True. 360s do have a very slight difference in sound, but you ear has to be
very accute to notic eit, and, if say, a 318 and a 260 both had Flowmaster
40 series muffler, they'd be nearly identical in sound.
-Ryan
99 DA RC R/T
----- Original Message -----
From: Jon <jon@dakota-truck.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: DML: dakota club cab 4x4 rt with a 5speed?
>
>
> On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 Ohm347@aol.com wrote:
> [...]
> > the vin # on the truck is 1b7gg22y2xs225883 the two 8's were flat on the
top.
> > anyone know where i can run this vin to find out when it was made and
what
> > its options were. i ran it through the one at the dml homepage but it
came
> > back with a pretty general description.
> >
> > thanks for letting me vent
> > derek
>
> Your dealer is correct. She is either messin' with you or doesn't know
> the truth herself. The VIN above is for a '99 4x4 with a 318 (8th
position
> is a "Y"). Someone has just made a few cosmetic mods. (Though it is
> possible someone has installed a 360.) All of the 360s I have heard sound
> pretty much the same as the 318 though, so even that is questionable.
>
> You can check out the vin at http://www.dakota-truck.net/vin It'll tell
> you the engine, which is all that's really needed in this case to punch
> a hole in her story.
>
> And hey, if you could order a 4x4 R/T in the US, don'cha think the DML
> would have been all over it by now? :-)
>
> -Jon-
>
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