Dakota 440 swap front spring swap?
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Gathering info on swapping a 440 into my recently purchased 1992 Dakota. I'm up on the engine mounts and headers and such, just curious what is needed on the front coils. Will the stock coils work, or need to upgrade? what parts swap in? thanks for the help guys
1985 Crew Cab W250 4x4 - daily driver, 5.9 magnum, carbed and distributor, A-518 and NP205 2002 3500 extended cab, 4x4, Cummins and 6 speed 1997 Ram 2500 5.9 with 35 Boggers - Mud Racer 1993 Dakota 4x4, Dana 60's front and rear - work in progress 1992 Dakota 2wd short bed, awaiting 440 swap
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Re: Dakota 440 swap front spring swap?
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Re: Dakota 440 swap front spring swap?
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Maybe if it is drag only you could use the 4cyl springs for weight transfer or V8 springs if cornering is more important.
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Re: Dakota 440 swap front spring swap?
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I hope this is sign that Steve is getting back into the Dakota front clips again. He had some awesome stuff several years ago, then pretty much quit making stuff. Gene
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Re: Dakota 440 swap front spring swap?
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My v6 club cab 1998 Dakota weighed 4000 lbs
I swapped in a 383 stroked to 438 with aluminum heads, intake, water pump/housing and a TKO-600. Truck weighed 4200 lbs. or, the same as a V8 club cab Dakota.
The big block doesn't add much weight when you use aluminum parts.
Strip duty? Use the lightest springs you can find. Otherwise, swap in some stock v8 springs, cut 1/4-1/2 of a coil off which will both lower it and stiffen the overall spring a little bit.
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