81 w150 power ram "The Duke"
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my luck has been horible this year and last but i guess this is were my luck is coming out getting literally my dream truck and everything that brakes gets fixed for free so pfft not going to complain lol and it should be done next week some time or so which is fine on my days off im going to be out of town and then ill be at work all day so i wouldnt even notice lol
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my luck has been horible this year and last but i guess this is were my luck is coming out getting literally my dream truck and everything that brakes gets fixed for free so pfft not going to complain lol and it should be done next week some time or so which is fine on my days off im going to be out of town and then ill be at work all day so i wouldnt even notice lol
And once you get stuff fixed on the new truck, it should be fun.
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yea i wont lol. but if they werent fixing the motor for free id go find myself a 440 my buddy knows were to find them for super cheap and then build it up before i put it in but i guess if its free and they will replace it still with big block then im fine with it i wish my dakota would sell so id be like here motor is out lets shiner up and get it cammed and what not but that will be another days project down the road
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yea i wont lol. but if they werent fixing the motor for free id go find myself a 440 my buddy knows were to find them for super cheap and then build it up before i put it in but i guess if its free and they will replace it still with big block then im fine with it i wish my dakota would sell so id be like here motor is out lets shiner up and get it cammed and what not but that will be another days project down the road
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On one of your other post you were talking/asking about an air cleaner so you would not get mud in it. I have some pics of what I did to mine so I would not get mud in mine while at the mud bogges with it. I just put some flashing over the front half of my filter. I had to cut it to size and I left some tabs on it on the ends and in the middle on the top and bottom to hold it to the filter. My filter is also 5.5" tall so it really does not hurt it getting air. When your filter gets dirty you just slide the shild to the dirty side and put it back on. It makes it last twice as long that way. 
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IF you ever go any other big block, make sure it is 1969 or earlier. Later motors have half the HP and you need older heads to build any real HP. Get a 69 or earlier motor to build real HP. And I suggest a 383. You'll thank me when you feel the power of one. Plus the weigh a bit less than a 440. 383 is a mid block, 440 is a big block. Sometimes called low deck and tall deck motors.
yea that was my plan i really like the 383's i like the bigger motor cause they always produce more tq usually and in a town that is notthing but steep hills you need tq haha or i could always do a 12v cummins swap lol but also big blocks to me just sound amazing its worth the extra gas to run haha
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On one of your other post you were talking/asking about an air cleaner so you would not get mud in it. I have some pics of what I did to mine so I would not get mud in mine while at the mud bogges with it. I just put some flashing over the front half of my filter. I had to cut it to size and I left some tabs on it on the ends and in the middle on the top and bottom to hold it to the filter. My filter is also 5.5" tall so it really does not hurt it getting air. When your filter gets dirty you just slide the shild to the dirty side and put it back on. It makes it last twice as long that way.
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On one of your other post you were talking/asking about an air cleaner so you would not get mud in it. I have some pics of what I did to mine so I would not get mud in mine while at the mud bogges with it. I just put some flashing over the front half of my filter. I had to cut it to size and I left some tabs on it on the ends and in the middle on the top and bottom to hold it to the filter. My filter is also 5.5" tall so it really does not hurt it getting air. When your filter gets dirty you just slide the shild to the dirty side and put it back on. It makes it last twice as long that way.
No Cummins swap, go with gasser power! It sounds better.
