Dakota 440 Custom

1991 Dakota Shortbed 2wd with a 1974 440, 906 heads, 280/480 cam, 727 and a 8 3/4 rear from a 1969 van with 3.91 gears

Radiator from a Durango, just got the belts and pulleys on

Shorty headers center dump

Fiberglass seats

Custom roll cage

Here you can see the rest of the roll bars. See it fits no problem. No expensive kit required. Just a sawsall and Dodge parts from Mother Mopar.

Its a Father and Son project. We have been working on it for about 2 years now. Our goal is a 12.99 run at the quarter mile with atleast 100 mph

Cool project!!

I wish my kids helped me on cars, they want to DRIVE them but that's it!

I think you're going to need a bigger air cleaner. Maybe you can incorporate a newer fuel injected vehicles "carb hat" type set up?

You mean like this dual cone filters?

Or maybe a velocity stack?

We had a tough time with the drivers side header. This engine block lug was a clearance problem

Some work with a die grinder cutoff wheel did the trick

Now it fits but its tight

The block hugger header fit but it was tight

We got the seats bolted in and layed out the pedals. It was a 4cylinder 5 speed now its a 440 automatic 727. We welded the two pedals (clutch and brake) as a brake pedal. My feet are too big for those little pedals

heres a video from my phone of the first startup. ran the break in on the cam at high idle, around 2k, for a while. sounds strong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfGPBGSik1o