1998 dakota (time to hoon) - Page 3

Andre3000 · #31 07-10-2014, 09:18 PM

Cool truck man. I'd wanna lower the rear to make it level.

storey618 · #32 07-11-2014, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Andre3000

Cool truck man. I'd wanna lower the rear to make it level.

thanks man and the whole truck will be getting lowered soon, thinking its gonna be 2/3. your the second person to tell me that i should lower the rear but most of the time the rear sits lower haha

Andre3000 · #33 07-11-2014, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by storey618

thanks man and the whole truck will be getting lowered soon, thinking its gonna be 2/3. your the second person to tell me that i should lower the rear but most of the time the rear sits lower haha

Haha ya man, not much of a lowered truck guy but that'd look good. V8 is a bonus.

storey618 · #34 07-14-2014, 02:23 PM

so its an off topic update from the dakota but i figured some of you may enjoy it. since no one is seeming to want the ranger im starting to toss around the idea of building the ranger. i mean its a decent platform for the light offroading id do and it would be a good winter vehicle. the plan would be dana 35 ttb up front, 8.8 rear, 33's and steel rims, then lose the bed and build a flatbed. if i did end up keeping it and got into offroading more id swap in a 4.0l, the newer 5 speed trans and possibly sas

beef_stew · #35 07-14-2014, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by storey618

so its an off topic update from the dakota but i figured some of you may enjoy it. since no one is seeming to want the ranger im starting to toss around the idea of building the ranger. i mean its a decent platform for the light offroading id do and it would be a good winter vehicle. the plan would be dana 35 ttb up front, 8.8 rear, 33's and steel rims, then lose the bed and build a flatbed. if i did end up keeping it and got into offroading more id swap in a 4.0l, the newer 5 speed trans and possibly sas

I like this idea minus the ranger winter beater part and the flatbed idea. And I'd still buy that thing so fast if you lived by me

storey618 · #36 07-14-2014, 03:56 PM

kinda what i want

beef_stew · #37 07-14-2014, 04:04 PM

Your orange one would be cooler restored

storey618 · #38 07-16-2014, 05:17 PM

a picture because i got an s5 and wanted to use the camera lol

storey618 · #39 07-20-2014, 05:02 AM

soooooooo...things got a bit outta hand yesterday lol

storey618 · #40 07-24-2014, 12:30 PM

replaced sway bar end links and changed dif fluid today. found out i have l/s with 4:10's. from the factory my truck came with 3:55's so that was a pretty cool surprise

storey618 · #41 07-28-2014, 02:17 PM

put my sub in the other day, and today i ordered my 1/4" aluminum plenum plate from hughes so no more sluggish truck and 5 mpg lol pretty excited to enjoy driving the truck and not worrying about gas and low oil all the time

storey618 · #42 07-30-2014, 05:23 PM

yesterday i got my hughes 1/4" aluminum plenum plate, hopefully starting to pull the intake tomorrow. took a random picture and lastly i painted a mopar m on my radiator because it will make me go faster

storey618 · #43 07-31-2014, 04:04 PM

started tearing the truck apart today, got alternator and bracket off, everything unplugged, all but one coolant line off, throttle body, yada yada yada. tomorrow i hope to have the intake off and start cleaning everything up...with my luck it wont be so simple.

this is inside the intake, thats oil everywhere. which is why im taking the intake off

storey618 · #44 08-01-2014, 03:25 PM

idk if anyone cares but i got the intake off today. found out that it definitely needed to be pulled, found oil puddles. i would post some pictures but my email wont send them

storey618 · #45 08-06-2014, 01:46 PM

well its back together! got kinda warm....i think....im low on coolant but i dont know if my needle is off or if its just reading the actual temp now that i replaced my temp sensor