Actually no... in case it wasn't clear, LA and Magnum are engine
designations. Gen I, Gen II, etc are body/chassis designations. The
3.9 V6 and smallblock V8s are LA engines, until they were modified to
Magnum engines in 92. Gen I Dakotas are 87-90, Gen II 91-96. Some Gen
I trucks got LA V8s (the Shelbys) and some Gen II trucks got LA
engines, both V6 and V8 ('91). The statement can be made that no
Magnums were put in Gen I trucks. Except mine ;-)
Don in CT
89 Dak Vert Mag318 NV3500 4x4
74 Dart Sport 340
On 6/27/08, John Dunlap <jsdunlap@roadkill.org> wrote:
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> >>
> >
> > " . . . . Sorry to be a nitpicker - heh... but the LA designation was pretty much
> > dropped when the Magnum modifications came into production engines. To call
> > the 2001 360CI V8 engine in my Dodge Ram an LA motor, would be a bit
> > incorrect... in my book....."
>
>
> So all V8s are Gen II but not all are LAs, right. What is the major
> difference between vanilla 318 and Magnum 318?
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