Loose Wheels

Name:

Loose Wheels

Location:

South Korea

Email Address:

1991dak@team.camaroz28.com

Age:

62

Previous Vehicles:

86 GMC Jimmy, 89 Chevy S10, 88 Chevy Silverado, and 89 chevy beretta and couple others I'd rather not admit to ;)

Other hobbies:

Cars/Truck performance, racing, NASCAR

Occupation:

Power Plant Operations and Maintenence

Comments:

Mission: Impossible. That is what I have officailly deemed this truck. Basically, I am taking what was a stock 1991 Dodge Dakota Club Cab 4x4 and doing everything that I can to to get Horse Power out of it. There is one catch though. I am trying to accomplish this without any drastic changes to the original workmanship of the truck. Meaning, that I will be keeping the original Throttle Body Injected 318, A500 tranny, and 4x4 chassis that it came with originally. Thus, I am having to upgrade the internals and depend on bolt-ons to get the performance that I want. Your probably saying to yourself; it sounds easy enough. But when you factor in the idea that the T.B.I. 318ci engine was only used in the dakota for two years you start to realize how difficult this project really is. Those models being the redesigned 1991 dakota and the 1989 limited production Shelby Dakotas. Well, now you know my dilema and can see why I want to keep this truck looking like Original Equipment. So I hope you enjoy the rest of the information I have provided.

Year:

1991

Drivetrain:

4x4

Engine:

V8 - 318ci

Transmission:

Automatic

Designation:

LE

Body:

Club Cab

Options:

everything: 3.91 gear ratio, heavy duty service goup package, auto door locks, auto windows, adjustable seats, plush interior, wood grain trim, tilt wheel, premium sound, cruise control, sliding rear window, painted alloy wheels, and about every other option that was available that year except posi rear

Mileage:

174,000 miles

Completed modifications:

Pioneer Head Unit, CD Player, Amp, and Subwoofers, K&N air filter, BW cap and rotor, three core radiator, aftermarket transmission cooler, NGK GR4 Spark Plugs, Flex fan, Optima Battery, Brass battery leads, Dual flowmaster Cat-back system. hi-performance engine rebuild, 360 TBFI Unit and Intake Manifold, MPP tubular exhaust system for 91'dakota w/318 (Coated by Jet-Hot), MPP 19-2100 stall Torque Converter, Jet Stage II chip, MSD Blaster2 Coil, MSD 6BTM, MSD 8.5mm SuperConductor Wires, and newly Rebuilt/Upgraded Tranny, Indigo Blue Paint job, tonneau cover

Planned modifications:

limited-slip differential w/4.10's, AR767's w/ 31x10.50R15's, supercharger, Body or suspension lift, MPP Aluminum pulleys

If money were no object:

NOS, alloy wheels, 35x15 tires, and re-chrome everything

Additional modification comments:

Major parts I've had to replace recently: The Torsion Bar, The Drive-Shaft and U-Joints, Wheel bearing Assemblys, and the Engine Block (Come to find out it had six cracks in it before I got it rebuilt. The cracks just got worse over the past year, and finally blew the head gasket after 15,000 miles in 15 months. Doh!!)

Horsepower:

175 bhp (published info)

Quarter mile:

16.664 (measurement)

Top speed:

105 (estimate)