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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.
    Last edited by Glenn; 06-06-2022 at 11:03 PM.
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    Re: 1996 Dodge Dakota complete restore, rebuild and audio

    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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    Last edited by Glenn; 06-06-2022 at 11:04 PM.
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    Re: 1996 Dodge Dakota complete restore, rebuild and audio

    More Engine Pics:

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    Re: 1996 Dodge Dakota complete restore, rebuild and audio

    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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    Re: 1996 Dodge Dakota complete restore, rebuild and audio

    HELL! YES! Looking forward to this bad bitch.
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    Re: 1996 Dodge Dakota complete restore, rebuild and audio

    Quote Originally Posted by Notloudenuf View Post
    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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    Re: 1996 Dodge Dakota complete restore, rebuild and audio

    Quote Originally Posted by Glenn View Post
    -Cut a big asshole from the cabin
    Al is in your truck?


    This is gonna be good


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    Re: 1996 Dodge Dakota complete restore, rebuild and audio

    Quote Originally Posted by SublimeZ View Post
    Al is in your truck?


    This is gonna be good
    Well, yeah, it has a bench seat after all.
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