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Mrhite65
Dodge Dakota
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7/01/2005
18:04:04
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If you wanted to get rid of the computer. Could you use an electronic dist. from an older 318 V8?
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bigdave
Dodge Dakota
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7/01/2005
22:40:33
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Thats a good question I cant answer, but how will the injectors work?
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Mrhite65
Dodge Dakota
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7/02/2005
13:39:08
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I'm actually talking about a 1990 D150 truck. I would be getting rid of the throttle injection.
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poorfarmer
Dodge Dakota
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7/02/2005
15:48:02
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Yes you can use a dist from an older 318 with some slight mods. I am using that setup on my rockcrawler. All you need to do is change the reluctor for a 6 cylinder one. I am using one from a slant six and it just slides on the shaft over a roll pin. I also had to cut a new slot in my 6 cyl dist cap to get it to line up properly with the holddown clips. I am using a stock ignition box from an older 318 and it works great.
Don
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Mrhite65
Dodge Dakota
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7/02/2005
16:12:53
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That's awsome! What are you using as an intake and what kind of carb are you using?
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Poorfarmer
Dodge Dakota
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7/04/2005
10:38:19
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I'm using the stock 89 throttle body intake, redrilled for the carb bolt pattern, until I can locate a 4 barrel intake. I am using a stock 318 2 barrel carb right now.
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Mrhite65
Dodge Dakota
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7/04/2005
11:14:15
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Is that the Carter BBD?
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87Dak_ca
Dodge Dakota
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7/09/2005
01:47:52
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I used a 318 distributor and had a special reluctor machined to the the odd-fire the 3.9 uses. I recurved the mechanical advance, and re indexed the distributor cap. Works fantastic. More power and better mileage. I'm sorry I didn’t do it years ago. The only down side is you loose the lockup in your converter when you take out the factory distributor. I got around that by creating a circuit board to activate the lockup based on the speed of the truck it also works great.
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mrhite65
Dodge Dakota
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7/09/2005
02:24:11
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Sounds great! What are you using as a carb and intake?
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Vern
Dodge Dakota
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7/09/2005
14:09:51
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the intake from a 87 3.9 and a 318 2bbl carb from the 60s,70s or early 80s will work fine and [bolt to the 87 intake],with some throttle cable adjustment
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