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Add rock crawler and off road to that.
I'm definitely weighing out junkyard efans. We'll have to see.
If you go E-fans, grab beefy OEM ones from a salvage yard. You'll pay nothing vs finding strong enough aftermarket prices. And They'll last a good long while, too. While you're at it, relocate the radiator to the bed, run e-fans back there, and get a crank-driven constant-duty hydraulic pump sticking out the front for all those hydraulic shenanigans!!! Like garbage trucks have!
But on a more serious note, no A/C or power steering? I'm not a cummins guy and even less a Dodge guy so I'm not sure what I'm looking at but I can't find those two on the engine.
Have fun Rock, we miss you over on the IDI side.
I really appreciate that info, I didn't think it would work with the dodge pump, but I am very happy to know it will now.The ps pump doesn't need changing for hydro boost... You can tee the returns lines together near the pump.
Dodge AC is a low mount compressor on the passenger side. Some guys notch the crossmember for room. Or you can get a high mount bracket from some other application. (Medium duty, etc.)
I did, and that's why I went the zf6 route. I could of got a nv4500 for about 2k, but I'm not going to take a step down to a 5 speed. The dodge 6 speeds,(nv5600,g56) are 3 to 4k, which is crazy when I could use one of my zf6s for 600 bucks.Wow, steep price tag! Did you investigate Dodge trans prices?
Thanks, I'm really looking forward to making progress on it!Love seeing this come together. I would have been more interested in a DT swap just because so many people start and never finish those. BUT this is going to be a sweet rig when its done. As much as Dodges suck, the motor they came wrapped around is one stout piece of equipment and can make a ton of power. keep up the good work.
sort of off topic, what do you do for work? I thought you were a farmer, but then you mentioned welding, and some other things so now I am confused. what is the final planned use for the truck?
There's two ways to fit the crew cab on the frame,I have the ext cab too .... it is a pita at times especially if you want to take passengers. Does it look like much modification to the crew cab to make it fit on the ext cab chassis?