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Don
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3/13/2001
21:18:52
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Anyone out there that has tried to put a big block in a 87 - 95 Dakota. I have a 91 that I have a 67 newport rear end shortend 3.5" on both sides and a hopped up A-500 trans. I can get a kit to mate the big block to the trans. Need info on the k member mods and headers. Working on a 496 c.i. 400 big block for this truck if I can get the big block to fit.
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larkinja
Gen I
3/16/2001
10:25:44
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Wow that sounds great. I would loke to put a 318/360 into my 89 4x4 sport. Any ideas?
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mopar1cjh
Dodge Dakota
11/28/2001
09:57:23
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http://engine-swaps.com/ Check out this site!
I have a 90 club cab that I plan on dropping a 440 into!!!!
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Bryan
Dodge Dakota
11/28/2001
14:57:17
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COOL SITE !!! Just think, 440 six pack (or 426 HEMI ) headers sticky thompsons in the back of my genII Dakota. If I am dreaming, DON'T NOBODY WAKE ME !!!
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Jeff Mackens
Dodge Dakota
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6/05/2002
21:38:33
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I just bought a Dakota today to drop a stroked 400 into it!! 451ci in a 90 dakota!! will happen in the next 6 months.....Anyone ever done this and what are the pitfalls?? please email me..
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Andrew
Dodge Dakota
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6/07/2002
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Just remember doesn't matter how much power have if you can't put it to the ground its no good to you. I hope you have more then tires out back or your truck will be one killer burn out truck and not a hell of alot more...
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SuperBee
Dodge Dakota
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6/07/2002
14:40:22
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you could put some mudders on it with a solid axle swap and man would a 440 or hemi churn the mud, you could dig your way through almost anything with that much power
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al
Dodge Dakota
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6/08/2002
03:58:59
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Hot Rod put a v10, six speed, and 2-speed od unit (12 speeds!) in a Dakota a couple years back
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PopGenie
Dodge Dakota
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6/08/2002
05:34:08
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eep.
Mike T.
01 CC Sport 6A 2WD
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Bill55AZ
Dodge Dakota
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6/08/2002
19:11:04
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Your tranny will not handle a big block, nor will it mate up to it.
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92dakotahd
GenII
6/09/2002
01:29:16
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I've heard of Daks with 528ci Crates, anything can fit with enough $$$
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mjcromp
Dodge Dakota
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10/16/2002
22:58:05
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hello, I am putting a 440 in my 88 Dakota.
first of all i would like help from people who have done the swap, not peoples opinions please. i want to know any problems occured in the process. i've looked at the engine swap site and that's cool. i want to know if i need to buy that kit or if i can make my own. i want to know if i need to move that steering shaft or get a smaller booster. all these things i want to know ahead of time. i can weld and fabricate ok i'm not a pro.
thanks
mike
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midnightdak
Dodge Dakota
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10/16/2002
23:56:31
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first of all,all the people that dont think you can put a bigblock in a dakota,think agian there are a couple of s-10 around my area that have 454bbc in them i'm a mechanic and i have a 67 chevelle ss and a 67 chevy pk,one off my friends has a s-10 pk with a 454bbc in it and if you can get it in a s-10 you can get it a 440 in a dakota.oh ya and you can make a dakota with a 440 hook up so good you could get the front tires off the ground.now dont get me wrong but its going cost you out the ass though.
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92dakotahd
GenII
10/17/2002
07:14:11
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I've heard stories about 440s in daks. If you want a serious drag racer though I've heard you'll have to stiffen up the frame. I also watch on TV once as the head of Mopar Performance was asked what was the best thing to put the 528 in and he said a late model GenII dak. Said the frame was already in pretty good shape and they even had a frame there with the motor and tranny in it.
Like I said earlier and I would like someone to disagree with me if you think so.
You can do ANYTHING you want to if you have the $$$. You can fit a pratt&whitney in there if you want to.
K&N, '01 wheels, Window Tint, Harley-Davidson badging, red underbody kit, ext.
Window covers, Harley-Davidson mudflaps, custom cat-back exhaust,
head/taillight covers, ventshades side and rear, ram air on the way. Autolite 3923s, 180 T-Stat
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rtxpres
Dodge Dakota
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10/17/2002
12:01:35
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According to a friend I race with it was no big deal to put a bored and stroked 400 big block in his '89 Dak. He uses a 727 torqueflite and an 8 3/4 rear from a B-body car. Stock rear springs w/clamps, 10.5" slicks, small fuel cell and 2 batteries in bed, no frame re-inforcements, shorty block-hugger type headers. He's been racing it for about 3 years.
I've raced against him so I have a time slip for one of his runs.....1.506 60', 11.227 @ 116.19 mph.
