318 swappers

[Frank Elder]

I am not sure what number of years of 318s these 2000 durango/dakota exhaust manifolds fit, but they sure look to be space savers......this is in a p-15 being built by Daliant on the hamb. The motor was of course scooted to the side....can't escape that without R&P.

 

[55 Fargo]

I am not sure what number of years of 318s these 2000 durango/dakota exhaust manifolds fit, but they sure look to be space savers......this is in a p-15 being built by Daliant on the hamb. The motor was of course scooted to the side....can't escape that without R&P.

 

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That looks like fine work Frankie, on my truck will not have to offset the engine at least, and the steering box is on the other side of the frame, the truck swap looks to be simpler to do. 

[Young Ed]

Even on my 94 dakota with R&P the motor is offset to the pass side.

[48ply1stcar]

I've mentioned this before, but 3 or 4 years ago I went to a car show where the owner had used the front dakota frame and cut the P15 frame overlapped them and welded them to gether.

 

Kept the look stock, used the column shift to shift the automatic.

[Daliant.]

I believe those fit '96-'03 Dodge Dakotas/Darangos and also Jeep Grand Cherokee with 5.2 and 5.9 engines. The two reasons I went with those was the cost and availability of them, you can get them at any parts store for less than 100 bucks a piece, I believe I paid about $160 for both and one was in stock the other came in the next day. Second reason was that there are no smog holes under each port in them like some earlier manifolds.

The motor was offset to the passenger side and the steering box was moved deeper into the frame for extra clearance on the column.