It's easier to swap these days. You get blank pcms and write whatever you want in them, along with a trans tune. You just have to make sure you have a setup that's compatible with each other.
Yeah once you understand the basics of this it opens your eyes. Anything is possible these days and its not even a matter of just throwing money at research and development. Within this decade, things will be mostly plug and play for the average joe with some basic shop tools.
@Rift33SRT Talk to Russell Drake at sound german automotive. The 8 speed swap is very possible. Needs more custom work on the pre late2013 models but it is doable and has been done.
I think its harder now a days because of all the electrical components. With carb or even early EFI the wiring was minimal compared to the harness’ and components now.
This an extremely clean build. Brand new interior with the old body style. Doesn’t get better than with new American muscle under the hood. If you ever sell your vehicles I’ll definitely be checking this one out
@@MrJ183 it’s the fact dodge hasn’t done this yet; you have to build this or buy it from someone who did and it’s fully built which it makes it even better so whoever made this could have critiqued everything dodge overlooked
Love how you got the interior to work. I wish the major car brands would offer interior swaps and motor kits for old vehicles to modernize them and make them reliable
Its because things like that ypu should really do yourself, shops dont wanna be responsible and they dont wanna here complaints. When its Custom things like that no one else can see the vison you have in your head. Most crazy builds are usually done by the person you wanted done and they team the put together.
My dad had a Dakota Sport when they first came out in that body style, I remember always wanting a single cab 5.9 R/T with the Cervini Sniper Bodykit. Yours definitely is the nicest Dakota on YT maybe even in the states, especially it being A Hellkota. Keep up the good work & shout out from Dallas
Every time I see this truck in action I am just blown away by how it all works so well. Absolutely in love with the truck man can’t wait till it’s ironed out and going full send.
Tires will get flat spots like that from sitting. If you plan on letting it sit for any amount of time consider putting the truck on jack stands. Don't have to take the wheels off, or even get them completely off the ground. Just lifted enough to remove some pressure off the tires. Or air the tires up to max PSI before storing it.
Love the style of the 5.9 R/T minor modifications it’s a fun truck.The dash fitment looks perfect. Bought a wreck and swapped? Cheaper and less labor intensive. Does it have speed sensors for launch and stability control? Sick ride, I’ll be watching. Many are purchasing homes zoned or with the shops to cut overhang and live simple. Been living that dream almost a decade.
If he got stock Dakota wheel bearings with the ABS, he could run them for the front. The rear is where is gets a little complicated because the rear doesn't have 2 speed sensors only 1.
I kinda miss the regular Cali garage content. However, loving the unexpected. Is he moving to Texas, Florida, Arizona. Is he going to a car meet. Is he getting the Hellkota.. ahh. The possibilities.
I remember my Bright Silver Metallic 2001 5.9 R/T. Extended cab. Very loosey goosey until the tires warmed up 🤣. Kept it completely stock except for a Flowmaster 40 series catback. I never thought I’d love again. Then you made a Hellkota. SOB.
Those Dakota trucks are still my favorite Dodge trucks I love my big horn Hemi ram but man those lil Dakota's are mean looking, that must be an insane ride...... Have fun be safe.
I have a 1999 with a rebuilt engine, new exhaust, new front suspension, and new brake lines (original rusted out), and despite having a tenth of the power of this one I can tell you going for a drive today with the dog was just as satisfying. Moral of the story, don't get intimidated by big projects like this. You can learn as you go and still take pride in it. As long is you aren't a ricer
Jealous of literally everything in this video. The Dakota, the hellcrate, the neighbors, the shops 🤣 Thing rips man I can’t believe how well everything works.
I used to have one of those…not the hellcat, but a 03 Dakota R/T single cab, short bed. I miss that truck. Terrible on gas mileage, but was amazing to drive.
Crazy how I was looking at a Dakota last week and said “damn this would make a killer sleeper” and next thing you know your video shows up crazyyy !! 😂I think my phones listening to my convos and Texas is a nice place to be 😢
I desperately need the links to the headlights and the drop kit, lol. Mines already dropped, but I feel like the previous owner cut the springs and took some leave springs out.
Dude! Imagine building a brother to that truck! Same color but a 4-door 4x4 with a hellcat motor and a stick shift(better for pulling) and a trx interior! And a trailer of course so u could haul this one with the 5-door. Just a random idea!
