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Has anyone ever tried to use 2002/03 Durango/Dakota 5.9 exhaust manifolds on an Early A body? Especially the driver side?
Thank you all for the responses. I thought of getting the drivers side milled down to see if it would work I just didn't know how much to have taken off or if it could be done. I did put manual steering in it for more room.
I'm currently conducting an experiment with "xLURKxDOGx". I've agreed to trade a set of "machined" 360 magnum passenger and "machined" 360 Dakota driver manifolds in exchange for a regular pair of 340 manifolds. He has an early A Mopar and plans to have the engine to manifold surface machined to get more clearance on the steering box. This has already been done by "eestatic" (FABO member). "xLURKxDOGx" has agreed to post his progress on this installation for other members to see how it's done. I sell Dakota driver and 360 magnum manifolds that have machined out to 2 1/4" (exit hole) just like the 340 manifold. I know that early A folks want alternate solutions to their exhaust issues so I've been actively trying to get someone to conduct a good experiment to show that there are good, inexpensive alternatives to headers.
Either way I plan to ship "xLURKxDogx" a set of my machined manifolds to try on his early A.
treblig
Let me know when youre going to send them. :toothy8:
Jake
Here's an update: I had .125 milled off of the mounting surfaces on both manifolds and ground off the casting numbers too. Took a 1/8 of an inch off the top of the flange were the pipe bolts on by the column, shorten the column tube 1/2 inch and shimmed the engine up 1/8 of an inch on the drivers side. The steering coupler clears with about a 1/16 of an inch gap, and I have to repair the coupler. On the passenger side I removed the casting blank for the air tube and had to tweak the tranny dipstick a little on the passenger side. Now getting the pipes to clear with the kick down linkage installed is the next step! A short oil filter works fine without a 90 degree adapter. The pictures aren't the best but I hope they help some.