you can tell it is a true MOPAR.. AT 3:51 in the video and see the MOPAR stamping on the intake manifold. so that should show this is not a chevy in response to that 07 person. and that 383 sounds just like my 318 . although my 318 has duals on it with glaspacks. i love the sound it makes rapping them off all the way down at speed. and a nice lumpy idle. plus mopar has the only 318 that can burn tires for miles and still be easy on gas. GOTTA love MOPAR..
its no 'secret' really that mopar 318's are easy on fuel. the trick is direct fuel injection over carburetors. mine is a 2wd ext cab white sls magnum 94 autommatic. ( SADLY love a 6 spd one day.) but it'll do until i find my dream car again. a 74 duster. yes i had it and 1 payment late the lot got it. i got paid the next day.. ah such is life. one day...
just surfing and came across this very cool i have an 03 rt and im putting a built 413 in mine what a freaking job its turned out to be anyway very nice bro ill bet this truck moves pretty good lol its all motor which i see just fits
Nice job putting the engine in there! It looks like it came that way,pistol grip is a killer touch too!Anybody that thinks thats a Chevy engine is nuts! A Chevy couldnt hope to sound like that!
@thomaschawkins no harm done! there were a lot of comments from chevy boys that heard "383" and instantly they ignored everything else and said "a 383 is a stroked 350, not a big block" it got old after awhile! I'm a mopar guy, but I know about Chevy 327s, 350s, 383s, 400s, etc, or Olds 455s, or Ford 460s, or.....lol
Yup. It's a tko-600. You can do the swap using a QuickTime bell available at summit and a 5.9l flywheel from any full size truck, or go aftermarket, but I think the aftermarket flywheels are lacking the tone ring for the CPS to control the EFI
It's just a simple dual exhaust that I welded together on my own, 2.5" pipes with a single "2-in, 2-out dynomax ultra flow" muffler, it's straight through with fiberglass packing around it, picture an x-pipe with perforations and glass packing around it. Nothing special! I pulled the tank and pit a cell in the bed to make room for a dual design that goes straight back from each header, that will have 2 mufflers and will exit in front of the rear tires, but that a future mod for now!
Depends on where you live I guess. here in Ohio, summers aren't THAT hot. we see on average, low 90s in the summer, with maybe a few days in the upper 90s and into the 100s. My new truck is a factory non-AC truck and I enjoy it. just roll the windows down! the lack of A/C really cleans up the engine bay, without all the hoses, plumbing, wires, and crap for the AC system.
The 97-99 Dakotas had a large diameter, thin booster, and would not fit. I was able to put a booster off a 00-04 Dakota in and it fit, because the newer ones are a smaller diameter, but thicker overall. It bolted right up with no problems, however, althought it fit, I had to remove the booster everytime I wanted to pull a valve cover...not fun! The manual brakes are actually berry good, it's a firm pedal, but stops the truck well...I can still lock up the wheels if I wanted to
Question. I have a 03 dakota.an I have just installed a 5.9l In there an I have a omega shifter I want to install but need cable.but don't want to spend 100 bucks just for a cable where can I order one that won't cost so much
Yes. Dynomax ultra-flo the 2 inlet, 2 outlet straight through muffler that crosses in the middle like an x-pipe. but that's about to go for a new 3" dual exhaust! (video to follow)
@Iamfrankenstoner Its a TKO600, all you need to put one behind your 383 is a 130 tooth flywheel, 10 or 10.5" clutch, a lakewood or quicktime bell, and the gearbox. (but the gearbox alone is $2000!!)
Where did you get the gauges? I just bought a 383 for 145$ and I’m going to drop it in my 2003 dakota any tips or tricks that you did I should be aware of?
@rudyball1978 The block is mounted with hand fabricated, solid steel mounts, and the headers are also hand fabricated pieces. I did no cutting on the truck at all!! just used a big rubber mallet on the firewall in a few places and that's it. the manual brake master cylinder is a generic Mopar disc/drum manual brake master--1" bore. I ordered it from Master Power brakes, I think they sell it as a "1970s Mopar Manual disc/drum Master, 1" bore"
if you dont mind me asking ive got a few serious questions because im looking at doing this swap in my Dakota first was it a hard conversion? and what headers did you use ive heard finding headers is a bitch when it comes too for Dakotas?
Hope you kept your rt original after all this time. I have an 01 rt single cab black wanted to put a 392 but decided to keep it stock. Getting another Dakota for a swap
@j21hustlin Didn't have it on the track much, and never ran it with slicks, so it never hooked. I was running mid 13s at 105 mph. with slicks I think It could have broke into the 12s pretty easilly
Hi!! Why did you take out the vacuum brake and went to manual brake?? Was there not enough room?? What rear gear ratio do you have/ Awesome job on the truck. i have 97 cc 4x4, sitting in my garage is a 440 out of 68 charger waiting to put in the truck. mike
@thomaschawkins anyway, yea, it's a Mopar big block, and everything on that truck is Mopar. check the rest of my videos. lots of video of that truck and my new one (it's a small block though)
@brownboy9211 for the right price, are you looking to buy, or just curious? I wouldn't sell for less than $12K. I have 6K in the engine build, to include dyno time, and 4K into the transmission swap. Plus everything else that's done to it--suspension, body kit, gauges, etc.
