Re: Big block oil pan for Daks and Rams

From: Gerald Harnage (Socrato@bellsouth.net)
Date: Fri Sep 13 2002 - 00:45:53 EDT


I was just flipping through the channels the other day and saw a tractor
pull a silver CC Dakota was pulling...fire coming out of the headers...man
what a sight...huge engine, definitely not a stock Dakota engine.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave" <ded74@yahoo.com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Big block oil pan for Daks and Rams

>
> 440??? In a Dak??? Damn man, now I gotta clean up the drool on my desk :P
> Speaking of big engines, just saw a custom Jeep Wrangler with a Viper V-10
> in it, custom built for some football player, it was sweet.
>
> --
> Dave
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> "dwmagnum" <dwmagnum@mountaincable.net> wrote in message
> news:3D8093F7.7A8EDC@mountaincable.net...
> >
> > JON - Thanks for the tip as I might need that pan for my 440 DAK swap.
> > DW
> >
> > Jon wrote:
> > >
> > > Just an FYI, I got my copy of Mopar Collector's Guide today, and
there
> > > was a little blurb in there saying that Schumacher (the motor mount
> > > folks) have developed an oil pain which was designed to allow you
> > > to drop a 383 or 440 into a Gen I or II Dakota (pre-97). I'm pretty
> > > sure they have had engine mounts for this swap for a while. So,
> > > there's one less piece that needs to be fabricated for this swap,
> > > assuming you live in an area that allows this sort of thing. :-)
> > >
> > > It said the pan was specifically designed for the Dak, but
Schumacher
> > > says it will work with just about any Dodge truck.
> > >
> > > -Jon-
> > >
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