Yeah , you should be able to have any driveshaft/speedo shop do the
driveshaft , but as far as altering the R/T's aluminum shaft , they would
have to be gvery good with welding aluminum .
At 06:13 PM 7/7/98 -0500, you wrote:
>At 05:46 PM 7/7/98 EDT, you wrote:
>>In a message dated 98-07-07 14:50:57 EDT, you write:
>>
>><< Oh yeah, I forgot to ask this earlier - I have a MP computer on the truck
>> now - is it compatible with 5.9, or should I take the computer out of the
>> truck the motor comes from? Is it possible to do the motor swap, get a
>> driveshaft made, and the rearend changed for $1000? I'm not sure which
>> rear I'd use yet. If I can afford this whole thing and get it done soon, I
>> can go to the 'Nats with a 5.9 Dak.
>> >>
>>Brian, Im using the MP 5.2 computer with my 5.9 right now cause I cant
afford
>>the 5.9 comp. Everything works great, but not up to potential obviously!
>You
>>can get the comp off of the vehicle you get it out of, but it may or may not
>>be the same prong adapter as your Dak. Motor, driveshaft and rearend for
>>1000? HMM if you know someone that will do them for cheep!! I honestly
>think
>>that buying your Driveshaft
>>(R/T ?) and your gear and installing them will run you close to a grand! Do
>>you plan to install them yourself along with the motor? If so then you
might
>>be able to squeeze it all in for close to that grand!
>>Eric
>>
>
>Dodge stuff is cheap where I live, everyone down here drives Chevys. The
>motor looks to be around $500 for one with 18000 miles. Any Dodge rear is
>cheap, like less than $100 for one off a newer Ram!! The MP driveshaft is
>$200, then $80 to be resized at a local diesel truck place, I think. I am
>not sure how much a R/T shaft is new, though. As far as the rear is
>concerned, I'm not sure which one I would put under there, but it shouldn't
>cost that much.
>
>Brian
>
>
W . Jack Hilton III
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