Low this truck remember when he dropped the engine in and there was no interior at all and now this thing is freaking beautiful! Great job man! I bet that was a shit ton of time and effort good on you 👌
First video I saw in your channel. My grandpa had Dakota red color. He loved his truck he barely drove it only to go to check his crops in Mexico. Builds like this what I enjoy watching. Cheers from California
Must have been happy to take the KOTA out for a rip and I’m sure you missed it while you were away!!!! Hopefully you’ll be getting some good news from AZ I’m hoping so!!!! See you in the next video!!!,
Amazon sells a nice set of headlights for 80 bucks I just didn't hook up my side marker they look the same but all clear black housing nice headlights for the money I've had them for almost 2 years still look brand new
Truck looks good sounds unbelievable I can never get enough of the hellkota you are inspiring me to get my 1998 dakota out of the garage it's been in storage since 2000
Just found the channel recently and caught up, absolutely impressive work. It has me intrigued for a hellcat swap on my charger I have a 5.7 Daytona. Been reading some forums and looking at auctions of damaged/wrecked hellcats and my question is once you acquire the complete set of components are there any shops in the nyc/nj/pa that have experience with a hellcat swap?
I'll never forget when this kid in High School (03) had a Dakota with a 5.7 in it and he had Flows on it. I thought I was untouchable when it came to trucks, V6s, and 4 cylinders in my 86 Z28. We lined'em right outside of the School on a long street named Forney. We did a 3 honk launch. It was embarrassing what that Dakota did to my little 305 V8. That was the first L I was handed in a race. I had a new found respect for those Dakota RT's. Sleeper Trucks.
The same color as mine but with out that full swap nice job. The 5.9 with the Whipple was nice. That right there I would be scared of it for at least 2 weeks 😂
Love the build, I’m an original owner of a 03 Dakota sport quad cab. I believe it was the first year of the 4 door. I want to 392 swap mine. I have 127,000 original miles on the truck with new like interior still But I raptor lined the wholes truck due to California sun baked it
I’m considering doing a hellcat swap on my 03 ram 1500 but I’m worried that it’s not going to have any traction so I was wondering if you have that problem and if you can do anything for it.
This is dope. Only shows me why dakotas are slept on 😂 I’m currently working on an eco diesel swap too my 2005 Dakota. Picking up some Dodge Ram 1500 axles tomorrow and I’m going too do an axle swap for some extra aftermarket support
That's a dream neighborhood 😍 and truck. I was at Moparty and saw you but you were busy talking to other ppl and I didn't want to interfere. But live your trucks brother. Wish I could afford to build one. God bless you and your family.
As a previous owner of a 2nd Gen Dodge Dakota. I love what you did with the interior of this R/T. The engine and all is amazing, and got to say it's sad that Dodge never made a Hell Cat Dakota. There are a lot of fans of this gen of Dakota's, hope they find there way to your channel.
I have a 03 Durango. I'm doing a 2006 charger interior swap. I like the gauges in that model. And it's pretty close to my interior. If your looking for a I'm interior swap in Dakota or Durango. .05 and up charger or you can use a jeep commander interior. Even use the door panels.
I have a 05 1500 4x4 with a bad motor would love to put a hellcat drive train and motor in it to replace that 4.7 set up that would be a great brother project in the garage ;) My 20 yr army veteran father past before Christmas me and him loved wrenching on things modifying it better
For sale?……keep me posted if you ever do please bro please….im in maryland and nobody would ever know till i hit the gas…….lmao…not sure if i would ever put an exhaust on it just so its a sleeper….disclose the HP?????
Need to do a couple good smokey burnouts and then rotate the tires and repeat on the front tires..... Problem solved. I actually had a tire shop tell me to do that to quiet down some really loud and susceptible to vibration because of the aggressive off road tread pattern and this was a dodge 2500 Cummins work truck that sat parked with a 20' trailer quite often and that extra 10000 lbs tended to flat spot the rear tires due to the additional weight and the high heat of the summer making the rubber soft during the day then in the cooler mornings they would be harder and vibrate like hell going down the highway at 6am not exactly a comfortable 3 hours of driving to a job but the solution I was given by the tire shop manager was to power brake it and smoke those tires until I didn't feel that vibration anymore lol
There are at least a handful of hellcats and scatpacks being stolen every night in metro detroit. So I think this would be perfect for me because I like this body style Dakota and thieves wouldn’t be smart enough to know the difference 😂
Nice now you can rack up speeding tickets because the speedometer don't work ..I still get a woody when I hear that whine excellent job more love than shade
Now that bad ass. And never though Of much haha. I swear if I had a good amount of income. I would have two hell cat engines. Then every other month or so I buy a new body frame of a car I want to experiment the engine with haha.
