Re: Dakota Drag Truck

From: andy levy (andylevy@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Nov 07 2002 - 21:54:17 EST


Then you'll want to put it on a serious diet, maybe even swap out some
body panels if you can find ones made from lighter materials. The Gen3
is a freakin' heavy truck.

Mike Turner wrote:
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> u cant beat the look of the gen 3 though. im not totally ruling out the
> gen 2 but when i can get a low mileage v6 gen 3 for 3500, kinda hard to
> pass up.
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>> From: andy levy <andylevy@yahoo.com>
>> Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>> Subject: Re: DML: Dakota Drag Truck
>> Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 21:36:20 -0500
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>> Disclaimer: I own a Gen3 and there are lots of guys with fast Gen3s
>> (R/T and otherwise)
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>> If you want to go "full on race" get a Gen2. They're considerably
>> lighter and have more room in the engine compartment.
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>> youd better watch urself wrote:
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>>> Say i wanna get a gen 3 and make a full on race truck. im guessing i
>>> wanna go 360 with a nice fogger system. should i try to find a v6
>>> truck or would the 4 be just fine. im not really concrete on whether
>>> the motor mounts for the v8 and the 6 are the same, im assuming they
>>> are. that would be using a magnum motor of course. what if i wanted
>>> to use a pre-magnum block, how could i do that. i know schumacher
>>> makes the kit for the gen 2 but not the gen 3. really all i need is
>>> some input so i can get the ball rolling.
>>>
>>> thanks in advance
>>> mike t
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