Thanks Tom.. and the fortuante thing here is I have a set of '7x axles
froma 4x4 Bronc(my brothers!!) and am alreay in the planning stages of a
beefed 318 or gettin lucky and finding a rolled dak that had a 360 R/T in it
8)
once I begin truck will go on blocks in garage. I will leave v6 in for the
mods, to turn tires etc... take off blocks and mke sure all works ok..
though it wont be much fun lest i slam her in low.
Bill Day
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Terrible Tom" <SilverEightynine@earthlink.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: DML: New thing..
>
> 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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> >
> >
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>
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