Someone needs to talk to Terry Delong at ProGlass . He has that Gen. II Dak
with a 340 and Magnum heads and intake from a magnum 5.2 . His truck is in
Sport Truck Magazine . Looks bad as hell . If anyone talks to him soon ,
ask him how he got those 5-lug Chrysler police wheels on a 6-lug Dak . He
either used spacers (doubt it) or he changed everything back to a 5x4.5
pattern from a Gen. I Dak . I forgot to ask him when I spoke to him .
At 10:19 AM 12/11/1998 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I may be wrong on this, but I do not believe the crate engine is a magnum
>motor. This means your dry intake will not bolt on since the bolts on a
magnum
>motor go straight down as opposed to an angle. Therefore, you would not be
>able to use the existing EFI. If you elected to go with a carburetor,
then no
>problem, but the Chrysler system incorporates many things and you could lose
>many of your systems, like cruise control, etc. You can buy a 360 magnum
motor
>from Chrysler. A short block goes for around $1350.00. Heads bare will go
>around $450.00 each. You then have to add valves and valve train. It would
>than be good to go with heavier push rods. Be very careful about people who
>tell you they can make modifications on the magnum head. Very few people know
>how to do this. You may want to consider doing work on your existing 5.2.
>There is a lot of traffic about NOS and SC. I do not know which is better. I
>never used NOS. I went with SC. I like it. With some other tricks you can get
>100 HP. However, I am hearing some good things about NOS. Your choice, but
I do
>not feel the advantage of a 5.9 is worth the cost since you already have a
5.2.
>I am not an expert. My comments are for assistance only.
>
>Allen
>
>William T. Goldbach wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know what problems I'd have swapping a Mopar "crate" 360 engine
>> into a '97 4x4 5-speed Dakota? Would it even bolt up to the
>> transmission/motor mounts? How about interfacing between the old-tech
engine
>> (carbureted, regular ignition system), and the high-tech '90s electrical
>> system? There are no smog checks here (New Hampshire), and I think the 360
>> would be a lot easier to get some big power out of than the 5.2L that's in
>> it now. Anyone done this? Ideas? Thanks! -Bill
>
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