94 Dakota Small Block Turbo Build Progress

After several months, I finally have made some progress and have some pics!

I bought the truck as a 1994 Dakota with full interior (bench seat), AC/PS/PB/CD player, 392 Eddy Headed small block, 727 with trans brake, Dana 60 with 4.30 gears, ladder bar coil over, 3300 lbs with me in it.

Making only a few runs, I went 11.7's on motor through Summit mufflers. The motor has a Hughes .540, 228 @ .050, 114 lsa hydraulic roller, pump gas, box stock Eddy heads, 950 hp carb, M1 Intake.

It was set up to run nitrous and I was told by the previous owner it has gone low 10's on nitrous, but I never sprayed it (wasn't interested).

Now the changes....

I have put in SRT-4 buckets, new carpeting, moved the shifter and a center console from a 2000 Dakota.

I had a 12 point CM cage installed going from the front frame rails all the way to the back shock mounts. The requirements was to maintain the full interior, including headliner, all door panels, etc. I will have pics of that soon.

The motor came out and I had it partially filled, did some home porting on the Eddy heads, Enconel exhaust valves, 9.5:1 turbo pistons, 6.200 H-beam rods, 2 bolt billet main caps.

I am replacing the carb with a FAST system.

I changed out the gears to 3.54 and am going to run 315/60/15 Drag Radials.

The 727 was freshened up with new steels, Kevlar bands, extra clutches.

The turbo will most likely be a 76 mm unit with an Air to Air intercooler. I don't have the exact specs on the turbo yet.

Here are some pics of the heads, block and mock up of the motor. I have to get a very thin wall socket for the head bolts because of the springs.

Hope yall enjoy!

Block, crank, rods

Pistons installed..and yes I know...

E-heads intake ports. I opened up the pinch and ported the intake head bolt hole.

E-Head chambers

E-Head exh ports. A little work to them.

Hey James! Thats pretty sweet buddy! Hope all is well.....

Wes

cool.. I'll be boosting my old 95 some day. still not sure if it will be S/C'd or turbo'd. That thing should run

Nice looking build. I'm gonna go off topic a little but what would one of these trucks weigh pretty much drag race ready all excess weight cut out, glass hood and bumpers, race brakes, etc.

I have a carbon fiber front end, glass hood, aluminum rims, rear roll pan. Everything else is stock and the truck was about 3300 lbs with me in it (Im a svelt 160).

Full out race like you said with lexan, more fiberglass parts, no interior, no dash, no AC/PS/PB, aluminum radiator, not stock steering wheel, I bet you could get it to be 2800 lbs + driver (not tube chassis, front or back-halved.

nice build...im sure it will be well into the 9's

Too badd its hard to find something numerically lower for that dana..cause im sure that turbo would enjoy some 3.23's with how light it is

i run 3.23s in mine on 8psi its been 125mph on a 28inch tall tire plus its a little softer on the launch and turbos love a the load factor

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Nice looking build. I'm gonna go off topic a little but what would one of these trucks weigh pretty much drag race ready all excess weight cut out, glass hood and bumpers, race brakes, etc.

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I want to say the dry shiping weight on my 95 was 3300lbs.