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Message: [QUOTE="DougRoost, post: 153422, member: 23019"] BTW, regarding Chrysler's V10, it was actually the other way around. It was originally designed as a truck engine. When the Viper concept came along in the early 90's they needed a real engine and unfortuately the 426 Hemi wouldn't work for lots of reasons, from emissions to packaging. So they looked at the engine line-up and decided to modify the truck V10 for the concept, casting it in aluminum and of course changing cams and such. That's why it sounds like a UPS truck. The most popular Viper mod is to swap the exhaust with something like a Borla system that really makes it sound more muscular. Also, Mopar has brought the 426 street hemi back as a crate engine. Could be fun for taking an old 318 Mopar and making it special. Not only that, they even have a hot rod kit with all the parts and instructions to put it in a Dakota! It's their attempt to bring the street rodding thing to Chrysler products and a broader audience, by making it a pretested bolt on affair. They point out a used Dakota can be had pretty cheap and is strong enough to support the torque, once you swap the driveline components per Chrysler's instructions. Meanwhile Chevy is casting all aluminum big blocks again. Not a bad time to be a hot rodder -- who would have guessed after what happened in the early '70s that we'd ever see these great offerings again. Geez, we can even add roller cams and fuel injection to make them idle smoothly and put out more power than ever before! [/QUOTE]

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