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Author:  Joshie225 [ Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: swap
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yes the dakota did go to 6 lug put they kept 28 spline axles untill 93 so you can use the guts to beef up an A body 8 1/4 axle house and shalfts with lower gear and posie`s units
Actually, the 8 1/4 used 27 spline axles through 1996. I put earlier (pre 1991) axles in my '96 Dakota as part of my 5 lug conversion. The '97 and later 8 1/4 has 29 spline axles.

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Author:  terrylittlejohn [ Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:21 am ]
Post subject:  swap
wasn`t sure of the years, i haven`t scraped anything that new yet but there are alot off pre 96 getting around here now, thats life with salt on the roads :oops:
Author:  Joshie225 [ Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:08 am ]
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Well, as you can see my '96 is hardly scrap!
Author:  terrylittlejohn [ Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:29 pm ]
Post subject:  swap
no she in good shape,my 97 is in need of a face lift. :roll:
Author:  dakight [ Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:07 am ]
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Well, as you can see my '96 is hardly scrap!
That's a nice looking GenII. Good work keeping her up like that.
Author:  runvs_826 [ Thu Nov 01, 2007 4:37 pm ]
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I don't know if the person is still reading this who wanted to swap, however, you gotta ask yourself what's the purpose of the car? If it is a show car that wants the american v8 look, or if your whole goal is to do nothing but go fast a swap is entirely worth it. It doesn't take much talent to spueeze 350hp out of a 318/360, just money. Also, most parts for a v8 swap you will have to install for a hi-pro six anyway. My only arguement is for some people it takes a lot of time finding parts and cleaning them not to metion it takes money to go fast ie. strong parts / parts broken. But for some people it's the challenge of doing 350hp with a slanter (It's hard) and the fact that if taught me a lot more than bolting together what I call a kit engine (sbc). So what does it take to swap in a v8? Nothing but the ultimate goal of the car, and the rising prices of gas.
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