Re: RE: Trading my 3.9 in on a 5.9

From: Eddie Estoppey (98dakota@home.com)
Date: Wed Mar 10 1999 - 11:53:28 EST


i have to agree about a 97 rt being rare, speaking of rare, intense blue
is a 98 dak color, to see a 97 dak in that color alone would be rare, my
truck is a 98, and there is lotz of 98 rt's

Ed

Jason Bleazard wrote:
>
> .
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
> > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Eddie
> > Estoppey
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 1999 12:48 AM
> > To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > Subject: Re: DML: RE: Trading my 3.9 in on a 5.9
> >
> >
> > yeah, then i got to change my tranny, my drive shaft and then the rear
> > end along with the computer and all the wireing, chances are then ill
> > have no warrenty.
> >
> > ed
>
> That's true, but then you could tell everyone you have a '97 R/T (not very
> many of those were made, you know :-).
>
> I've toyed with the idea of replacing my V6 with a 360 someday, so I know
> what you're talking about. The really sick idea I had was to put a diesel
> in there. I sort of doubt the Cummins is going to fit in the '95 engine
> bay, but I understand the Grand Cherokee is sold in Australia with a 3.1L
> diesel (wonder how difficult one of those engines would be to locate in
> Canada...)
>
> Now, you might be wondering why I would ever want to replace a 3.9L V6 with
> a 3.1L 5-cylinder turbodiesel. Two reasons:
>
> 1. Offroaders love lots of torque, especially at low RPMs (ever seen the
> torque curve on a diesel?)
>
> 2. Just to be different. How many diesel Dakotas have you ever seen?
>
> Just daydreaming...
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Jason Bleazard
> current: '95 Dakota Sport white 4x4 Reg Cab V6/3.9L/5spd
> current: '98 Dakota Sport black 4x4 CC V8/5.2L/Auto
> RIP: '95 Dakota Sport black 4x2 CC V6/3.9L/Auto



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