You said pilot point, little town out in the middle of nowhere. I was like hey! Its not in the middle of nowhere i live like 10-15 min maybe even closer haha
I clicked on the video cause I saw the pp town square in the thumbnail,yeah pilot point is definitely a cow town but it has good backroads for speeding
👇HERE IS THE FULL VIDEO SERIES ON HOW THIS TRUCK WAS BUILT 👇
th-cam.com/play/PLv4b0xy-gWlbxeyHqSFYNpejtD-ccSa18.html
What are you in it $ wise? I have a 4x4 3.9 97 Dakota (1 owner) low miles but want to do a swap like this
just clicked on the link above and it says the playlist doesn't exist. Is there a new link to it?
As impressive as the Hellcat engine swap is, I think the interior swap is probably more impressive honestly
Frfr
Agreed, damn impressive.
Most DEFINITELY
Clean and better than what the Dakotas came with 😻
Literally what I was thinking
That is so impressive that you engineered all this to work together. Engine swapping is so much more complicated than it used to be
It's easier to swap these days. You get blank pcms and write whatever you want in them, along with a trans tune. You just have to make sure you have a setup that's compatible with each other.
Yeah once you understand the basics of this it opens your eyes. Anything is possible these days and its not even a matter of just throwing money at research and development. Within this decade, things will be mostly plug and play for the average joe with some basic shop tools.
@Rift33SRT Talk to Russell Drake at sound german automotive. The 8 speed swap is very possible. Needs more custom work on the pre late2013 models but it is doable and has been done.
I think its harder now a days because of all the electrical components. With carb or even early EFI the wiring was minimal compared to the harness’ and components now.
@@jordanspears8043 the wiring is color coded and the hardest part of it is hiding the wires when you are done.
This an extremely clean build. Brand new interior with the old body style. Doesn’t get better than with new American muscle under the hood. If you ever sell your vehicles I’ll definitely be checking this one out
In my opinion i hate the cheap chysler interior theyre all the same so no point in changing it and the silly auto
@@MrJ183 it’s the fact dodge hasn’t done this yet; you have to build this or buy it from someone who did and it’s fully built which it makes it even better so whoever made this could have critiqued everything dodge overlooked
@@MrJ183okay jerry
@@MrJ183 dodge prolly has the best American interior
@@MrJ183 love to see what your driving hahaha
Love how you got the interior to work. I wish the major car brands would offer interior swaps and motor kits for old vehicles to modernize them and make them reliable
It’s not worth it for them, it would cost them more money to make then they would get back
@@peter2213 exactly this comment makes no sense
@@peter2213 doubt it. It could make them millions if American companies were still big into racing they would totally do this.
i wish there were shops who knew what they were doing, and could do a swap like this seamlessly
Seriously, I cant even get a center console conversion in my police pursuit done let alone this lmao.
Its because things like that ypu should really do yourself, shops dont wanna be responsible and they dont wanna here complaints. When its Custom things like that no one else can see the vison you have in your head. Most crazy builds are usually done by the person you wanted done and they team the put together.
My dad had a Dakota Sport when they first came out in that body style, I remember always wanting a single cab 5.9 R/T with the Cervini Sniper Bodykit. Yours definitely is the nicest Dakota on YT maybe even in the states, especially it being A Hellkota. Keep up the good work & shout out from Dallas
I wasn't expecting that interior when you opened the door, looks sooo good. good job dude thing is amazing
I was going to say the same thing. I drive a Dakota and I fully expected to see the same interior I have.
Every time I see this truck in action I am just blown away by how it all works so well. Absolutely in love with the truck man can’t wait till it’s ironed out and going full send.
This makes me want to pour some money into my Dakota R/T! Love seeing this on the channel!
