You missed the point.....if you want to build up a V6 3.9L I said more power to you.......but dollar for dollar you can get more horse power out of a V8 4.7L...but do as you like and when you think your truck can beat mine I would love to race you....prove me wrong....I don't know where you get the ricer comment ...I have added to many mods and to keep chaning my signature everytime I add something is a pain plus it is as full as the site allows.....enjoy your truck...I love my truck and I loved the V6 I had after all it is a Dakota.



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LOOKIE ITS A TOY......got one of those? HEHE

 

and rember were arguing over 14-17 second quarter mile times like thats fast...lol

 

Hey now......my rock goes pretty good down the road hehe

 

lol i i dont have ne thing crazy fast but my trailblazer beats dakotas, but it has 280hp still slow as hell tho and my subaru beats my trailblazer, there is always somthing faster...

 

ill argue this one, theres barley any aftermarket for the 4.7, no intake manifolds, cams are way expensive,KRC is the only place that really does anything with the 4.7 and they want your first born to get any power out of it now if you would have said 5.2 or 5.9 id agree there just because your starting out with 60 more hp right off the bat BUT a 3.9 is just a 5.2 with 2 cylinders lopped off, the only thing that would be hard to come by in the aftermarket would be cam selection or a crankshaft. pistons,rods,valvetrain are all identical youll actually save money cause you only have to buy 6 pistons or 12 roller rockers ect..

 

You could boost these engines to pull really good. I talked to a guy who got 21-20 mpg going 60 mph pulling a trailer in their v8 dakota. They put a new cam, high compression pistons, valves so on. A v6 should be pulling 239, which is it's displacement, you can get 1 hp for ci. Now a days you can usally get 2 hp per ci. maybe a little less but it can go.

 

remember when we were talking about my intake manifold?

 

OK...first off I have not had any problem finding aftermarket parts if you know where to look, no there are not tons of them butthey are out there,second......ummm not sure were you get your numbers but the stock 5.2 is 230hp and the 4.7 is 235hp so right off I had 5hp more than you....maybe this is one reasons the 5.2 was dropped for the 4.7....but you tell me......when it comes to superchargers and turbo if you contact the makers and have the money they will custom fit almost anything you want....but all and all my point from the start was....V6 is not a V8 and it does not produce the HP that the V8 does...if it did everyone would want a V6...but they don't.

 

5.2 was and is a dog...

 

my truck with a few stupid bolt ons beats modded R/T's difference between a 5.2 and a 5.9 is 10hp and 35ft/lb barley even a seat of the pants feel difference but yet the 5.2 is a dog? maybe in a 4x4 quad cab ram but not im my 2wd 5 speed dakota. i get retards all the time in R/T trucks that lose asking if i have a 5.9 only to get the "nope just a little 318" in response and usually they dont look happy