alright, im looking into gettin another truck in the near future that i plan to put a lift on. have a chevy xtreme right now that i had a bad accident in bout a year ago and im scared ****less to drive anything lowered now. jus wanting to know what kind of gas mileage do you all get out of the 3.9L v6 and the 4.7 v8? how long do these motors last? what kind of mileage will these motors go before having any problems? right now im tryin to pick between the dakota, toyota tacoma and a nissan frontier (pretty much no go cuz of ****ty gas mileage). love the style of the dakotas and everything but i need something that is gonna last me past 120-130k miles cuz im prob gonna have watever i get for some time. also is there anything smaller than the 5.5 lift availible for the dakotas? its all ive been able to find on the net when searching around. please post up any info or answers anyone has!

 

Dodge in general is the car/truck to look for, i have a 2001 dakota has 105,000 miles on it and NO problems what so ever. i get about 17miles a gal on my 3.9v6

 

thought the mileage in my chevy was bad.......dayum

 

just ball joints on the 97 and newer dak's. I get 20-22mpg (mods in signature).

 

oh and check fabtech for a smaller lift, they have lifts for both 2x4 and 4x4.

 

u have v6 or v8?

 

I've got a 98 dak. Its the 3.9 V6. It has 149 on it right now. I get about 16-17 in the city, and i havent had a problem yet with the motor. KNock on wood.

 

i have a 1998 3.9l 2x4, should probally put that in my signature