any bodydropped 2nd gen rams?

its getting to a point where i need to decide if i'm goin to bd my truck or not...

how low can i go until i run into cowl issues? and can they be fixed while retaining wipers? any other complications on the rams?

I talked to the chick with the white one that got featured, and she said she ran with the 350, so she wouldnt have her engine poppin through the hood, butI'm wonderin the same. I'd never do itmyself, that's me though. Hellbent ismost likely goin to do mine

the hood isnt the issue, its the wiper cowl thats the problem. the 350 is a nice swap, its cheap, fits good and parts are readily available plus you can run maunal gauges like a speedo and tach which allow you to ditch the factory rear end for something like a for 9" from a older f-150 which is 4" narrower already with the same bolt pattern. Either way it sucks but if it were my ram i would build a sfbd frame with out all the stupid bends like the factory one has and at the same time make a new front suspension for it that gets less camber and tow issues throughout its travel i would also build new motor mounts to hold either a 350 or my prefrence a ls6 mated with a F.A.S.T setup *boner*. the hard part is going to be keeping wipers because of the position of the arms in relation to the rop of the air cleaner, if you pull off the black trim piece you can see what i mean because the intake is like 1-2" from the cowl and to bd it to the rockers is like 3.75 i believe but im not 100% sure.

Edited: 1/7/2007 12:38:40 PM by Low_SST

im one of these people on aim they both are bding or have bd'd their ramsbobbie owns that white bd ram.

ChicsDragToo - bobbielIcK sO5 - abe

well my truck is bd 2 3/4inches it lays the pinch weld flat on the ground and we backhalfed the truck to retain the stock depth bed floor and the cab floor is stock too COMPLETLY STOCK! we measured what it was going to take to make the truck lay and narrowed the frame rails that much and then boxed it and lowered the mounts which was like 2 3/4 inches your biggest problem will be your control arms

and as far as the motor coming thru the hood thats bull just notch the wiper cowl and loose one wiper and run a cold air intake we modified the flange that bolts to the throttle body but thats no big deal just go to cutting man!

I kept both wipers but need to find a cold air intake that will fit (slim design) under the completely stock hood...and I'm runnin 22x with 265 series tires in front and back

we took the airraid intake and cut off the tube and welded it to a piece of pipe that was the same diameter that way it could be as slim as you want

You might want to try a reagular round k&n filter it fits the throttle body perfect and you can run a short filter.

where can I get one and any model number?