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1996 Dodge Dakota complete restore, rebuild and audio
This new thread is going to require patience, this process will not be quick, but hopefully extremely detailed and well done!
The Victim:
1996 Dodge Dakota Sport 2WD, 2.5L 4 Cylinder. Poor thing had no idea what my plans were when I bought her.
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Wheel just set next to truck to get an idea of what they look like and maybe estimate tire size.
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Plans for Audio:
-Build new custom dash
-Build new custom door panels
-Deaden entire cabin thoroughly
-Cut a big ass hole from the cabin to the bed and add subs
Audio Equipment:
(Bought)
-Alpine iLX-W650
-JL Audio Twk 88
-Amplifiers TBD
-(Midbass) Morel Ealte Ti MW9
-(Midrange) Morel MSW114
-(Tweeter) Morel ET448
Waiting to buy:
-4x Alpine Type R 12's
-2x US Acoustics Barbara Ann
-US Acoustics Mike Mono Sub Amp
Deadener:
Sonic Barrier MX-4 Max
MLV of some sort
Ceramic Fiber insulation
1/4'' ABS plastic to cover holes
Butyl Rope
Acoustic Foam Panels in key areas
Butyl caulking
Tesa Wire Tape
Reflective backed acoustic foam on firewall for noise/heat on top of Sonic Barrier
Wire:
Hand twisted OFC copper speaker wire, gauge specific for drivers
Hand made RCA cables from silver plated OFC wire and high grade terminations using silver solder
Inductively shielded relay bank
2/0 gauge power and grounds, 4 gauge to amplifiers
ANL fuse holder
Multiple additional grounds throughout vehicle
Ohio Generator HO Alt
Cascade 90A power supply for key-off listening
Pics and parts will be added constantly, lots of neat stuff is going to happen with this build.
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Next up is engine UPgrade. Me and my brother tore apart a 2003 5.3 L59 Flex fuel engine and everything has been freshened up along with go-fast goodies installed.
Go Fast Goodies:
-Texas Speed 228R Cam
-Texas Speed CNC Ported Heads with big valves, titanium retainers and double valve springs.
-Morel lifters
-High Flow intake manifold
-Denso Plugs
-Quad Port Steam Vent
-Speed Engineering Mid-Length Headers
-Various ICT billet parts
Powder coated some parts:
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Engine Pics
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Then, we took this little guy out:
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Removed fender wells, pie cut pinch weld in transmission tunnel and fabbed up some motor mounts.
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Header clearance:
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And let's not forget about the A/C:
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HELL! YES! Looking forward to this bad bitch.
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Originally Posted by
Notloudenuf
HELL! YES! Looking forward to this bad bitch.
She's gonna be bad man, real bad. Did a compression test last night and everything was within 5% and plenty of oil pressure.
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Originally Posted by
Glenn
-Cut a big asshole from the cabin
Al is in your truck? :p
This is gonna be good :D
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BigAl205
SublimeZ :gatling:
:nana:
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Originally Posted by
SublimeZ
Al is in your truck? :p
This is gonna be good :D
Well, yeah, it has a bench seat after all.