You do not need a front clip. You can buy LA motor mounts but they are $400. With the magnum V8 you can use factory mounts,manifolds and Y pipe. But you might have a clearance problem on the right frame rail. The notch in the frame rail may be right behind where it need tobe.

88 dakota
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Yah i found them on there, makes me almost wanna buy a magnum for it.

well i found some more tips/ parts for it, i think ill try to fab my own motor mounts first but if all else fails there is always here http://www.engine-swaps.com/
http://www.engine-swaps.com/window_D...Tech_Tips.html


Just some tips/ links for other people thinkin of doin the same. If i do end up being successful fabbing motor mounts (wont be till spring time that i attempt it) id be more than happy to give out drawings for them.

Thanks for all the support guys!

 

next summer I'm dumping a 318 im my 88 dakota. I'm taking it outta my 87 fith ave. parts car. so I will have everything I need. motor swaps arent that bad. I have put a 302 HO in my 88 for ranger, and that wasnt too bad. I made my own mounts and fabbed up everything myself. it did 12 sec. in the 1/4 mile. I'm hoping to get the dakota around 13-14 sec. cause I dont need anything that fast anymore.
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If i could get it in the high thirteens id be thrilled. I still want it to have good vaccum at idle and still be able ta pull a trailer with it when I need to, so i wont go too awful crazy. Most likely a torque spec cam, intake, 4 barrel carb, thinkin like a 550 or 600 CFM and heads and maybe a set of headers. Just hope i can sneak her past emissions with a good cat and an air pump. Got a few projects ahead of her, namely 2 a604 rebuilds for the daytona and lebaron and gotta free the caliper up on the BMW. o well, least im half way done with the first a604.

Good luck with your swap, thats around the same time im going to be doing mine.

I thought long and hard about a 302 swap into a ranger, I had one before i got the dak, but just like the way the dak looks better and it has an 8 foot bed so its a tad bit more functional, and the rack and pinion is a nice touch as well.

 

I am also looking into the 360 swap for my 90 Dak. Any info would be very useful. I haven't bought the motor yet for the swap, but after seeing some of the posts abotu the magnum using the factory mounts, I might go that way. Mine isn't for drag racing, but will be used mostly for mudding when I put a SFA under it.


I have done a few swaps that looked harder than this one from the start... 4.3 into Samurai, 350 into 89 hardbody, 350 into a chevette(not easy). This one will be more involved becuase I also want to change it over to being 4x4 and possibly stretching the wheelbase out a bit. Most of the difficult parts will be the body work making the wheel wells look correct for the size of tires.



Later Daze,
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I would beg to differ there. I put a built 318 into my 88 Kota with no major issues.I use a Derale Single Fan it pushes appr. 3000 cfm the hottest it has ever got was 220 degrees that was in 100 degree weather also. I used a kit from Shumacher and the motor dropped right in with no modifications. I also reused the stock a500 transmission also.
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where did you get the aar stripe i was going to do that same thing but i didn't look for the stripe to hard.....i like that truck alot. can i see some more pics??

 

nice truck scatdak. whats your truck do in the 1/4? and so all you did was buy engine mounts then? I know there not that bad of a swap. I've done worse ones. so did you use the origional v6 tranny? i wouldnt think they would hold up to the power of the v8. I'm just gonna make a custom mount for the 727 if I have to.

but ya, I wanna see some more pics of that truck.
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I like I like! i posted a link earlier in the thread ta where you can buy motor mounts and even trans mounts for a 727 i think, if i didnt, lemme know ill post it

Very nice lookin truck!

 

Here is my site check out my trucks and some of the things i do like Drag Racing and such.

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Enjoy Guys.