Tires will get flat spots like that from sitting. If you plan on letting it sit for any amount of time consider putting the truck on jack stands. Don't have to take the wheels off, or even get them completely off the ground. Just lifted enough to remove some pressure off the tires. Or air the tires up to max PSI before storing it.
Love the style of the 5.9 R/T minor modifications it’s a fun truck.The dash fitment looks perfect. Bought a wreck and swapped? Cheaper and less labor intensive. Does it have speed sensors for launch and stability control? Sick ride, I’ll be watching.
Many are purchasing homes zoned or with the shops to cut overhang and live simple. Been living that dream almost a decade.
Quick question… On the speedometer, what would it take to get it working again?
Abs sensors. Original hubs didn't have abs sensors in them to read the wheel speed.
If he got stock Dakota wheel bearings with the ABS, he could run them for the front. The rear is where is gets a little complicated because the rear doesn't have 2 speed sensors only 1.
I kinda miss the regular Cali garage content.
However, loving the unexpected. Is he moving to Texas, Florida, Arizona. Is he going to a car meet. Is he getting the Hellkota.. ahh. The possibilities.
My first vehicle ever was a 2001 dodge Dakota this is so awesome to see! I had the v8 magnum but this is awesome!
👍🏼👍🏼🇺🇸 american muscle
BADASS HELLCAT SWAPPED DODGE DAKOTA
I wanna know how you did the interior on this looks so well done
Checkout the full HellKota playlist on this channel
I remember my Bright Silver Metallic 2001 5.9 R/T. Extended cab. Very loosey goosey until the tires warmed up 🤣. Kept it completely stock except for a Flowmaster 40 series catback. I never thought I’d love again. Then you made a Hellkota. SOB.
Glad to see you got the Hellkota out for a jaunt, and hope your real estate deal in AZ comes through for you! Thanks for the cool content man!
Those Dakota trucks are still my favorite Dodge trucks I love my big horn Hemi ram but man those lil Dakota's are mean looking, that must be an insane ride...... Have fun be safe.
The impressive part is that interior … legend
I have a 1999 with a rebuilt engine, new exhaust, new front suspension, and new brake lines (original rusted out), and despite having a tenth of the power of this one I can tell you going for a drive today with the dog was just as satisfying.
Moral of the story, don't get intimidated by big projects like this. You can learn as you go and still take pride in it. As long is you aren't a ricer
Facts!
Its pretty cool to see a hellcat truck.. most people probably wouldnt think to steal that because it looks like a normal one.
Jealous of literally everything in this video. The Dakota, the hellcrate, the neighbors, the shops 🤣 Thing rips man I can’t believe how well everything works.
U sir have earned a new subscriber today!! Awesome truck super clean af!
Thanks brother! I see your name. I started out building Hondas 😁
My buddy Keenan would have loved this truck!! Great build, and thanks for the trip down memory lane.🍻
Saw this truck at my local cat meet this thing is another level of beautiful
The exhaust sounds really good.
I used to have one of those…not the hellcat, but a 03 Dakota R/T single cab, short bed. I miss that truck. Terrible on gas mileage, but was amazing to drive.
Watched everything start to finish… amazing work John!!!
Thanks brother! 💪
so happy you got her back up n runnin on the street
Check out the door cards and dash end caps b is for build just did in today’s episode. Would be good ideas any way
Change the location of the hellcat emblem to center how oem looks; it’ll change the look
I bought an RT Dakota brand new in 2000. I wish I still had it
Dude has a whole garage full of my dream cars. Love it
I have a white RT Dakota single cab and man love your truck !!!!!!!!!!!
Crazy how I was looking at a Dakota last week and said “damn this would make a killer sleeper” and next thing you know your video shows up crazyyy !! 😂I think my phones listening to my convos and Texas is a nice place to be 😢
Hopefully you get a house in that neighborhood that's my dream neighborhood too now lol
Is a Dakota Drift Build Possible?
I desperately need the links to the headlights and the drop kit, lol. Mines already dropped, but I feel like the previous owner cut the springs and took some leave springs out.
you got my sub love the build a nice little dakota kitty
I LOVE this truck!! I miss my dakota r/t sooo much 😢
Love those little 1/4 throttle pulls 😉 I can tell your just sneezing on that throttle, she rowdy as hell bro!
