Turbo small block Mopar project reveal! Hasn't moved in 4 years!

In this episode we get our turbocharged First Gen Dodge Dakota out in the day light. Equipped with a 5.9 360 cubic inch V8 and a 5 speed manual this old truck had me feeling quite sentimental! Enjoy the first part of many in the process of reviving this tire eating machine!
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[@edvan7990]

I happened to win a gift card from Heritage Chrysler when I bought the truck. With it I purchased that tachometer that is mounted in that strange location on the passenger side dash shelf along with the redundant vacuum gage. A combination vacuum/pressure gage would be a better choice now I guess.

[@heathensgarage]

I didn't know that! Neat!

[@Canadianchucknorris69]

3 pedals!!! Lots of great tech on that old girl !!

[@heathensgarage]

Im pretty excited to get a side by side race next year at Miles of Mayhem. At least for the first second or so :)

[@mikemccabe7124]

i have a 94 dakota xtended cab with the v8 that i stroked to a 390 had to park it a little over a few years ago due to some surgeries but hoping to get it back on the road this winter cuz its a fun lil cruzin round truck

[@heathensgarage]

Is a 390 a stroker 318?

[@mikemccabe7124]

@heathensgarage yessir it is.. I think if you started with a 360 then you it ends up being a 408 or 409.. I think you can still do a 408/409 with the 318 but your punching out the cylinders 60 thousandths which maxes out ur cylinders so no more rebuilds if u burn the motor up with the 390 kit you just bore it next size up from stock so you got a couple bore jobs after if you ever burn it up but the 390 kit is the perfect daily driver size stroker kit i.m.o. also if you ever want to program it with tunes then you'll want a 96 5.2 computer which you can get from alot of places but you don't really need to replace unless urs goes bad or u decide to add boost via a turbo or supercharger I added the stage 3 module by jet to mine it plugs into it by simply unplugging harness and plug it in and ur harness to back of jet module but u can do a stage 2 I just have too much add ons to mine like next size up injectors and next size up throttle body that's 52mm or 54mm from hi-potek.com which is a performance shop for dodge & jeeps

[@frankmorain2755]

The truck is moving with just turning the key lolololjust keep turning the key and u can make it to town hahahaha

[@wescoupland3985]

The nice blue seen under the hood is a must.

[@heathensgarage]

A guys gotta keep that, might need a sample someday

[@gordonrhodes6082]

I believe the dual plane will keep you in the lower RPM torque…on boost it doesn’t matter if you have a dual plane or single plane the air is forced through when on boost, but I’m sure a single plane will give your more top end under the same conditions

[@heathensgarage]

That sounds reasonable to me. Now, it begs the question of whether i should put the single plane back on.

[@douglaslane4480]

You should use a single plane manifold, but if you cut the divider on the dual plane down about half inch to equal the pressure it should be fine

[@heathensgarage]

So I have a good single plane, but this is a lower rpm engine (5500-5800 rpm), do you think it's worth losing the bottom end torque and putting on the airgap?

[@jackmagnium6115]

10:53 you are correct. that turbocharger is indeed from a garbage truck. its off of a C12 CAT engine. more than likely off of either three of these brand garbage trucks. peterbuilt, freightliner, and kenworth. idk which brand garbage trucks are in your area (mine here in texas are frieghtliner and peterbuilt) also is that a VGT turbocharger cause some CAT C12 engines use a VGT turbocharger. that could be why your not having trouble spooling it because of its VGT system

[@heathensgarage]

I had to look through some old pictures, but it was indeed a Freightliner. A weird left-hand drive thing. I drove its twin a little bit, and for a garbage truck, it was quite a hot rod. This one is not VGT, but I believe it's called "twin scroll," which (from what I read) is designed to spool quickly.

[@jesperborg7427]

Great video man. Keep it up. fun with some mopar stuff :)

[@heathensgarage]

Thank you!

[@user-oi9er1mb6l]

I like it. I have a 94 Dodge Dakota, Chevrolet motor transmission rear end front rotaries off of Ford

[@heathensgarage]

Sounds like a good hot rod!

[@jacobgompert1152]

Boosted applications dual plane is bad it will cause lean cylinder. Single plane eliminates that cause!!! FYI I’ve experienced this first hand!!!

[@heathensgarage]

Drawing from your experience, do you remember if it was an end cylinder or middle cylinder or if it was related to the low/high side of manifold?

[@jacobgompert1152]

@@heathensgarage cracked piston number 7 cylinder. Was on a 360 as well. I also done it on sbc and it was cylinder 4 on it. Well I ran an experiment with another sbc. I tested the egt’s on each cylinder and what do you know I had some cylinders a lot hotter then others. Swapped to a single plane pretty well even temps.

[@heathensgarage]

@jacobgompert1152 that is good info thank you!!

[@KeepGrindingGarage]

You definitely need a single plane. The dual plane is more street friendly and gives you more lower end torque but it splits the airflow from the Turbo. Whereas a single plane gives more horsepower and more flow volume straight to the valves, not all twisting and turns like the dual plane.

[@heathensgarage]

Do you think those trends are compounded by adding boost? It doesn’t have a lot of camshaft, like it's pretty done making power at 5500 rpm. Would it still be worth a single plane? I do have one on the shelf.

[@KeepGrindingGarage]

@heathensgarage Well if you plan on making more power I would say change the cam and intake but if you're not then just run it like it is. However that is a very small cam to be at the top of the power band at 5500 rpm

[@heathensgarage]

@SpeedLegacyGarage I just found my old specs, 480 lift, 280 advertised, 230 at .050. Rated for 2500-6000. Maybe I had a different limiting factor.

[@KeepGrindingGarage]

@heathensgarage yeah that's definitely a small cam...

[@11norcorider11]

I know that truck was blue when your brother owned it, was it blue from factory?

[@heathensgarage]

Yeah but different blue. It's been painted, i believe, 4 times. Blue, different blue, grey, green.

[@danbuchner1494]

What a kool old truck You got my interest lol I have an 85 D 150 with 535 horse 422 I like the idea of the big turbo lol

[@heathensgarage]

Well at 535 you might not need the turbo, but it would make it pretty fun!

[@rodney1818]

LOL summit is in Ohio and we're not very close to Florida.Well maybe relative to where you are

[@heathensgarage]

Relative to me anywhere is close lol!

[@rodney1818]

@@heathensgarage I just found your channel today and this is the first video.I watched so no idea what state you're in

[@rodney1818]

@@heathensgarage I was in the hospital for 4 days and didn't watch any of my normal channels.Onale KZbin thinks I was bored with them and is showing me all kinds of new stuff.Kudos to youtube never thought I'd say that

[@heathensgarage]

@rodney1818 haha im from Alberta Canada.

[@kitt7219]

👍

[@heathensgarage]

Thanks!!

[@rodney1818]

People will like your channel more if you do not edit out your pets just a little hint

[@heathensgarage]

My dogs have become very shy, they very rarely come in front of the camera anymore, its like they know I would exploit them if i could.

[@rodney1818]

@@heathensgarage That's hilarious.I had a boxer one time that would not let you take this picture