RE: 440 in a Dakota

From: Bernd D. Ratsch (bernd@texas.net)
Date: Wed Aug 16 2000 - 19:36:45 EDT


Anything's possible with a Makita, Vaseline, and a shoehorn. ;)

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Jon Steiger
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 5:46 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: 440 in a Dakota

At 06:22 PM 8/16/00 -0400, you wrote:
>O.K. will it fit in an Gen II Truck? Anybody done it? I saw a Hemi in a
Gen
>II at Mopar Nats. I believe it was a 392. I know it wasn't a 426. Someone
>must have done this swap. What about a 340?

    Gene Rivers measured his Gen II once and decided that a 440 wouldn't
fit. It probably has a lot to do with how much sheet metal massaging you
want to do though.

   Terry Delong has a Gen II dak with a 340 (he's running magnum heads on
it too) :-) so that is definitely do-able.

                                               -Jon-

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