what year block did you have?? i am thinking along the same lines for my
dak sooner or later. i'm just wondering if i should go with a crate motor
or an older block. i like the stroker idea. where did you get the crank??
so you have an auto then?? i know you had it hooked to your V6 before. is
it an A518 then that is beefed up or did you take the A500 and beef that
up?? i am actually thinking of getting a fixed up tranny and hook it to my
V6 until i can afford the V8. thanks for any help....
mike k
94 V6, 2wd, slt, cc, stuff....
>From: ABeerCan@aol.com
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: DML: My 500 Rwhp Dakota--kinda long
>Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 12:05:14 EST
>
>Ok, here is the low down. We started with a Magnum 360 block, opened the
>bores to 4.030 after much sonic testing to make sure the cylinder walls
>would
>stand it. Next I used a 4.00"stroker crank to give me a total of 408 cubic
>inches of power. I was going to use the rods with the stroker crank and
>shorter pistons, but that would have given me too much compression. So my
>machinist knew someone and he had a set of shorty rods made for me and we
>used regular height pistons that were shaved down to give me 8.9:1 with the
>thickest fel-pro gaskets made for the block. I used Edelbrock aluminum
>heads
>that were ported and worked over a little more. We used back-ground valves
>with swirl heads, triple springs, Crower roller rockers (1.6:1), and custom
>made full length equal length headers with 3.5" collecters. I removed the
>factory gas tank and put a custom blue anodized aluminum gas tank under the
>bed where my spare tire used to be. To feed the thirsty beast I am using
>two
>external fuel pumps (one for the 8 injectors on the intake and one for the
>extra injectors that are opened when the boost kicks in). The intake is
>the
>beer barrel for right now, as money started getting kinda thin. I like the
>longer runners on the stock beer keg, so I had then ported out and extrude
>honed to polish them. The stoke tb was taken off and fully polished and
>bored out to 53mm with custom blades and a thinned shaft with counter-sunk
>screws to hold in the blades. I am using a Paxton with a polished aluminum
>air-hat and the usual s-bolt to hold it on to the tb. Now for the
>computer.
>It was a stock dodge 360 magnum computer, but I had it re-flashed with a
>totally custom program. It was reprogramed to read off two o2 sensors (one
>in each pipe) rather than one behind the other. The trans I have was
>already
>rebuilt and it supposed to handle up to 650 hp. We'll see about that. The
>torque converter I have is rated for 3200, but it is stalling at about
>3400.
>So far so good. I just can't wait till the rings have set in good so I can
>romp down on it at free will. Oh yeah, I was from Madison, MS but recently
>moved back to Starkville, MS to finish out college along with my wife.
>
>Will
>96 Paxton Huffed 408
>Look out Lightnings! Here comes a MOPAR!!!
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