Nah, Jon, put that 360 in a 2wd 2-door Cherokee. Then you'll be about 700
lb. lighter than the Dak, with possibly better weight distribution to boot!
'92 Dak CC 2wd 318 3.55
'84 GoldWing Interstate
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> Its a lot of money though... If I wanted to start from scratch to get
>a brand new sport truck, I'd probably go with a RC Dakota sport with the
>3.91 rearend with a 5.2L V8 ($15-18K?), then yank the 318 and have Kammer
>& Kammer build a new 360. ($4-5K?) For $19-23K, you could be running
>12's on the motor (At least a full second faster than the Lightning)
>and for about $10,000 less. Spend an extra $1K for the little blue
>bottle and you're running a full 2 seconds faster than the Lightning. :-)
>Or, if you consider that cheating, spend $5K on a blower. You're still
>about $5K cheaper than the Lightning.) You could even sell the stock
>318 to recoup some of the costs, if you wanted to. ($2K?)
-Jon-
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