Dodge Ramcharger

Joined: 24 Jan 2007

Hey Guys, I got a 79 Dodge Ramcharger 4x4 it runs
318 V8 petrol / LPG
Dana 44 front end
Chrysler 9.1/4 rear
NP435, 4spd
NP203 full time 4x4 trasfercase
4''lift
33'' procomp muds
15x8 Rockcrusher black steel wheels
Factory convertible w/factory roll bar.

Also Have a 76 Nissan Patrol G60 W/
265 Hemi and a Marks 5spd,
Fiberglass front end,
36'' Micky Ts,
15x10s,
8000lb warn.

Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Location: Riverina

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Joined: 24 Jan 2007

You can see my Trucks and cars here,

http://au.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/eugene_lcs/detail?.dir=d411scd&.dnm=c878scd.jpg&.src=ph

Joined: 16 Feb 2006 Location: Melton

Looks like a nice rig! Cool

Joined: 15 Nov 2002 Location: Driving my GU in Melbourne

nice pics of your G60. You can just see the grill of the Ramcharger in one of the pics

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:22 pm

G60 looks very KOOL !!! Cool

here,s the Dodge !!! Very Happy

http://au.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/eugene_lcs/detail?.dir=4420scd&.dnm=d4d5scd.jpg&.src=ph

Joined: 24 Jan 2007

Thanks Guys, the G60 is gettin a disc brake conversion at the moment, Than I am looking into power steering.
The Dodge goes well off road, I did Andersons in Gemy on Boxing Day this year it was pretty wet, came across a Gq with 35'' M,T claws that was really struggling, the look on there face was priceless when the Dodge walked up the bit they had been stuck on!.

Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Location: Carrum Downs V Posts: 3330

Nice Dodge..... Should put the 36's on it. Same stud pattern, or is it 5 lug?

Joined: 24 Jan 2007

Thanks, I did want to run bigger tires, but the truck is very original and I would have to change a lot of stuff[ I wussed out on cutting the gards]. Its 5 lug, 5on4.5'' the same a Jeep or Nissan Xtrail I am told Confused

it has 3.55 diffs, and a 22ft turning circle!, it also has heaps of articulation. I have been told they need 6'' of lift to run 35'' tires off road well and that is about the limit for the Dana 44 front diff.
If I find a set of Dodge/Chev Dana 60s , I might go the whole hog Smile

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CRUSHU what are you running on that Ford, looks good.

Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Location: Carrum Downs V Posts: 3330

I thought your stud pattern would be 5 on 5.5, same as early Jeep/Ford etc Confused

Or 6 stud like Chev or Jap cars.

I am running the D44 hp in the front, with 8 lug knuckles, chromo axles, ARB and similar to CTM unis. Tyres are 44 x 21 on 15 x 14 rims. Chev 14 bolt in the rear. 4.56 gears to start with, if it doesn't have enough poke, I will swap to 5.13's.

I was running 3.5's with the 39" tyres before.

Joined: 26 Nov 2004 Location: North of Clermont Qld

cool dodge eugene , I looked every where for one a few years back , closest i found was a power wagon sitting in a shed but was to big , ended up buying a scout & dropping a 360 in it 4.56 gears & 33's .
Bet the 265 goes alright in the nissan . a mate had a e49 spec motor in a cruiser once, was a sleeper on the street & the bush , nothing could catch it!

Joined: 24 Jan 2007

Hey thanks, I got a Val VG Pacer w/e49 spec 265 in it , the thought had x my mind hhhhmmmmm Laughing

Is that a AMC on Chrysler 360 in the scout?.
Dad had a 89 Grand Cherokee w/360 in it , it went like the clappers!
I am getting a Chrysler 360 built for the RC at the moment.
It took me 3 years to find a RC only ever found one other [too rusty] even looked at a Scout [ good trucks!!].
Hey is that Power Wagon still around?.

Joined: 26 Nov 2004 Location: North of Clermont Qld

Hey eugene ,
AMC 360 slap yourself Wink

nah I'm a chrysler man through & through , have a shed full o'em & a paddock o'spares.
past projects include 12 sec E55, 10sec vj ute 360 on methanol , slick vc regal av gas slant (just had to do it) several other projects awaiting completion ATM.
Having to much fun in the scout to spend time in the shed .
yeh the power wagon is stil sitting in the shed where I saw it last , it's around that late 70's from memory.
Get your engine builder to throw a few "goodies" on the 360 it will go well in ya dodge. Twisted Evil

Joined: 11 Jan 2004 Location: Adelaide

360 scout wrote:

a mate had a e49 spec motor in a cruiser once, was a sleeper on the street & the bush , nothing could catch it!

Was that a shorty, in Cairns?

Joined: 26 Nov 2004 Location: North of Clermont Qld

-Scott- wrote:

360 scout wrote:

a mate had a e49 spec motor in a cruiser once, was a sleeper on the street & the bush , nothing could catch it!

Was that a shorty, in Cairns?

No old tray back from blackwater /rockhampton .