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Old Jun 19, 2011 | 08:32 PM
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What if you had an unlimited amount of cash to spend only on a third gen dakota?

For my self:

05-07 QC 4x4

Engine:
Turbo'd 6.1 HEMI with cams and heads.

Exterior:
Dropped but not slammed and air bags in all 4 corners.
20" rims in the front 22" back, painted flat black with blood red pinstripe.
Blacked out tails and smoked headlights and fog lights.
Windows tinted black.
Painted flat black with brushed aluminum and blood red accents.

Interior:
All black suede with deep blood red stitching.
Gauge with red lighting and brushed aluminum accents.

Id name it "pure evil" and do 4 wheel burnouts all over town.
 
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Old Jun 19, 2011 | 11:27 PM
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I would swap the 3.7L to a 5.7 Hemi and get the 2500 standard transmission.
Axles would come from a 2500, stuffed with 4.56 gears and OX lockers.
Driveshaftshop driveshaft.
Custom suspension lift...10" or so with 37" BFG KM2s.
Fox racing full coil over front suspension and rear shocks with reseviors.
Have Dodgetrucker build me front and back bumpers with winches.
 
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Old Jun 21, 2011 | 05:33 PM
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For me?

I'd take an 03/04 body and interior from a QC and stick it on that stiff as nails frame from the 05+

Get someone to fabricate some decent shocks and springs since the OEM and aftermarket units for them suck.

Finally drop in a 6.1 hemi....

Might just have a decent truck then.
 
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Old Jun 21, 2011 | 05:40 PM
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kenne bell 4.7, running tons of boost and sharadon trans. and every thing else you need to run that, injectors, bla bla bla gears bla bla you get it.
 
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Old Jun 21, 2011 | 09:16 PM
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hemi, mygig, 6 speed, limited slip, 4.10 gears, nitrous......the rest I'd drop on a 392 Challenger....
 

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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 02:14 AM
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5" or 6" custom suspension lift with some 35" tires and a 6.7l CTD with the 6 speed manual, 5" exhaust, and completely blacked out
 
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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 05:46 AM
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Solid front axle swap, 4:56's with lockers for both axles. Either a 372 or a 392 supercharged hemi with a 6 speed tranny. On board air compressor. Front and rear mounted winch's. Custom suspension lift with 42" TSL Boggers. Would probably want/need four wheel steering too.
 
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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 09:20 AM
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2008 QC 4x4 with the 392 hemi bored out to 426 and a nice twin screw supercharger sitting on top and a magnaflow exhaust. 4" suspension lift sittin on 35's with a solid front axle, manual locking hubs, manual shift transfer case, and frame stretched out to make room for a custom 8' bed. onyx black with color matched grille, mx warrior hood, and matte black stripes starting at the bumper going over the hood all the way back down the tailgate. black and chrome headlights with 55w 8000k hid's and the oem tuner taillights. oh and cant forget the grille guard and roll bar with the piaa 520 smr lights to complete the truck.
 

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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 12:53 PM
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You guys are too original. Ill take a slammed dak with a 6.7 cummins and a 6 speed.
 
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