I think I can make it work if I install cylinder head studs, premium piston
rings, and ARP rod bolts, and stud the main bearing caps, the rotating mass
will handle it with no sweat.............keep the nitrous to no more than a
125hp hit...........it'll hold up!!
Ron- '01 Dakota Sport 3.9 Supercharged
website: www.scsilverdak.com
e-mail: scsilverdak@hotmail.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Hedlin" <ghedlin@theramp.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 4:04 PM
Subject: DML: Re: RE: Re: RE: Magnum Engine Mods
>
> Bet your sweet a$$ i'm going to!!!
>
> --
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> ""Bernd D. Ratsch"" <bernd@texas.net> wrote in message
> news:001c01c26179$1580b9d0$090aa8c0@homenet.com...
> >
> > Just hope he doesn't' put Nitrous on it (100HP). ;)
> >
> > - Bernd
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of
> > scsilverdak
> > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 9:50 PM
> > To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> > Subject: DML: Re: RE: Magnum Engine Mods
> >
> >
> >
> > Ok..........that's what I was thinking, just needed to confirm my
> > suspicions on that. basically what we have planned is a 3.9 with a true
> > 9.5:1 compression ratio, measured and corrected deck height, (piston set
> > .020 below deck thru decking the block) and milling of the heads to the
> > required chamber cc to achieve it with a .038-.042 Fel-Pro head gasket,
> > a reworked stock crank that's machined for a better set of rods,
> > rebalanced, and set up with a lighter rotating mass,(Eagle,Erson,
> > Manley, etc connecting rod, and a set of KB sil-vo-lite, or Diamond
> > racing pistons) , studded mains, moly piston rings, cylinder head studs,
> > ported and polished heads.............generally a 3.9 built to live a
> > long and healthy life of street and strip performance. and one of
> > Speedtweak's 3310 Comp Cams bump sticks and the required valve spring
> > set's. I figure it should have a nice 225-250 hp and around 275-300
> > lb/ft torque..........and rev very nice and smooth!!.........This 3.9
> > will go down in Gary Hedlin's '98 Dakota Sport 2wd.........should make a
> > nice daily driver and weekend warrior at the strip once in a while.
> >
> > Ron-
> >
> >
>
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