wanna buy my first , first generation ram but dont know much about them, i drive a dodge diesel, and most of my buddy drive chevys and they are buying old chevy project trucks so now i am stepping up and getting my on project truck just wanna lil info first before i go blowing money. I know i dont want the slant six, so if anyone can give me any info i would thank you kindly.

 

welcome to the forums!
id say startwithreading anything that looks interesting.

what do you wanna do? just make it look pretty? fast? both?

 

I rather have both but i really only care about blowing the doors offmy friends chevys and fords. there about 5 of us and were all just starting. i am the last one to purchase a truck. and i am a dodge guy and the only of the bunch so i want to do it right. can i put a 440 in a d150.

 

Yup, you can with minor adjustments.

 

Hardest part is finding a good cheap 440

 

yea i wonder if its worth it. wasnt the 383 a quicker (factory)motor anyhow? oh maybe those are rarer.....

*edit*
i was wrong. i dont even know why i thoght that

 

those big blocks are still floatin around free...
where do you live?

http://www.motortopia.com/parts/view..._flight_trannycali
http://orlando.kijiji.com/c-Cars-veh...QAdIdZ37492622florida
http://oshawa.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehic...QAdIdZ43952207('bout 15 minutes from my house)
http://belleville.kijiji.ca/c-cars-v...QAdIdZ43960843(this guy is like 45 minutes from my house)

 

That 440 in Orlando is where I live. I got an 1987 D150. I'm looking for a powerful motor like that. What would I need to do after I buy it? I assume I'd need all new transmission as well?

 

all of the torqueflites use similar parts...like sometiems its the same case, slightly different internals, or same internals, slightly differnet parts. read thru this maybe.... http://www.allpar.com/mopar/torqueflite.html
anyhow i know that the 727 fits the big blocks. so you main thing is to indentity yours (check the ID plate, prolly 500 series) and see if shes the same mount as 727. call a trans. shop i guess

 

there is a difference between the small block and big block 727. The bolt pattern on the bellhousing is different, otherwise its pretty much the same trans.