brian cropp
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> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net [mailto:owner-dakota-
> truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Matt Beazer
> Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 3:00 AM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: Re: DML: oil burner conversion?
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> I saw a magazine article once about a cummins in a Dakota. They had to
> re-locate the firewall like 3" back to make it fit. Seems like too much
> trouble to me.
You are talking about the Banks Sidewinder Dakota, and they didn't have to
move the firewall three inches back, they did that for better weight
distribution, since it's purpose was high performance racing applications.
I've seen a couple other 5.9L Cummins transplanted into GenIII Daks without
having to move the firewall. Just like I've seen the Viper V-10
transplanted into Daks without any major structural changes.
>
> The GC 3.0 I have no idea on... any of the listed choices is going to be
> a wiring nightmare, though.
No more of a wiring nightmare than transplanting any other motor into a Dak
that it wasn't designed for. You'll have to use custom gauges and what ever
computer controller works with your set up. There are enough people who
have done diesel swaps into other vehicles he can get an idea of what will
work and what won't.
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> MattB
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> On 11/28/2009 12:26 AM, Barry Oliver wrote:
> >
> > Was driving home tonight at 1:30 AM and for some reason I started
> > thinking about diesel conversions for my Dakota. Understand that I am
> > half asleep right now, so there is definitely a bit of Tom-Think(tm)
> > going on, but I was wondering, what donor motors could be used, and
> > what would be the advantages of each?
> >
> > Ram Cummins: the obvious choice, but entirely too big to be a really
> > practical conversion?
> >
> > Liberty CRD: The size is prolly right, but the power seems anemic and
> > it's probably hard to find
> >
> > GC 3.0L: This seems like a better choice both from a size and power
> > profile....
> >
> > Sprinter V6 [possibly the same v6 from the GC?] or I5: can be had in
> > a factory turbo config, and these are designed to be more truck
> > engines as compared to the liberty/grand varieties..
> >
> > What else?
> >
> > Understand, this was a product of 2 hours of tired, turkey stuffed,
> > driving boredom. I haven't looked any of this up yet. In fact if I
> > don't hit send, I likely won't even remember this tomorrow morning...
> > Yup, lotsa Tom-Think(tm) going on tonight.
> >
> > So, what motor would you chose and why? If it were me, I would want
> > as close to bolt in and factory trouble free as I could get. I am
> > sure you could get one of the 6.7L's stuffed in there if you tried
> > hard enough, but the end result would look like those S10 V8
> > conversions....Bleah.
> >
> >
> >
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