Re: dakota club cab 4x4 rt with a 5speed?

From: Terry Herrin (therrin@isaac.net)
Date: Wed Oct 18 2000 - 00:37:19 EDT


On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 18:40:38 EDT, Ohm347@aol.com wrote:
>it's easy terry. i've owned a 5.2 in stock format and i've owned a 5.2 with
>a 3 inch gibson sigle side exit. i've also oned a 4.7 in stock format and
>again with a 3 inch gibson cat back. so i am very familiar with the sounds

Okay, given that you are good enough to be absolutely sure it was a
5.9 just by listening, it's not that hard to do a 318 to 360 engine
swap. The vin is a dead giveaway. If that truck had come with a 5.9
it would have a "Z" in the vin. Even without knowing the vin, there's
just no way the Warren assembly plant would have produced a one off
4x4 R/T just because some guy wanted one. If you still don't believe
me, I could ask Kris Burl, who works at the plant, to discuss in more
detail why it would never happen, and forward his reply to this list.
Don't feel bad about not buying a 4x4 R/T, that guy didn't either.

Terry Herrin
99 FR CC R/T
14.769 @ 91.43
Wilmington, NC
http://users.isaac.net/therrin/dakota.html



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