Dude! Imagine building a brother to that truck! Same color but a 4-door 4x4 with a hellcat motor and a stick shift(better for pulling) and a trx interior! And a trailer of course so u could haul this one with the 5-door. Just a random idea!
Low this truck remember when he dropped the engine in and there was no interior at all and now this thing is freaking beautiful! Great job man! I bet that was a shit ton of time and effort good on you 👌
Thanks brother I appreciate it!!!
First video I saw in your channel. My grandpa had Dakota red color. He loved his truck he barely drove it only to go to check his crops in Mexico. Builds like this what I enjoy watching. Cheers from California
Must have been happy to take the KOTA out for a rip and I’m sure you missed it while you were away!!!! Hopefully you’ll be getting some good news from AZ I’m hoping so!!!! See you in the next video!!!,
What happened to the mirror mirror adjuster? If I may ask. I'm assuming the BCM delete.
This basically the modern day srt10 just no viper engine
Checkout our new project truck we just picked up! Single cab ram hellcat swap 😈
THATS A SWEET TRUCK. I HAD THE SAME TRUCK STOCK AND THAT THING SMOKED THE TIRES. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THAT ONE DOES.. WELL DONE!!
Thanks David! Checkout the full series on this channel how we built it 💪
Amazon sells a nice set of headlights for 80 bucks I just didn't hook up my side marker they look the same but all clear black housing nice headlights for the money I've had them for almost 2 years still look brand new
💪🏽😋 my favorite build the almighty 🙌🏼 hellkota.
#BSTEDMTRSPRTS 100k soon
Shop-0-rama🤳《☆》👍✔Nice rips Brother🖖🤓🏈
Even the full dash in that truck?! That thing is badass dude!
Bro you did all that work and couldn’t get a speedometer goin I had to stop the vid it bothered me so.
Lol ok
@@BoostedMotorsports Fr man you could downloaded a app on the phone and had it laying there been better then nothing
#HELLKOTA FTW..
🤔🚫🧢🚙💨💯💪🌮👊
Truck looks good sounds unbelievable I can never get enough of the hellkota you are inspiring me to get my 1998 dakota out of the garage it's been in storage since 2000
Why you did you hide her
@@derricebarbosa6740 at the time I purchased her my job sent me traveling state to state
How many miles
@@lilb5408 725
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Just found the channel recently and caught up, absolutely impressive work. It has me intrigued for a hellcat swap on my charger I have a 5.7 Daytona. Been reading some forums and looking at auctions of damaged/wrecked hellcats and my question is once you acquire the complete set of components are there any shops in the nyc/nj/pa that have experience with a hellcat swap?
Nice,what intake is on it just curious
I'll never forget when this kid in High School (03) had a Dakota with a 5.7 in it and he had Flows on it. I thought I was untouchable when it came to trucks, V6s, and 4 cylinders in my 86 Z28. We lined'em right outside of the School on a long street named Forney. We did a 3 honk launch. It was embarrassing what that Dakota did to my little 305 V8. That was the first L I was handed in a race. I had a new found respect for those Dakota RT's. Sleeper Trucks.
Nice to the blue beast back in action. Please add the links when you haveva moment, thanks.
Looking like Carey hart
The same color as mine but with out that full swap nice job. The 5.9 with the Whipple was nice. That right there I would be scared of it for at least 2 weeks 😂
Will the speedometer work eventually??
Yes sir
Love the build,
I’m an original owner of a 03 Dakota sport quad cab. I believe it was the first year of the 4 door.
I want to 392 swap mine. I have 127,000 original miles on the truck with new like interior still
But I raptor lined the wholes truck due to California sun baked it
I’m considering doing a hellcat swap on my 03 ram 1500 but I’m worried that it’s not going to have any traction so I was wondering if you have that problem and if you can do anything for it.
Beavis, is that you?
I know a few neighborhood where i live at in texas that have those Shops in the driveway. Wanna be my neighbor👀😂
Imagine pulling up in a red light with a hellcat 😅
Just a matter of time. They everywhere. Right now at least..
