how much was the computer and harnesses?were they included? are you gonna
put a hiPo cpu on it? I really wanna do this. Maybe we can have a premag
360 club after I finish it. hehe just gotta save the money.
Mark
91 cc 5spd 6er Dynomax catback 14x3 K&N Ported TB
Bucket seats Accel Super Stock coil
----- Original Message -----
From: mike d. <miggitymike@juno.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2000 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Mike D major questions regarding Pr. 13s
> >>Ok Mike, How much is labor costing you? Did you cut a deal with the
> guy
> doing it? Second What all comes on a shortblock? I think it might be
> more
> economical for me to buy a shortblock and work it over and add the parts
> and then drop it in than a twin turbo setup. More fun too. And also how
> did you find a shop that would work with you on the install?<<
>
> aiiight =)
> The actual cost of labor for the install is still up in the air. I'm
> still pretty unclear of what exactly it's gonna take to get the 360 into
> the nose of the truck (I've heard about 3 different things as far as
> motor mounts on magnums and stuff...). Once he figures out how much
> welding and cutting and electrical stuff he's gonna have to do, and how
> much wrench turnin' I do then I'll know. The dude is doing the work in
> his own garage... it's really hard to get someone to do an engine swap
> like this at their place of bbusiness. Mostly legal issues and liability.
> From what I've been told, it's not THAT hard to do, but a lot easier if
> you can weld and have air tools.
> To acquire a block, I went to a boneyard and got one straight out of an
> other truck. I got everything alrady on it, so al it needed was a rebuild
> and it was ready to go in. You could get a decent motor with about 70k on
> it for 900 beans at a boneyard. Drop about 800 into a rebuild and you
> have a pretty much new motor for the cost of a shortblock. Besides, a
> Shortblock only comes with the block itself.. no heads... so the boneyard
> thing is much cheaper. A longblock is the block itself and the heads. The
> funny thing is, a Magnum long block is only about $100 more than a premag
> longblock (may be an interesting project to put premag intake and fuel
> injection on a magnum block and see what happens.. especially with a
> turbo setup).
> The way I found the shop was funny. This guy is the dude I take my truck
> to for everything. He's an old hotrodder who builds 10sec mustangs when
> he has nothing else to do. He said he'd be more than happy to do it, but
> he'd have to do it out of his house and stuff. I trust this dude 100%. I
> plan to get a lot of pictures and do a step-by-step write up on the whole
> process... If you have any other questions, drop me a line =)
>
> -mike d.
>
> ---> Yorktown, Va.
> "PROJECT 13's" ... slammed 88 Dakota gettin' a Magnum 360!
>
> miggitymike@juno.com
> http://members.xoom.com/dakotaperf/index.html
>
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