Thanks again Jon! Keep us posted on the progress of "the kit" I'm ready.
Bob King
Pennsville, NJ
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 1:07 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Mopar Magnum M1 intake Manifold...and other
mods(long)adviceplease!!!!
>
>
>On Tue, 8 Feb 2000 Bluethunder318@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Has anyone seen the new Summit catalog? They have
the
>> M1 aluminum intake manifold for magnums.=$259.00 What will I need
besides
>> gaskets to install this? Any fabrication? I plan on doing a bunch of
mods
>> all at once.
>[...]
>> Thanks for any help!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>
> I dunno about the other stuff, but the intake I can definitely help
>you with... Make sure its the fuel injected version, known as the MPI as
>opposed to the plain ol' M1. The MPI has the injector bosses and comes
>with an adaptor so you can mount your throttle body on it. The M1 is
>meant for carbeurated motors. (like the 300 and 380 crate motors) I
>got my MPI from Koller Dodge for about $220, after shipping.
>
> How much extra stuff you'll need to install and fabricate depends on
>the year of your engine, and wether or not you have air conditioning.
>The high points are: you'll need a vacuum tree of some type, '92-95
>motors need an EGR blockoff plate, '92-96 motors with air conditioning
>need to relocate an ECT sensor, if you have A/C, you'll need to grind
>off a corner of the compressor, all engines need to relocate their
>IAT sensor, and all engines need a new thermostat and thermostat housing.
>There are also some misc pieces of hardware like bolts and spacers and
>such which you will need to buy and/or fabricate.
>
>I don't mean to sound like an annoying salesman or something, :-) but if
>you're interested, I'm putting together a series of MPI install kits,
>which will include all of the extra pieces that Mopar probably should have
>included with the MPI, but didn't. I'm not sure what the price will be
>yet, but I'm just about finished with 'em. I just have some finishing
>touches to put on the install guide and also figure out what I've got
>to charge for 'em to stay in the black. :-) Although the install guide
>assumes you're using one of my kits, I plan to put it up on the DML
>upgrades and mods section, as there is a lot of info in there which
>is applicable wether or not you're using my kit.
>
> -Jon-
>
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