The fact that it’s a full interior swap is next level
This is dope. Only shows me why dakotas are slept on 😂 I’m currently working on an eco diesel swap too my 2005 Dakota. Picking up some Dodge Ram 1500 axles tomorrow and I’m going too do an axle swap for some extra aftermarket support
That's a dream neighborhood 😍 and truck. I was at Moparty and saw you but you were busy talking to other ppl and I didn't want to interfere. But live your trucks brother. Wish I could afford to build one. God bless you and your family.
As a previous owner of a 2nd Gen Dodge Dakota. I love what you did with the interior of this R/T. The engine and all is amazing, and got to say it's sad that Dodge never made a Hell Cat Dakota. There are a lot of fans of this gen of Dakota's, hope they find there way to your channel.
I have a 03 Durango. I'm doing a 2006 charger interior swap. I like the gauges in that model. And it's pretty close to my interior. If your looking for a I'm interior swap in Dakota or Durango. .05 and up charger or you can use a jeep commander interior. Even use the door panels.
great video! awesome channe,l new to your channel. had a 92. dakota and a 04 dakota. love em. LOVE your truck very cool!! great build . love from NJ
Hey man what’s wrong with the speedometer? Anyways sick build bro.
I have a 05 1500 4x4 with a bad motor would love to put a hellcat drive train and motor in it to replace that 4.7 set up that would be a great brother project in the garage ;) My 20 yr army veteran father past before Christmas me and him loved wrenching on things modifying it better
For sale?……keep me posted if you ever do please bro please….im in maryland and nobody would ever know till i hit the gas…….lmao…not sure if i would ever put an exhaust on it just so its a sleeper….disclose the HP?????
Dodge will be calling you in a couple days
Haha that would be cool! 😁 #chiefdonutmaker
Need to do a couple good smokey burnouts and then rotate the tires and repeat on the front tires..... Problem solved. I actually had a tire shop tell me to do that to quiet down some really loud and susceptible to vibration because of the aggressive off road tread pattern and this was a dodge 2500 Cummins work truck that sat parked with a 20' trailer quite often and that extra 10000 lbs tended to flat spot the rear tires due to the additional weight and the high heat of the summer making the rubber soft during the day then in the cooler mornings they would be harder and vibrate like hell going down the highway at 6am not exactly a comfortable 3 hours of driving to a job but the solution I was given by the tire shop manager was to power brake it and smoke those tires until I didn't feel that vibration anymore lol
Would be awesome to get that thing a matching camper shell or tonneau cover!
Was thinking my 4x4, possible? I might be dreaming. It’s a 95 so hellcat or old school 426
There are at least a handful of hellcats and scatpacks being stolen every night in metro detroit. So I think this would be perfect for me because I like this body style Dakota and thieves wouldn’t be smart enough to know the difference 😂
Imagine if this gentleman make this Dakota the ultimate Dakota OVERLAND build how awesome would be
I really love this truck. I have been watching the build since 2020. If you ever want to sell it. Please contact me. Name your price.
John you didn't mention if you have changed your factory rear end 3.91 gear?
Bruh, I've followed this series from the beginning, now you're ripping it around my home town when I'm out of state 😭😭😭😂
Just subscribed, gonna go back and watch the build here tomorrow after work. Shit is SICK man nice work!
I had a Dakota R/T and I kick myself in the butt every day for selling it. 😢
Duuuuuude, come be my neighbor. I'm only 1.5 hrs from Pilot Point, in Caddo Mills.
Nice now you can rack up speeding tickets because the speedometer don't work ..I still get a woody when I hear that whine excellent job more love than shade
Pilot point Texas... Is right down the road from my hometown Whitesboro TX. Where are yall located
How come I can never find a dodge enthusiast bro ever body I talk to hates dodge... I need help with my ram 1500
Im debating getting a 2024 Durango RT in this color. vs Destroyer Grey
did that girl just make a horse noise
That was the guy 🤣
Now that bad ass. And never though Of much haha. I swear if I had a good amount of income. I would have two hell cat engines.
Then every other month or so I buy a new body frame of a car I want to experiment the engine with haha.
I want to do this with my 1st gen so bad... might settle for 6.4 swap and restore original interior
You said pilot point, little town out in the middle of nowhere. I was like hey! Its not in the middle of nowhere i live like 10-15 min maybe even closer haha
I clicked on the video cause I saw the pp town square in the thumbnail,yeah pilot point is definitely a cow town but it has good backroads for speeding