@filbert383 yea im a chevy guy and i was wondering y you had a 383 in a dodge and it would ruin chevy i dont know y some people do put a chevy motor in a dodge
SWEET! HEY MAN CAN U DO A VIDEO AND SHOW US WHAT THIS BEAST CAN DO>? i lvoe dakotas i have my self and R/T and will never trade it for nothing in this world! Mopar!!!!
@thomaschawkins Hey. Chevy boy. Open your horizons a little bit, will you please? Google "Chrysler 383" or "Dodge 383" or "Plymouth 383" Let me know what you learn. This is NOT a small block chevy stroked to 383. it's actually a 383, stroked to 438 cubic inches. Thanks for the concern, but I do in fact have a Dodge engine, in a Dodge truck!
@brownboy9211 well...I've got $6K in the motor, $4K in the trans once you add in the bell housing, flywheel, clutch, TO bearing, etc. and there's probably another $5-7K in suspension/brakes/body mods, fuel cells, fuel pumps, gauges, and all the other miscellaneous stuff.
couple ?s how much trouble did you have as far as room fitting that motor in their and what did you do about motor mounts I have a 01 rt that will soon have a 440 transplant from a motor home and I'm just trying to gets some info ahead of times to prepare for the issues
It required moving the firewall with a rubber mallet in a few spots. Mounts and headers were custom fabricated. Not cheap stuff unless you can weld your own stuff. I honestly wouldn't do this again. I can build a 408 and get 500+ hp out of it while keeping the factory EFI. and it bolts in with factory mounts, and off the shelf headers.
+filbert383 yea I'm not concerned with the fab part i work in custom shop were we build railroad equipment was just curious and im not building to race just making a street rod and big and diffrent wins shows but thanks on the info I'll put a vid of it in here when i finish
+kyle puckett it was more for convenience. Couldn't pull a valve cover without pulling the brake booster. It all fit ok, but I hate not being able to do simple maintenance tasks when I have to take apart half the truck just for access.
I'm amazed at all the idiots on here that think it's a GM motor. What a bunch of hacks ! To the OP, very nice work dropping that wedge in the Dakota. First class work. She sounds quite healthy.
+AoDMADPenny Chrysler had a big block engine too. Starting in 1958 the first big blocks were the "B" series and the sizes were 350, 361, 383 and 400. Then a year later they raised the deck height and more sizes were created and name was changed to "RB" (Raised Block) . Sizes were 383 (yes there was a 383 for both big block series) 413, 426 (wedge not hemi) and 440
@thomaschawkins 442? as in...4 barrel carb, 4 speed transmission, dual (2) exhaust? thats what 442 was! lol! (Olds 442s did not have engines that were 442 cubic inches) or did you mean Mopar 440 big block? Honestly, the best thing you can do is get rid of the 4.7 truck, and get one that was originally a 5.2/5.9L truck. then you can stroke them to 408, aluminum heads, boost, etc. even go aftermarket blocks capable of 1000+ hp. but with a 4.7L truck, not much you can do!
@filbert383 I should say....I did. I don't have this truck anymore, it's an old video! lol! Thomaschawkins....you think those heads are small? those are Edelbrock Performer RPM heads for a big block Mopar, capable of up to 550 hp out of the box. sorry that your eyes are fooling you, they are not "small"
+Jay Kidd nope. Not sure what you hear... Does it sound like a sewing machine? If that's what you hear, it's the camshaft/valvetrain, a common sound on cams with super aggressive lobe ramps
@fishtaco2007 you're obviously a chevy guy. I would NEVER put a chevy motor into a MOPAR! I can promise you, that this is not a bow tie small block. did you even LOOK AT THE VIDEO!?!? if you can't tell the difference between a big block mopar and a small block chevy, hit up google and do some research! here's a big hint--look at the distributor...notice how it's in the front? What chevy 350 came with the distributor up front? another hint--look at the intake manifold...what do you see?
nope. no need. there's no check where I live. it'll never pass either. if my area ends up with E-checks, then the truck will get parted, not point in even trying to keep it "street legal" at that point!
Ok, my mistake then, I'm a dodge boy FYI with an 01QC. Wasn't trying to be negative bout the comment even though came off that way. But being a Chevy motor yes it would be small but u said Stoked to 438...if u woulda just said that then there wouldn't be confusion lol. When u get a vid mount or a passenger record a straight run. Bitch is pretty bad
