their is a stroker crank avalabule to get the 360 up to the 390 ci range i
would think you could use it in a 318 and just end up with a smaller
displacment. in theory and the truck from tnt was a 4x4 from a while back
----- Original Message -----
From: Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 1999 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: DML: 6.4L Dakota R/T
>
>
> On Thu, 9 Dec 1999 NVMYDakota@aol.com wrote:
>
> > I was reading a magazine at work (not sure which one) but they had a
Dakota
> > R/T from some place in texas, TNT. They punched out the 360 to 6.4L and
got
> > some crazy ass amount of power from it. I was first wondering if anyone
knew
> > which magazine I was talking about, and second, it they could punch my
318 to
> > a 6.4 That'd be WAY to cool.
> > Greg
>
> I'm not sure about the magazine; if anyone knows, I'll have to pick
> up a copy myself. Sounds pretty cool. :-) Actually, that sounds
> familiar. Is that the one where they spent an obseen amount of money
> on the thing, and the 1/4 mile times were pathetic? Maybe its different,
> but I seem to recall TNT doing this with a non-R/T, although they bored
and
> stroked a 318 to get somewhere near that displacement. It had a hood on
it
> with a NACA style scoop in the front. It may have even been a 4x4, I
don't
> recall. That was a year or so ago, I think. There may be something in
the
> archives.
>
> As far as the 318 goes, no, there isn't even enough material in the
> block to bore it out to a 340, much less to the 390-391ci required for
> 6.4l.
>
>
> -Jon-
>
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