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Kegger Intake Mod DIY
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From: Corrales, New Mecico
Here's Hughes oem kegger. Filled in like the pic in the thread you linked maybe more. Dont know what they used to fill it in with. Maybe a Devcon product.
http://www.dakota-durango.com/parts_manifolds.php
http://www.dakota-durango.com/parts_manifolds.php
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From: Minnesota
Ok…. I lol'ed a bit right there. Now my cat thinks I am going nuts. But seriously, that looks no different than the other "EPOXY" filled intakes.
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From: Corrales, New Mecico
The biggest threat to epoxy in the intake ports on heads is alchohol and blended fuels, not heat cycling. But making a big chunk of it adhere to the top of a plenum is different than a thin layer...Makes me nervous, but might do it anyway and bolt it to the intake....LOL
EDIT: Here's the good stuff: http://www.go2marine.com/product.do?no=79357F
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From: Corrales, New Mecico
no no no no no no no no no the R/T in 1998 there were 650 made with the 5speed nv3500. I owned one which was model number 109 this what the first truck i personally owned. it was actually released in 1997 then the R/t was changed over to the auto after then initial release because the tc was destroying the drive train (not that the 318 doesn't still) they also tuned them down by removing the divider in the intake to rise the power band from 2500rpm to 3000rpm. they did the same thing to the srt-4 and srt-10. the first 250 srt-4s had about 50 more hp and tc and the srt-10 had about 75 more hp and tc. (this information came from motor technition that build the power plant for the srt and r/t dodges from 1990-2006 when he passed away.) My first dakota was totalled her name was black betty because she was one black dirty bitch that didnt wanna do anything but run **** over and funnel gas. first snow of the year in 2007 i totalled it. when i find the picture i will up load them. so everyone can see that they did make them standard.
I sure would like to see them.
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I'm right now in the process of cutting the runners out of the Kegger. It also has the center divider. What if I just cut the runners out and leave the divider? What will just cutting the runners down do for the air flow? I have cut them down an inch.
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From: Clayton MI
97 (I think) was the last year for the center divider. In 98, (99?) even dodge removed it from the casting.
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Yeah, I knew the 97 rams were the last year. That's what my truck is. I've been working on my truck for the past few days and ready to get done. So, what about it? It's going to be a job cutting that thing out of there. I do have an air grinder, though, but still a job nonetheless.
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From: Colorado
You are in no mans land, just as about anyone who does this mod. No one knows for sure what would happen. My stock intake had no divider, but the one I used as my moddified intake did, so I cut it out. I can't say at all if that was the right thing to do. I often wonder if leaving it in would act as a sort of turtle, much the same reason filler is used as talked about in the above posts. It would make the plenum space less, which is the whole point of a turtle/filler. So it might actually be a good thing. You would probably be one of the first on this forum to try it that way if you decide to leave the center divider in place.
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From: Clayton MI
Make a buncha cuts from the edge, as deep as you can, fairly close together. (an inch or so works.) Then, grab a chunk with a pair of vice grips, and just snap it out. (makes a satisfying noise when it breaks.....) Then, when you have more room to work, cut out the rest. I used a sawzall initially.