Re: V6 To V8 Swap

From: Josh Battles (jbattles@bankfinancial.com)
Date: Wed Mar 05 2003 - 09:38:18 EST


I think Austin's nick was ViperTruck???

--
-Josh
2000 Dakota CC 3.9L

""A. S."" <adakota4x4@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:BAY2-F284q84Hud03Zu0001c1dc@hotmail.com... > > Sam, > I remember someone doing a V6 to V8 swap. I *think* his name was > Austin...aka ViperDakota or ViperDak? It seems to me that he gave some > pretty good tips in previous emails. You might be able to locate some of > his stuff in the archives if all else fails. I'm not sure if he's still on > the list. You probably remember who I'm talking about. It's been a while > though. > --Aaron-- > 95 DSRC 4x4 V6 > > > > > From: "Sam South" <sawcut64@msn.com> > Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net > To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net> > Subject: Re: DML: V6 To V8 Swap > Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 07:38:45 -0600 > > > Thanks Tom, I was told that the V6 harness was the same as the V8 except for > the two additional injector connections. I didn't want to buy a V8 harness > if I could simply add the two extra connections from a donor harness. I know > that I have to swap the fuel rail from a V8, but I was unsure about the best > way to do it. I know Holley makes a billet fuel rail that looks cool and a > new/stock piece is about $200.00, I just don't remember any easy way to > disconnect it. I already have a 360 being prepped for a 408 and have > previously swapped a 95' 318 Dak to a fairly built 360, and I'm fairly > experienced with a set of wrenches, so I'm confident doing this swap, I just > need some help with the fine points. I was just wondering if anyone had done > this swap and ran into anything problematic or unexpected that I should be > aware of. Thanks again. > Sam South > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail >



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Feb 06 2004 - 11:45:58 EST