
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I think this has been the most retarded thread I have ever seen.
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Second2n0ne
Dodge Dakota
10/26/2001
16:26:57
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C'mon everyone, I personally drive a V6 and never in a million years thought I would make any mods. As a matter of fact, I was driving a stock rice burner and every racer out there was trying to engage me in a street race...it's because of that fact I went out and bought a Dak. Now here I am modifying my 6 and hearing ya'all bickering about v6 vs v8...I think everything should be modified including sit-atop-mowers! Hell let's argue about boring out the 20cc enginge on a lawn blower. Point is, I think it's great everyone is tuning the performance of their vehicles. There's nothing better than the satisfaction of experiencing all your mods working together. Keep up the great work with modifying a great truck, the Dodge Dakota!!
Mahalo,
Second2n0ne
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LOL@JAY
Dodge Dakota
10/27/2001
01:40:50
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JAY ,If your v6 beat your frineds 4.7 v8, then your friend has got a lemon. I drove a v6(175hp)before i got my 4.7(235hp). the v6 is a good engine but lets face facts when its compared to the 4.7 it comes up SHORT.
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Todd W
Dodge Dakota
10/27/2001
14:47:41
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I personally feel that a lightly modified V6 (Air intake, exhaust possibly) 5-speed with a good driver will take a stock or possibly lightly modified 4.7 Automatic with a good driver anyday.
Would a 3.9 stick take a 4.7 stick? Or if both were Autos? Uhh... probally not. Not if both were modified the same.
But up here... I have the advantage. When I went looking for my truck I knew what I wanted. A 5-speed extended cab with the V6. Why the V6? Cost _was_ an issue! Since it was an issue, all I got was a regular cab (Damnit, no room!). There was _no_ 5-speed Dakota's in the _state_ for sale, the dealer drove down to Columbus Ohio and got it for me.
Needless, I fear no local V6 Dakotas... :0)
Or those cheesy S10 V8 mods... oyi. Had one try to race me last night (I didn't know until he hammered it, since I wasn't ready he got me off the line). Ran it up to 4500, hit third gear, and that was all she wrote, Mr S10 was looking at my taillights. My friend was just looking really white and clinging to the "Ohsh!t" handle.
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Aftrhrsracing
Dodge Dakota
10/28/2001
01:47:21
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i own a 94 dakota with a 3.9l and i am looking into a superchager for it, the people at speed tweeks say that its possible to put a supercharger from a new body style dakota on mine with the airhat of a new one, but i am planning on running at like 11 psi of boost so i know i am gonna need a metal one. I was wondering if it is possible to do this, i do not want to go get a new body style because i love my truck, i am only 16 and i want a street sleeper
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bernd
*GenIII*
10/28/2001
16:11:57
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It's possible to run the supercharger on the '94 as well. All you'll need to do is pick up a '97+ Airhat from a Dakota or Durango. It'll hold the 6# boost but definitely will need a higher quality airhat for anything above that. (The factory airhats will leak...eventually if not right away.)
We've already installed one on a '95 SLT (V8).
1997 Dodge Dakota SLT - V6
Supercharged @ 10# w/Nitrous
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jay
Dodge Dakota
10/29/2001
20:19:13
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sorry man but it is the truth about me beating my friends 4.7 v8 and honestly he's not the only one i have beaten either. I went to the strip about a month ago and was pullin mid 16's all day on a 4,000 lb truck with my fiberglass tonneu, spare tire and tailgate still on the truck..... i think that is very respectable considering the few minor mods i do have and the fact that i was spinning outta the hole like a man posessed.... My friends truck runs just fine but you have to remember one thing.. and that is , all that torque just causes him to go up in smoke off the line if he launches too hard where as i can launch much harder and pull, and rev alot faster..... what ever v6 you drove must have been a bad one because mine straight outta the box was a screamer but maybe it's because i have a 2001 and a 5-sp with 3.55's but all i know is that my v6 runs great, sounds awesome, and pulls just as hard as most v8's..... People seem to always have a problem with something that has less then 8 cylinders being faster then something else with 8 cylinders, if v8's are the only things that can be fast, why are there 7 second rx-7's and 7 and 8 second supra's, neither of these cars has a v8 and yet they both will spank most v8's all day especially when you consider that the rx-7 has only a 1.3l engine but can make in excess of 1000hp.... Yes it does take a lot of money to make them fast but yet it still takes alot of money to make a v8 run 7's in the quarter too..... with the right, properly selected mods a v6 can be very fast and still be very streetable just gotta look into the basic principles and find the small tweaks that make a world of difference.... The 4.7 is not all it's cracked up to be, the only thing i can say thats better about it then the 318 is that it has more top end pull other then that it's not really any better then the 318 because it's just not as torquey feeling in my opinion as the pushrod engine... but hey this is my opinion and i like my v6 but if you got a bad one or yours is not exactly what you wanted then i don't know what to tell ya but the sooner you realize that your v6 isn't as bad as your making it out to be the sooner you'll be happy with your truck, if dakotas weren't offered with a v8 then noone would complain that they should have gotten the v8 and they all would be happy with there v6's ...... it's all a psychological thing in my opinion but if you live in ct and wanna drive a pretty quick almost stock v6 then come drive mine and with more mods it will only get faster and i know i can break the 15 second barrier with a better launch and more power without goin to a supercharger but this will be a little tough but i'm willing to take the challenge..
jay
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li blackdak
Dodge Dakota
12/05/2001
23:25:11
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Why does everyone always stick up for the V6??
It ain't that great!! I wouldn't mind it in a RC 2x4 5-speed(which lightly modded probably has a chance against the QC 4x4 4.7 which only has a 0-60 of 8.9 seconds(jeep Cherokee I6 is 9.1)), but in anything with 4wd I really think the V6 is kindof weak and also compared to the other V6's out there like the GM 4.3 190 hp or the 270 hp 4.2 I6 and of course the 3.7 with 215 hp in the 02 ram, the 3.9 kindof blows the only pickup with less V6 power is the nonsupercharged nissan with 170 and with the dak's weight that is probably faster. I had a hard time catching a 4cyl ranger in my CC 4x4 V6 with airaid and poweraid. I dont know why dodge isnt offering the 3.7 yet or better yet the new Grand Cherokee Overland 4.7 has 260 hp. ALL I KNOW IS MY V6 IS TOO SLOW!!!
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Ryan
Dodge Dakota
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1/15/2002
12:41:03
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I have a 92 w/ a 3.9. Does anyone know of any mods for it with out putting a v-8 in it.
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buswell
Dodge Dakota
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5/12/2002
01:26:45
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i wish people would quit bitchen about v8 verse v6 they are both good and with the right know how they both can be fast and for those of you who think you are a bad ass i will set you up aginst my friends 1960 vw bug that runs 6.19 in the quarter mile total cost of bug $13,500 all custom so lets make this page and all others informational not complaint's here is a link to my web page http://home.pacbell.net/buswell/index.htm thwnks for reading
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