bodydrop/stock hood

Any 97-03 v8 dakotas bodydropped with the stock hood? Has anyone sectioned their oilpan and lowered their motor? Need to replace my hood that's bent and the new one is not going to fit I'm pretty sure. I don't want to cut a hole in the hood. Any help is appreciated.

im gonna do a body drop i dont think i will have to do anything like that i have the 3.9 and my from is already z'd so it lays frame now nothing touches but side frame rails i bight have to cut the hood a lil depending on how low i go i want it to lay door and i think thats how its gonna be no pinch at all

thats going to suck if you have to do all of that though

Anyone sectioned the intake manifold before or know of one shorter then factory?

the K&N intake gives you like 1/2 inch more clearance but other than that ther isnt any manifolds that are shorter than stock most are taller for more performance you could lower the motor down a good 1" to 1 1/2" before you should need to section the pan sorry i couldnt help out more

I already drag the drain plug so the pan would have to be sectioned before any lowering could happen.

I'm pretty sure with the 3.9 motors you only have 3.5 quarts of oil in the motor w/filter... so if you section the pan I suggest you do some sort of system to keep the little amount of oil circulating.

I have a 5.2 and I planned on relocating the oil filter to help some either way.

dude can you do what i said on custom dakotas im not sure its too cold to be fartin with my truck to look at it but like i said have the top if your in take milled down a lil might help
or can you even do that ??? i dont know just sounded good when i thought of it