Add a 6bt to a dakota frame and you will have one holy hell of a truck, a 4bt will bolt in much easier. The swaps have been done. There is a dakota running dana 60 axles I believe front and rear with a 4bt swap, he has about 70k into the truck and it's sweet. It's a green truck, with pusher and puller fans on the radiator to engine.

 

So, if boosting a 4.7L, I heard that you would need new rods, pistons, and crank...

 

i was planning on getting the KRC set this fall but i think i'm going to put it off till next year when i can get some more money together

great thread guys... thanks for adding this

 

You can safely run 10psi on stock internals. Anything more than that is pushing it. Richie is forging his internals right now and is planning on running 26psi on a forged 4.7L HO.

 

Wow.. really!? Thats sick! I cant wait till my money sit. comes around so I can do something big!

 

hmm maybe a 7psi boost DD would work for me haha

 

Update from levi/sean today is that the truck is on the dyno and having some initial tuning done and the real horse power tuning will take place either tomorrow or friday! It's getting close guys!

 

I cant wait to see or hear!

 

+1 I'm stoked

 

I am talking to levi, the shop closed 3 hours ago, and he is still there tinkering with the sct code and really wants to romp on it. He said from an idle and part cruise the turbo is wicked screaming loud. Tomorrow will be the big day, FINGERS crossed!!

His actual term , " Uhm when the thingy goes WOOOOOOOSSSSHHHH, and VRRROOOOOOOOOOOM, your tires are going SQEUAAAAKKKKKKKKK. You need to buy stock in tires. Hearing an explanation like that described to you over the phone, can't help but make you laugh.