Lil Red Express

[Dodgedaddie also]

Hey every one. I have a 1979 Lil Red Express truck And I too Am going to rebuild the 360.
Did that engine have any different innards?
(i.e.) Cam ,,Heads etc?

THANKS
Does any one recommend a good profile for a different cam or should I just stay stock​

 

[Dodgedaddie also]

Does MOPAR offer crate engines for 1979 error?

 

[Joe w.]

They had W2 heads I think the cam was different to

 

[406shark]

Hey every one. I have a 1979 Lil Red Express truck And I too Am going to rebuild the 360.
Did that engine have any different innards?
(i.e.) Cam ,,Heads etc?

THANKS
Does any one recommend a good profile for a different cam or should I just stay stock​

The prototype engine came with the W2 cylinder heads... production engines did not.

Here shows the basic spec's for 1978 and 1979 Lil Red Express trucks...

https://www.dodgeconnection.com/LilRedInfo.html






Jeff

 

[Dodgedaddie also]

Thanks guys,,

 

[Dodgedaddie also]

Thanks Shark.
That site was great help

 

[dapepper9]

It might be more worth your while to just grab a low mile magnum from a wrecked 2nd gen truck or junkyard, throw an airgap manifold and a carb on and then use the ignition, timing cover and accessory drive the truck already has and make more power than it did factory but with a very very similar setup to what it was new.

 

[Dodgedaddie also]

That wouldn't be original to the truck

 

[tidefan1967]

I don't think it would be worth the upgrade honestly. I think they fudged the numbers on it it a little bit considering it was the fastest vehicle of any kind in 1978, even faster than a Corvette at the time. If it was me I would consider a mild aftermarket cam and leave everything else pretty much stock.

 

[Yeret]

Have manufacturers even done that since emissions equipment became mandatory? Hell, Dodge seemed pretty modest when rating the 5.9 Magnums at 245 horsepower but I seem to recall reading that this claim was actually pretty much spot-on. Hell, I think the 383 Road Runner engines circa 1969 were rated at 335 horsepower and they were demonstrated as outputting about that. Maybe Mopar is just more honest about their power ratings?

At any rate, Lil Red Express is AWESOME! OP, you got any pictures of yours? Factory stacks, stepside bed and a (relatively) hopped up 360. What more could you want for a muscle truck? They should have offered factory stacks for the later SRT-10 Rams, LOL.

 

[Dodgedaddie also]

During the 60's-70's ALL the manufactures de-tuned there engines for insurance rattings (@ least verbally),,,

 

[stepside]

Magnum 318 and a stepside. What do you guys think?

 

[Dodge 1500 4X4]

That is one Sweeeeet looking Rig, Little Red's big brother.

 

[Dodgedaddie also]

Where /What did the step side come from??

 

[stepside]

That's a 70's Dodge stepside bed. I hauled it home and refurbished it and put it on that 99 chassis.

 

[Dodgedaddie also]

Great Job,,

 

[Dodgedaddie also]

Any one know what aftermarket A/C compressior part numbers for a 1979 Dodge D150 would be and where to get one????

 

[GTyankee]

Dodgedaddie also

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