Ray
http://www.dragtruk.com/ENTRIES/20KM1FD2KWBP.html
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92dakotahd
GenII
10/17/2002
16:16:13
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Thanks for the clarification. I was speaking from what I've heard and it's nice to hear a real experience.
K&N, '01 wheels, Window Tint, Harley-Davidson badging, red underbody kit, ext.
Window covers, Harley-Davidson mudflaps, custom cat-back exhaust,
head/taillight covers, ventshades side and rear, ram air on the way. Autolite 3923s, 180 T-Stat
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Dan
Dodge Dakota
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5/20/2003
17:19:32
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I have a 1962 dodge 413. I have been thinking about putting this motor in a 1988 Dodge Dakota 4*4. I am wondering what I need for motor mounts and would this be a big wast of time.
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no traction
Dodge Dakota
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5/21/2003
03:15:59
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i just finished puttina 440 into a 2001 dakota
it fit perfect the drivers side motor mount was in the right place but i had to move the pass side one the be even with the drivers i had to put a rear sump oil pan on it and i had to make a new bracket for the tranny to mount up right i had a drive shaft made. the end result is awsome i have not raced anyone with it yet ineed new tires i am running the stock 275 65 16s on it and from dead stop it will just spin forever and ever and ever
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Izzy
Dodge Dakota
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5/21/2003
15:56:50
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.....and where are the pics? You forgot the pics???????????????
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01Motorsport
Dodge Dakota
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5/21/2003
21:47:53
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D-C went to a lot of trouble to make the 4.7 50 pounds lighter than the previous 5.2. A 440 weighs 900 pounds. Your weight transfer has now totally shot to the front wheels.
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1444
Dodge Dakota
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5/21/2003
22:25:08
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Who cares you're just going in a straight line anyways. Your not looking for a handling machine. If that is what you wanted you would build a 3.9 with twin BO's!!!
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Mike N.
Dodge Dakota
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5/24/2003
18:24:55
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Even if your just going in a straight line your weight transfer/ratio is still important for traction, not just handling 1444. But who cares big blocks are cool!
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FazDak
GenII
5/24/2003
20:49:30
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Anyone who has owned old mopars (such as myself) will tell you.....power is nothing without traction.
If I remember correctly a 69 RoadRunner with a 440 6 pack was faster than a 70 Cuda Hemi. You flamers are more than welcome to check my memory but being the owner of a few big block Cudas and a big block B body or 2 I will be the first to tell you that a Cuda hasnt half the traction on a B body and a pickup is even worse!!
The big block gen 2 Dak project you might be remembering is one Daryl Alderman started and never finished, but that thing was fully tubbed out.
A big block in a stock rear Dak.......in my opinion (from owning a few big blocks) is a waste of an engine.
If you cant get traction in a Dak with a 408, how in the world do you think another 100+ lbs of tq will help that situation any? And as a few have pointed out.....you now have 80% of all your weight over the front wheels!! Anybody who has any chassis setup time drag racing will tell you that is a no traction setup.
Just my .02, flame away if you must. But dont if youve never owned and driven anything BB Mopars, please.
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Mike N
Dodge Dakota
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5/24/2003
22:39:05
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I have owned plenty of big block mopars, I have even installed a 400 BB in a '75 D100 that had no power steering. And yes that was a horrible thing to drive everyday, but just becouse it was a BB everybody liked. I know that the extra power and torque is just gonna go up in smoke in a pick-up that has the aerodynamics of a brick and I think most of these guys know that too. If they don't, let them find out for themselves, I'm not gonna call them "flamers". I actually think the BB Dakota is a good idea even if it is just for shock value.
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daponykiller
Dodge Dakota
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8/22/2003
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with the proper(read $$$) susp. mods, anything can hook up. i have seen plenty of fast trucks. many elcaminos too. traction bars and some mt et's on the track and some bfg drags on the street will work pretty well. i made a bb dart run 1.8 short times with street radials(235/60/14 regul sports) with just a pinion snubber. build the thing and enjoy it. then worry about making it hook. if you wanted a super serious drag machine you wouldnt be lookin' at a truck anyway. build it and have fun.
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SuperBee
Dodge Dakota
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8/22/2003
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at the mud bogs here in WI somebody put an old mopar performance 540 CI engine in an 88 dakota with a solid axle swap
there wasnt much of the original dak left but the outter body
but it ran a 1/8 mile mud hole in 5 seconds :-O
and there were old chevys with 20"of lift running the smae pit in 14 secs!
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IntenseDak39
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8/23/2003
08:50:18
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i agree with you guys... motor first, traction later.
Right now i have a pretty stout rearend setup that gets the power to the ground. Currently, i am working on putting a 400 big block under the hood of my genIII dakota. Should be a nice long project but i am not gonna try to make it as power full as i can... dont want to be buying new axles and crap all the time.
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