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Clevite 77
GenI
8/30/2002
17:53:22
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Alright, it's a fact that we all want to see the new hemi get an additional 200 hp and dropped into our dakotas...But what really do you think will happen in the next couple years.
I think it may change body style in 2005 to match the ram like it did in 1997, then I'm sure it'll make it's way to looking like the M-80 when we're older and the designers are looking for the younger consumers who actually like it. But I think as of right now the M-80 is too much of a design change. I'm also thinking in 2004, 2005 at the latest, they'll put the hemi in the dakotas, but again just a prediction
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yates-in-DE
GenIII
8/30/2002
17:59:56
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Cleve,
I'm hoping for the HEMI but not the UGLY. Let's all hope for the best.
Waitin,
MyVW Killer
Lynn
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Bill
GenIII
8/30/2002
18:02:20
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I just got done reading a great article about the new Ram 3500 with the Hemi in it. Motor Trend really liked the engine and the truck. Didn't mention anything about the Hemi coming in to the Dakota, but I gotta believe that if they can squeeze it in there, they will find a way to put it on the market. It just makes sense to me to do that, but what do I know!!!
Bill
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DakotaDan
*GenIII*
8/30/2002
18:27:14
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Got an idea let's drop the 5.7 hemi in the Dak and call it a SRT-8
I'll take one heheheh......................
Dan
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Lab Rat
GenI
8/30/2002
19:14:27
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We know for a fact the 5.9 is going away. I don't think DCX would be foolish enough not to at least offer it in a future gen R/T. Maybe time to send an e-mail to one of their platform engineers...
Lawrence
Gibson Dual Sport, AirForce One air intake, Jet II, IAT, TPS, when are we gonna see some real parts??!!
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Clevite 77
GenI
8/30/2002
20:17:32
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now wait a minute...I want one in a 4x4, at least a CC, I'll settle for a QC, but just don't forget about us 4x4 guys/gals
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Rrrockhound
GenIII
8/30/2002
22:49:56
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My prediction:
Daimler runs the whole outfit into the ground, replaces all Mopar products with $hitsubishi cars and sells Chrysler to Kia.
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Muzzy
GenIII
8/31/2002
03:29:28
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Muzzy gets elected as president in 2008. Middle east somehow becomes radioactive parking lot. CARB and CAFE restrictions lifted by executive order. New law requiring all auto manufacturers to produce at least 1 muscle car model. Speed limit eliminated on all major highways......(yawn)..oops, I must have been sleeping.
-Muzzy
"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his"
-Gen George S. Patton
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EyeTrip
R/T
8/31/2002
13:14:31
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I vote for Muzzy
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Tinybaum
GenIII
9/01/2002
16:58:47
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can i be vice president?? If not you still have my vote
In memory of #3...What else can I say god needed a Driver
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MLP
*GenIII*
9/01/2002
18:37:44
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New Durango sheetmetal will be out in the middle
of 2003, New Dakota sheetmetal sometime in 2004.
this is fact, not a prediction, You can bet that
whatever the Durango looks like the Dak will look
very very simular .
MIKE
1999 CC 4x4 Sport
mildly modified 3.9L V-6
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Cotharyus
GenIII
9/02/2002
08:43:49
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I have to go with MLP here. Everyone knows the Durango gets a makeover for the mid-03, whether it's actually the 03 model or the 04. At any rate, I've been saying for months (because I read it somewhere that seemed reliable, and no it wasn't a web site) that the Dakota is getting a make over in 04. Look to see the 5.9 fade away in 04 too. I don't know what they're going to do about an "RT" at that point, but I will be able to prove in a few months that the 4.7 can make gobs more power than it is stock.
We know they've done away with the 4 cyl. for 03 as well. That leaves the 3.9 and the 4.7 for sure, and for 03 it leaves the 5.9 and the 5.2. Does teh 5.2 go away with the 5.9? If it does, then DC ends up offering the Dakota the same way everyone else offers their small trucks - with two engine choices. Of course we get a 6 and an 8 instead of a 4 or a 6, but I'd still feel ripped off. My gut tells me you will be able to get:
3.9: any cab configuration, all drive trains (auto, man, 2/4 wd)
4.7: same as the 3.9 with the addition of full time 4wd to the drive train options.
5.7: for 04 as an RT replacement in RC 2wd and a QC with full time 4wd. All trans. will be auto.
These are only guesses, but they're semi-educated and thought out one's. Its been on my mind for a while. Anyone care to comment?
2001 QC 4x4, 4.7,5 spd, LSD, K&N Gen II Intake, Robert Shaw 180 Stat
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Clevite 77
GenI
9/02/2002
23:04:16
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wasn't the 3.9L replaced with the 3.7L???
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Cotharyus
GenIII
9/03/2002
07:10:21
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I don't know - it looks like DC has several 6's under the glass right now - I don't know if they're looking for a replacement, have one, or what.
2001 QC 4x4, 4.7,5 spd, LSD, K&N Gen II Intake, Robert Shaw 180 Stat
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