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Many of you have followed my ISB170 / 08 Dakota build for the last 7 years. Its been a great truck for towing our small 5th wheel all over the US and Canada from coast to coast.
Its time to build my "old man" truck and concede to an automatic transmission.
It still has to be unique so it will have the ISB 170 and an Allison 5 or 6 speed.
I just pulled the motor/trans from the donor van today and will completely rebuild it so I have a reliable base to work from.
I'm currently cleaning up loose ends on the Dakota before selling it to finance the new truck.
Here is a list of what I plan for the engine at this point.
Holset Super HX30, a bit more turbo than the regular HX30 that I have been running on the Dakota and love.
33% over on the injectors which is the same as the Dakota.
Steed Speed exhaust manifold like the Dakota.
Colt Cams does a stage 2 grind for these engines that is supposed to really "wake them up"
ECU tune to raise the RPM to 3200 and a bit more fuel like my Dakota.
This would be pretty much the same engine as the Dakota but with the larger turbo and cam regrind.
I think it should make a reliable and economical tow vehicle engine.
Its time to build my "old man" truck and concede to an automatic transmission.
It still has to be unique so it will have the ISB 170 and an Allison 5 or 6 speed.
I just pulled the motor/trans from the donor van today and will completely rebuild it so I have a reliable base to work from.
I'm currently cleaning up loose ends on the Dakota before selling it to finance the new truck.
Here is a list of what I plan for the engine at this point.
Holset Super HX30, a bit more turbo than the regular HX30 that I have been running on the Dakota and love.
33% over on the injectors which is the same as the Dakota.
Steed Speed exhaust manifold like the Dakota.
Colt Cams does a stage 2 grind for these engines that is supposed to really "wake them up"
ECU tune to raise the RPM to 3200 and a bit more fuel like my Dakota.
This would be pretty much the same engine as the Dakota but with the larger turbo and cam regrind.
I think it should make a reliable and economical tow vehicle engine.