You could always put a 91-96 front end on that GenI. It's not a very hard
swap.
David
> [Original Message]
> From: <jon@dakota-truck.net>
> To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
> Date: 7/10/01 7:03:26 PM
> Subject: Re: DML: Re: should i...?
>
> "Hoostine" <hoostine@hotmail.com> wrote:
> : heh, it just so happens that there's an 89 single cab dak body in the
paper
> : for sale for $400...
> : now, someone ruin my dreams and tell me what won't work here. nothing a
> : sawsall, cutting torch, and mig welder won't fix i hope. what am i
going to
> : have to do to get that 440 into the dak? it's a 4cyl right now. also,
how
> : hard is it going to be to find a standard tranny for that engine? i
hate
> : auto's.
> : it's not a 97, but it'll do i guess :)
>
>
> I'm not saying it won't work (anything is possible with enough money,
time
> and immagination) :-) but just FYI, the pre-'91 Daks have a shorter engine
> bay than the '91+ Daks, so it'll be an even tighter squeeze than a
> '97. Probably the best Dak for a swap of this type is a Gen II, followed
by a
> Gen III, and a Gen I last of all. When they created the Shelby Daks (Gen
I)
> they had to use an electric fan in order to shoehorn a lil' ol' 318 in
there,
> to say nothing of the monster 440. :-)
>
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>
> -Jon-
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