(Not an RBV) My Dakota.

[PaleBlue90]

wow, thats lookin nice

 

[mc_muench]

Been following this for a while, prolly my fav non-rbv build...

Any Updates?

 

[Sevensecondsuv]

Dang! A turbo V8 in a Dakota! That thing outta move pretty good! This is one heck of a lot more interesting than my winter project of reviving / rebuilding an old 2.9 ranger of my brother's that's been sitting dead for 2 years due to a lack of oil pressure.

Are you just running the stock cast pistons for now or yanking the motor to install forged? And how much boost are you planning?

Are we taking bets yet as to whether the rear end or tranny will blow up first?

Can't wait to see a video of this thing! Keep the progress coming.

 

[VICTORHUGO]

Cool Dakota Turbo

WHAT DIFF U HAVE 8.25 ? I LEARNING STAY AWAY FROM THE DIFF WITH C CLIPS,LIKE DANA 35 IN JEEP AND THE 8.8 WITH BIG TIRES AND BIG ENGINES,THAT SHAFTS LIKE TO GO OUT WITH TIRE

I LIKE YOUR PROYECT,I HAVE ONE TOO,BUT ONLY I NEED TO FOUND THE TRUCK

AND I DONT KNOW WHY I LIKE MORE THE BRAND GARRETT

THIS IS MY JUNK TURBOS

 

[Hahnsb2]

Dang! A turbo V8 in a Dakota! That thing outta move pretty good! This is one heck of a lot more interesting than my winter project of reviving / rebuilding an old 2.9 ranger of my brother's that's been sitting dead for 2 years due to a lack of oil pressure.

Are you just running the stock cast pistons for now or yanking the motor to install forged? And how much boost are you planning?

Are we taking bets yet as to whether the rear end or tranny will blow up first?

Can't wait to see a video of this thing! Keep the progress coming.

Stock internals, may do the head gaskets... There's a lot of people boosting these magnums on stock internals, as long as the tune is good they seem to hold up well. One guy is running 10s in his 5.9 turbo Dakota on a stock bottom end.. Planning around 5PSI

Rear end should hold up fine, tranny might be a different story but a few people have had NV3500s behind 408 strokers that hold up fine. If it blows I'll make it 2wd and go with a TKO-500.

 

[PaleBlue90]

this thing sounds wicked

 

[Sevensecondsuv]

So your thread just got me started doing a little research on the Mopar engines and it seems that the 318's bore size is within a few thousanths of the ford 4.0.... This gives me forged pistons (on the cheap for the 4.0) ideas......

 

[Hahnsb2]

No update but a Picture from camping this weekend. Mt St Helens.

 

[86 slo-vo]

what size is the holset? hx35 or 40?

 

[Hahnsb2]

WH1C, more or less a HX35.

 

[Hahnsb2]

Got off my ass today

 

[Grunizzle]

holy shit its about time. 1 year!!! wtf man, wtf lol

 

[Hahnsb2]

holy shit its about time. 1 year!!! wtf man, wtf lol

Yeah it happens..

Still gonna be a little while, still need another $300+ in parts.

 

[Hahnsb2]

A little cold side mock-up today. No access to my welder today otherwise I would have made a bit more progress. Ignore the dirty mess, I use my truck..

 

[Grunizzle]

Nice dude. Are you still going to run that megasquirt program or did you decided to use something else?

edit: I am glad your working on one of your rigs, sad the B2 isn't the priority