Ahhhh the grand dady of all 4x4 Dakota Mods.... the highly sought after
but rately completed solid axle conversion.
www.utahwest.com is the home page of Jay McMullan. (click on his 4
wheeling link)
To my knowledge he is not a member of the DML, however I have
communicated with him via email on a few occations about his Dak. In
short he had a pair of 70-somthing Ford Bronco axles stuffed under his
Dak. Very impressive. He has a V8.
If it was me - I would not do this conversion without having a V8 - or
at least a well built up V6. The axle conversion , plus bigger heavier
tires, will significantly increase the trucks weight.
There was also a conversion done on a Gen III Dak - F250 leaf springs
instead of a coil suspension. I can't locate the URL at the moment
however.
Bill Day wrote:
> Just curious as to what if any options are available(that someones done
> successfully) to 91-96 daks as in solid axle conversion...?
>
> I would more like to go this route then say a FORD 9" in my MOPAR(I dont
> like to many fords, other then the ones I'll never afford..)
>
> This will not be a weekend project... I realize this.. it will go up(way
> up) on blocks when I goto do all this..
>
> if a corporate will only hold say, 3.92, then I will have to make a
> deriously different approach if I intend to run 35x12.5x15 on the v6 to
> start with.. 318 will be much later and I havent decided if im going to
> beef it up yet or not...
>
> Bill Day
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