1996 Dodge Dakota complete restore, rebuild and audio

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Glenn

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This new thread is going to require patience, this process will not be quick, but hopefully extremely detailed and well done!

The Victim:

1996 Dodge Dakota Sport 2WD, 2.5L 4 Cylinder. Poor thing had no idea what my plans were when I bought her.

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Wheel just set next to truck to get an idea of what they look like and maybe estimate tire size.

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Plans for Audio:
-Build new custom dash
-Build new custom door panels
-Deaden entire cabin thoroughly
-Cut a big ass hole from the cabin to the bed and add subs

Audio Equipment:
(Bought)
-Alpine iLX-W650
-JL Audio Twk 88
-Amplifiers TBD
-(Midbass) Morel Ealte Ti MW9
-(Midrange) Morel MSW114
-(Tweeter) Morel ET448

Waiting to buy:
-4x Alpine Type R 12's
-2x US Acoustics Barbara Ann
-US Acoustics Mike Mono Sub Amp

Deadener:
Sonic Barrier MX-4 Max
MLV of some sort
Ceramic Fiber insulation
1/4'' ABS plastic to cover holes
Butyl Rope
Acoustic Foam Panels in key areas
Butyl caulking
Tesa Wire Tape
Reflective backed acoustic foam on firewall for noise/heat on top of Sonic Barrier

Wire:
Hand twisted OFC copper speaker wire, gauge specific for drivers
Hand made RCA cables from silver plated OFC wire and high grade terminations using silver solder
Inductively shielded relay bank
2/0 gauge power and grounds, 4 gauge to amplifiers
ANL fuse holder
Multiple additional grounds throughout vehicle
Ohio Generator HO Alt
Cascade 90A power supply for key-off listening

Pics and parts will be added constantly, lots of neat stuff is going to happen with this build.
 
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Next up is engine UPgrade. Me and my brother tore apart a 2003 5.3 L59 Flex fuel engine and everything has been freshened up along with go-fast goodies installed.

Go Fast Goodies:
-Texas Speed 228R Cam
-Texas Speed CNC Ported Heads with big valves, titanium retainers and double valve springs.
-Morel lifters
-High Flow intake manifold
-Denso Plugs
-Quad Port Steam Vent
-Speed Engineering Mid-Length Headers
-Various ICT billet parts

Powder coated some parts:

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Engine Pics

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