I just came into an extra 2000$+ that I have nothing to do with, sooooooo... Im giving it all to my Dakota!

Here is what I have planned

Wheels:
-I'm going to get a set of the black Cragar Soft 8's wrapped in my 33 inch Cooper M/T tires.

Headlights:
-Set of HID Halo Pro Smoke Headlights


Body:
-Truck is getting repainted to a dull satin, almost flat Army Green like from a WWII Jeep.
-Spray in bedliner,
-Bedline spray on fender flares, Rockers from the body line down, and the front and rear plastic Bumper pieces.
-Grille will be painted flat black.
-Windows Tinted
-Selling my silver toolbox, and getting a black one.
-A black stripe running vertically down the bed of the truck. Similar to users red one, but with no lettering.

Performance:
-A set of headers, I like the ones user has. ( user, if you read this what are they?)
-Getting a cat-back dual exhaust, not sure which muffler to go with yet. I really like the sound of a Thrush though.

Here is a summary of what my truck is now

-2000 Dakota Club Cab 4x4 SLT
-Driftwood Satin Silver with black rockers,flares and bumper plastics
-Swapped the 3.9L for a brand new built 5.2L
-Cold Air Intake
-Remote Start
-3" blocks with Torsion Bar Crank
-3" performance accessories body lift
-33" Cooper Discoverer STT Mudders
-Custom white face gauges, turns blue at night
-Premium Sound System installed
-Aftermarket Taillights

I will post some pics later of what my truck looks like now, and keep progress pics as I install them.

 

Get an Aero Turbine muffler. Aggressive when you romp in it and near inaudible while cruising.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2rvrPgAk50
You should really consider regearing as well.

 

let me know how the head lights go.. i was looking at thoes same exact lights for my truck but new nothing about them..let me know id love to buy a pair.

 

OR........you could give it all to me

 

you've got it all wrong my man. get a 426 small block stroker kit with that. thats right... 426 cubes out of originally 318 cubes.... it is possible. Then swap in a 727 and a 8.75 rear with a locker and some slicks and you're all set to go fast.

 

Im gonna look into that muffler. And I have the stock 3.92's in the 9.25 rearend so im happy with that.

 

Do you have a link to that kit? Cause I was under the impression you could only build a 426 with a 360 block. It would be a 360 bored .030 over with a 4.18 inch crank. First off, I've never seen a 4.18 inch crank with 318 mains, and to get the bore big enough in a 318, you'd have to bore it out .120.... not gonna happen with any block ever made.

But Hughesengines.com has a 426 rotating assembly for a 360 for like $1600 or so.

 

wretched excess!

 

Yea I think you can only go 392 with the 318.

 

the 318 and 360 are both the same block. look on google.com I have seen many 408 stroker kits for under $2,000