Turbo Dakota

[Mike Radowski]

Anyone in the process of putting together a turbo dakota? I have a 91 that I am converting to 88-89 smec electronics, and throwing a 2.2 in place of the 2.5L N/A. Lets see some pics of works in progress, or any links to finished dak's.

[derek502]

there was a 94 or 95 in the for sale listing a few months ago, it was in FL, he had done 90% of the work needed except for the turbo. Looked great.
In a couple of months I will be trying to turbo my 98 Dakota, it has the Jeep 2.5 4 banger in it.

[Mike Radowski]

I believe it was Jason Knox that was selling that dakota. There have been a few conversions, just not sure if anyone documented them.

[nvr2old]

Do a google search for "Dave Berken GLH turbo". I was talking to him a cople of years back about the spitfire wiring and he had done a tasty little turbo dakota with a custom intake and exhaust.

[Mike Radowski]

I almost bought his red dakota. Too many projects at the time...


Thanks, I forgot his name.

[flight704]

I am doing a turbocharged dakota project. its 3 yrs in the making. and still not running yet. I am a little off the beaten path though i am doing twin weber 45dcoe carbs in a blow through configuration. here is a link to my free webspace if you want to see some pics.

http://home.earthlink.net/~dl1989/

[Subliminal]

I believe it was Russ Jerome who had the nice looking dakota with lots of pics of the buildup on his homepage in the last year or so.

[IRONMURT]

MY DAK TURBO I USED TO HAVE
http://bbamotorsports.com/dakotamfrt.jpg
http://bbamotorsports.com/dakotamlft.jpg
http://bbamotorsports.com/dakotamrgt.jpg
http://bbamotorsports.com/dakotatfrt.jpg

[87turbodance]

Anyone ever attemped a 4x4 2.5 turbo 1 Dakota (~'89)

[bfarroo]

The 4x4 dakota never came with a 2.5 so you would need an adapter to hook up a v6 or v8 trans and transfer case parts. Plus it would add a lot of weight.

Benji

[turbo_dakota]

I completed this swap in my '95 dakota about a year ago. I went the money saving route so we did all the fab work in my buddy's garage. Any questions or if you want pics, shoot me an e-mail (brandon.gregory@falconjet.com). I drive this truck to work everyday (one way is 42 miles) and I love it. It has been the most reliable vehicle I have, and the power is a major improvement (I am only pushing about 8psi max).

[allmotor]

Quote:

Originally Posted by bfarroo The 4x4 dakota never came with a 2.5 so you would need an adapter to hook up a v6 or v8 trans and transfer case parts. Plus it would add a lot of weight. Benji

with a manual trans, it's very EZ to have a 4cyl 4x4 dakota. I just swapped bellhousings, bolted in the engine, changed the PCM and wire harness. but what a dog and poor fuel mileage the 3.9 was much better.

[derek502]

Hey turbo_dakota what kind of MPG are you getting??

[bfarroo]

Quote:

Originally Posted by allmotor with a manual trans, it's very EZ to have a 4cyl 4x4 dakota. I just swapped bellhousings, bolted in the engine, changed the PCM and wire harness. but what a dog and poor fuel mileage the 3.9 was much better.

So your saying that I can take a trans from a 3.9 and bolt it to the 2.5 with the 2.5 bell housing. This is the first I'm hearing of it. I thought they were completely different bell housings.

Benji

[cj011]

Which manual trans are you referring to? Could this possibly be the 6 speed from Jeep?