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440dreamer
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11/13/2002
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I'm no longer going to try to mod the truck, instead, I am looking for an old dodge charger, cheap, under a grand, anyone know where I can pick one up? I'm looking to restore and drop in my 440, messin with my R/T and keeping it legal is too much of a pain in the azz with this polution control.
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big_torque
Dodge Dakota
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11/13/2002
18:17:20
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I have big plans too for my R/T and am worried about emissions. I hear ya .
Want did you wanna do that will not make it pass ?
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440dreamer
Dodge Dakota
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11/13/2002
19:53:14
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Initially just a cam and intake, the cams I looked at were not pollution legal, ultimatly a stroker, but, I can forget that living in TX. For the most part, all I can see a person can do is throttle body, nitrous, super charger, man, I want high compression with a lumpy cam, headers.. oh well. I just can't see paying 6 + grand to get a supercharger setup when I have a 440 and just need a body for it. This freakin computer stuff pisses me off too.
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big_torque
Dodge Dakota
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11/13/2002
20:06:32
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If the cam isnt legal , how will they know its in there ? Same with heads , I doubt the monkeys that work there know the difference.
Just have to have a good catalytic converter and run it lean. Hopefully all the unburnt fuel wont make it out the tailpipe.
Dont think you have to worry about passing the visual , its usually the Hydrocarbons are too high.
Anyway , good luck with that 440. Thats a helluva motor
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440dreamer
Dodge Dakota
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11/13/2002
20:18:45
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well, I'm leavin the r/t stock, maybe some nitrous down the road if I got some scratch left over, hell, I dont' plan on living in TX 4 ever. 440 would be sweet as hell in dakota if you could get her to bolt up. I watched the people at the inspection place stick the sniffer in the pipe, at that moment I knew I could forget a lumpy cam. I dont' want to risk it, I'll find a charger or something to put it in.
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D
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11/13/2002
20:22:50
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all it takes is some cash to pass smog...you
just have to know somebody that can set you
up.
2001 4.7 CC
shaved
dropped
slow...for now : )
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Waltherone
Dodge Dakota
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11/14/2002
00:06:09
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Where in texas do they do emmissions testing?? We don't down here in SUgarland (tho I heard we will in 2005 I think)
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440dreamer
Dodge Dakota
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11/14/2002
00:21:00
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Dallas
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Dakota340
Dodge Dakota
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11/14/2002
00:25:58
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You shouldn't give up on the 440 Dak idea yet. Where there is a will, there is a way. You know you if you start your conversion just after you have an emissions test you can have all kinds of time to come up with a way to make it pass by the next time you have to do an emissions check. build the engine the way you want it, find a 727 automatic tranny and build that as well. By the time you have all of the components needed to do the swap you should be ready for another emissions test. then right after that do the swap.
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Jesse T.
Dodge Dakota
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11/14/2002
17:17:43
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Man you mean to tell me you live in the big D with me and you cant find a hook up, man oh man, if you rely need a sticker I can get you one. It will probaly be about $50 or so, but hell you will have it inspected.
Jesse T.
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Jesse T.
Dodge Dakota
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11/14/2002
17:20:52
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Oh yeah, they dont do emmisions on 97 and up cars, this is all they do. plug into your computer and check for mil lights, and just a quick look to see if there is a cat. Thats it. They dont hook up crap to the tail pipe no more. The last one I got legaly all he did was put the computer hook up and thats it, took a look under ir and I was done. If your familuar with Irving, go to a lil shop on Irving blvd.
Jesse T.
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440dreamer
Dodge Dakota
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11/14/2002
17:24:39
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97 and up, so a 2002 they wont' do emissions test on?
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440dreamer
Dodge Dakota
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11/14/2002
17:25:51
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97 and up, so a 2002 they wont' do emissions test on?
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Jesse T.
Dodge Dakota
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11/14/2002
17:28:02
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Thats right, man slap that bad boy in there. And sense you live in The Big D, you need to go to one of the DFW meets.
Jesse T.
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IntenseDak39
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11/14/2002
17:33:07
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man.... if you dont put that thing in there i am gonna come over to your house at night and do it for you!
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440dreamer
Dodge Dakota
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11/14/2002
17:39:43
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I'd love to hook up with some DFW street races, it'll be a while before I have the 440 burnin, I have the engine, but it needs punched out to 60over (444 :-)) with some 11:1's and so on. By the time its done I should have all of this pollution stuff figured out, or have a charger lined up for it. My concern with the puttin a 440 in a dak is dang, you'd have to gut it all, I talked with a guy out of florida and everything on the 2002 is computer, everything. by the time I'd be ready to drop it in, I'd have 3 years left on my payments.. hehe. Maybe I could find a kota that was crashed or engine blown or something to save my baby from a gutting..
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440dreamer
Dodge Dakota
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11/14/2002
17:40:04
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I'd love to hook up with some DFW street races, it'll be a while before I have the 440 burnin, I have the engine, but it needs punched out to 60over (444 :-)) with some 11:1's and so on. By the time its done I should have all of this pollution stuff figured out, or have a charger lined up for it. My concern with the puttin a 440 in a dak is dang, you'd have to gut it all, I talked with a guy out of florida and everything on the 2002 is computer, everything. by the time I'd be ready to drop it in, I'd have 3 years left on my payments.. hehe. Maybe I could find a kota that was crashed or engine blown or something to save my baby from a gutting..
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Victor C Hook
Dodge Dakota
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7/24/2004
14:40:57
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Dumb question... how does the suspension on a Dak gonna clear the 440? I know that the 4wd Dak's have torsion bars... but 2wd have the upper control arm where the 440 exhaust ports would be... Oh well with enough $$$$$$ anything is possible. How about a 4wd 440 DAKOTA 4dr with a 4spd and 4 gods sake... let us prey, on the poor unfortunate Fords out there... YEAH!
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IntenseDak39
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7/24/2004
23:34:47
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Victor,
it sits a little something like this
6.6 Lt. Big Block, 727 TF shift kit, 452 heads, edelbrock 750 cfm, .513/.513 284/300 crower cam, comp cams springs, comp cams pushrods, 1.5 roller rockers, dp intake, mopar ignition, mopar windage tray, dual exhaust w/ 40 series flowmasters, 4.10 gears, coilover drag suspension, approx, 3500 lbs
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SCOTT
Dodge Dakota
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7/25/2004
12:08:14
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Ahh, Intenste is the Man. That is what I've been wanting to see! I don't know how to figure between liters and CID is 6.6=383? Any ways went junkyarding yesterday and found a treasure, an old Charger under a pile of crap with the engine in it after an hour of digging' It is a big block!! He is going to use a forklift to dig it out this week I am not positive yet but I think its a 426 Hemi He said I can have it for 100 bucks. I hope its in decent shape.
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SCOTT
Dodge Dakota
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7/25/2004
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Is the coil over drag susp hooking you up? Have you taken it to the track yet? Running Slicks?
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