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98tadriver 10-29-2012 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by mc73nova (Post 857094)
Nice build.

Thanks :)

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Originally Posted by B4C (Post 857176)
Are those vacuum cleaner parts....

No sir. It consists of a 4x10" or 4x12" register with 4" flexible aluminum dryer duct. if i shined a light inside it, you could see throttle blade :)

98tadriver 02-10-2013 08:19 AM

I should probably update this lol

We went a lil faster a few months ago

Bolt on pass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya64l...RLocbg&index=7

nitrous pass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BDYB...RLocbg&index=6

Got new tires, doing some suspension work, and he went crazy with weight reduction. If I had to guess, he shaved about 300lbs off. He's building his rollbar for it soon.

98tadriver 03-07-2013 07:00 PM

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Lexan windows all the way around, new hood, and a few other minor changes. I like it

Featherburner 03-07-2013 07:01 PM

Looks good, Ron.

98tadriver 03-07-2013 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Featherburner (Post 873415)
Looks good, Ron.

Thanks! Im pretty sure his truck is 350 lbs lighter than last season, and thats after the rollbar is installed lol. New slicks out back and better suspension. Could very well see 11.6's with bolt ons and definately 10's on nitrous this season

steverc0034 03-09-2013 12:42 PM

DAMN!

Tru2Chevy 03-09-2013 07:00 PM

Looks good!

He should get a custom "Dakota 5.7 R/T" decal for it and see how many people notice....

- Justin

98tadriver 03-16-2013 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Tru2Chevy (Post 873682)
Looks good!

He should get a custom "Dakota 5.7 R/T" decal for it and see how many people notice....

- Justin

Great minds think alike lol

ThoR294 06-19-2013 09:57 AM

lol @ that intake. nice project! i want to do this to my 92 dakota :P

WSex 10-22-2014 03:41 PM

Update?

98tadriver 10-23-2014 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by WSex (Post 910805)
Update?

My bad, I haven't been on here in a while lol

Still bolt ons, weight reduction as mentioned above.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xltwr...RLocbg&index=4

on a 200shot (never tested it before going to the track)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d2oA6ttiUk

Since that day, he decided on going with a 383 LS1, heads & cam, TH400 trans, and maybe losing some more weight in certain areas. Definitely will be spraying on top of that. He recently bought a new home, so progress wont be as fast as last time lol. However, we do have the trans, converter, motor is in the process of being built, and we have the heads/cam for it. We might ditch the stock dana 60 (if I remember correctly) and put a custom built 8.8 ford rear with a spool in it to save weight

98tadriver 10-23-2014 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by ThoR294 (Post 883680)
lol @ that intake. nice project! i want to do this to my 92 dakota :P

if you're talking about that HVAC register in the front, it got blown off from a nitrous backfire lol. Aluminum intake for the win there


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