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Car Forum / Dodge / Dodge Trucks / January 20082000 dakota engine swap
i have a 2000 dakota with a 4.7 and it needs to be replaced. can i swap the 4.7 with a 5.9 without much trouble? -- Message posted using http://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/alt.autos.dodge.trucks/ More information at http://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html >i have a 2000 dakota with a 4.7 and it needs to be replaced. can i swap the > 4.7 with a 5.9 without much trouble? According to some here, a engine swap is taboo. <GBMFG> >i have a 2000 dakota with a 4.7 and it needs to be replaced. can i swap the >4.7 with a 5.9 without much trouble? Just a guess, but I'd think that the computers were different? mac Please remove splinters before emailing > >i have a 2000 dakota with a 4.7 and it needs to be replaced. can i swap the > >4.7 with a 5.9 without much trouble? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Please remove splinters before emailing I think the block is different too. JAM >> Just a guess, but I'd think that the computers were different? > > I think the block is different too. Now that's funny.  SignatureKen LOL >>> Just a guess, but I'd think that the computers were different? >> >> I think the block is different too. > > Now that's funny. >> >i have a 2000 dakota with a 4.7 and it needs to be replaced. can i swap the >> >4.7 with a 5.9 without much trouble? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >JAM No sh.t? Might be why they're different engines, too, ya think? mac Please remove splinters before emailing > >> >i have a 2000 dakota with a 4.7 and it needs to be replaced. can i swap the > >> >4.7 with a 5.9 without much trouble? [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Please remove splinters before emailing Not like the old 318 and 360. They were the same block. There will be much trouble trying to sub a 5.9 for a 4.7. I wouldn't recommend it, unless you have nothing better to do with your time. JAM >> >> >i have a 2000 dakota with a 4.7 and it needs to be replaced. can i >> >> >swap the 4.7 with a 5.9 without much trouble? [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > JAM have some real fun and cram a viper v10 under the hood. <GBMFG> SignatureChris >i have a 2000 dakota with a 4.7 and it needs to be replaced. can i swap the > 4.7 with a 5.9 without much trouble? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > http://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/alt.autos.dodge.trucks/ > More information at http://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html the 5.9 will fit under the hood but there will be a few difficulties. pcm and motor mounts will have to change and possibly the transmission. what tranny do you have. a good many parts will interchange between the two. your current radiator, alternator, a/c compressor, etc should swap over. rather than the 5.9 liter 360 have you considered a 5.2 liter 318 swap? that would actually be easier and give you plenty of power to move a dakota about town. there are tons of dakotas with 318's in the junkyards so tracking down parts would be easier. try this url http://www.engine-swaps.com/ they have parts to even help you shoehorn a 440 into a dakota. IMHO the 5.2 would be the most bang for the buck in a dakota. michael > and motor mounts will have to change and possibly the transmission. Definitely the transmission. He's got a 45RFE, which isn't going to bolt up to an LA block. He'll need a 4xRE (not to mention a 45RFE isn't going to work with a PCM for a 5.2/5.9, either). >> and motor mounts will have to change and possibly the transmission. > > Definitely the transmission. He's got a 45RFE, which isn't going to bolt > up to an LA block. He'll need a 4xRE (not to mention a 45RFE isn't going > to work with a PCM for a 5.2/5.9, either). i was pretty sure of that, but not 100%. i have never owned one of those newfangledy small v-8's. i bet finding a salvaged dakota with a 5.2 for a donor vehicle would be easy enough though. both of my dakotas have the magnum v-6 and if they ever get tired i am going to just rebuild the stock blocks and just add a some wheaties to them. the combination of fuel mileage and dependability of my two dakotas would be foolish to change too much. when i need extra ponys i just hop into one of my full size trucks. michael > i have a 2000 dakota with a 4.7 and it needs to be replaced. can i swap the > 4.7 with a 5.9 without much trouble? > > -- > Message posted using http://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/alt.autos.dodge.trucks/ > More information at http://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html Possibly. The 5.9 was a factory option, so you know it will fit. The best way to do a swap like that is to find a donor that you can pull all the parts from. There were very few Dakotas built in 2000 with a 5.9, so finding a donor might be tough. OTOH, there are lots of 5.9 Rams built. The motor mounts might be differant, but the rest of the parts should be pretty much the same. The transmissions were distinctly differant between the 4.7 and 5.9. The 4.7 had a 5 speed, with 2 second gears and an OD. The 5.9 had a simple 4 speed OD. They probably bolt up without problems, but the ECU's will be differant. You'll probably need the donor trans as well. Signature.boB 2006 FXDI hot rod 2001 Dodge Dakota QC 5.9/4x4/3.92 1966 Mustang Coupe - Daily Driver 1965 FFR Cobra - 427W EFI, Damn Fast. > i have a 2000 dakota with a 4.7 and it needs to be replaced. can i swap the > 4.7 with a 5.9 without much trouble? Even if it is possible, do you really want to feed that much fuel into it? I had a '02 Dakota 5.9 and it was slightly better than 12MPG. Now I have a '99 Grand Cherokee 4.7L and I like the 4.7 better. Better mileage. More top end power but less low end grunt. Of course, it will cost a lot more to rebuild the 4.7 when it wears out, which might be why you asked the question to begin with. If you get a crashed donor truck and have enough time, it can certainly be done, but there has to be better alternatives. |
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