bagging & body droping a 81 crew cab Dually & cummins swap

I'm going with a 12v 6BT myself LOL. The 6BT can be done fairly cheap and still get 20mpg. I just had a thread about it on this forum actually. It's under mod tech I think. The thread was called "Which engine swap to do". I figured for my truck I can buy an entire late 80's to 96' dodge truck and have everything I need laying there to switch over. I can find an entire truck in my area with a cummins for about 3g-5g. After you get everything you need there's still lots of parts to sell of and your old drive train. So everything considered I think the investment is well worth it also.

I did some math on the subject also and figured out it would take about 15k-20k miles to pay off the swap and start saving money. And that's if you don't part out or sell any of your left over parts and if you do everything the more expensive way.

Also there is a sick link someone posted on that engine thread I mentioned above. You have to check it out when you get a chance. It's a guy building a dope ass bourban on a full tube chassis with a cummins.

sweet man thanks for the info ill go look that up now just sucks i start my internship wed so i wont get a pay check for 4 weeks

well i have been really busy with school and my new job so i have not been one here in some time but ill be starting back up on the dually the long wait is now over i got my drop member today in the mail time to get my ass back in gear and get this truck done

well i got a pic of my a arms done today and they look sick cant wait to get them and start putting my front end back together

Ahh yeah just know that I dont like you.

i would love to find that on my door step when i got home..

Your making me mad to!! Showing off all of these new parts!!
In all seriousness that drop member looks sick. Are those Michigan Metalworks arms??
Going to be sick when it's done for sure. With everything I've got going on right now, and your new found motivation with your new parts arriving I think you'll definetly beat me now. I'm going to have to get my ass in gear on my truck now.

haha i just dont have time to work on it im working 7 days a week now to make the money im working 10 hr days m-f 2hrs ot every day and 12hrs ot Saturday and 12 hrs double time on Sunday then im working 4th of july 10 double time so i can finlly buy all my parts i need and i got something in mind for my rear end how im going to bag it

well i come home today from work and found my a-arms on my door step and i say the pics do them no justice they are fucking sick. and i started to cut my frame horns off to get them dropped then i can start putting this best back to gather

sweet batch of parts!

You STILL have to Z the frame that much after the dropmember? Thats all the guys Z the frame, even without the DM...I am confused.

I thought for a square dually, 2x4 box tubing under cab, cut off excess lower frame portion, Z 4". Arms and spindles. I was hoping to SFBD mine with a D/M and get close to the rocker without a Z. That Sux.