2000 dakota engine swap
From : rekelley
Q: 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 -- more information at http//www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html .
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From : roy
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 .
From : mac davis
on wed 09 jan 2008 174840 -0500 rekelley ronkelley1@netzero.com wrote 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 id think that the computers were different mac please remove splinters before emailing .
From : tom lawrence
and motor mounts will have to change and possibly the transmission. definitely the transmission. hes got a 45rfe which isnt going to bolt up to an la block. hell need a 4xre not to mention a 45rfe isnt going to work with a pcm for a 5.2/5.9 either. .
From : nunya
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 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 318s 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 .
From : bob
rekelley wrote 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 -- 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 ecus will be differant. youll probably need the donor trans as well. -- ..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. .
From : nunya
and motor mounts will have to change and possibly the transmission. definitely the transmission. hes got a 45rfe which isnt going to bolt up to an la block. hell need a 4xre not to mention a 45rfe isnt 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-8s. 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 .
From : bill dukenfield
mac davis wrote on wed 09 jan 2008 174840 -0500 rekelley ronkelley1@netzero.com wrote 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 id think that the computers were different mac please remove splinters before emailing i think the block is different too. jam .
From : nosey
bill dukenfield wrote just a guess but id think that the computers were different i think the block is different too. now thats funny. -- ken .
From : scootter
lol bill dukenfield wrote just a guess but id think that the computers were different i think the block is different too. now thats funny. -- ken .
From : mac davis
on sat 12 jan 2008 015057 gmt bill dukenfield billdukenfield@nospam.net wrote mac davis wrote on wed 09 jan 2008 174840 -0500 rekelley ronkelley1@netzero.com wrote 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 id think that the computers were different mac please remove splinters before emailing i think the block is different too. jam no shit might be why theyre different engines too ya think mac please remove splinters before emailing .
From : bill dukenfield
mac davis wrote on sat 12 jan 2008 015057 gmt bill dukenfield billdukenfield@nospam.net wrote mac davis wrote on wed 09 jan 2008 174840 -0500 rekelley ronkelley1@netzero.com wrote 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 id think that the computers were different mac please remove splinters before emailing i think the block is different too. jam no shit might be why theyre different engines too ya think mac 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 wouldnt recommend it unless you have nothing better to do with your time. jam .
From : christopher d thompson
on sun 13 jan 2008 184946 +0000 bill dukenfield wrote mac davis wrote on sat 12 jan 2008 015057 gmt bill dukenfield billdukenfield@nospam.net wrote mac davis wrote on wed 09 jan 2008 174840 -0500 rekelley ronkelley1@netzero.com wrote 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 id think that the computers were different mac please remove splinters before emailing i think the block is different too. jam no shit might be why theyre different engines too ya think mac 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 wouldnt recommend it unless you have nothing better to do with your time. jam have some real fun and cram a viper v10 under the hood. gbmfg -- chris .
From : the reverend natural light
on jan 9 548 pm rekelley ronkelle...@netzero.com wrote 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. .
From : bill dukenfield
christopher d. thompson wrote renewed it under the spirits inspiration after it had been destroyed by the violence of the deluge as after the destruction of jerusalem by the babylonian storming of it every document of the jewish literature is generally agreed to have been restored through ezra. 114eusebius ecclesiastical history v. viii. 14. god was glorified and the scriptures were recognized as truly divine for they all rendered the same things in the same words and the same names from beginning to end so that even the heathen who were present knew that the scriptures had been translated by the inspiration of god. and it is no marvel that god did this for when the scriptures had been destroyed in the captivity of the people in the days of nebuchadnezzar and the jews had gone back to their country after seventy years then in the times of artaxerxes the king of the persians he inspired ezra the priest of the tribe of levi to restore all the sayings of the prophets who had gone before and to restore to the people the law given by moses. this is pascals re ignorant superstition nothing more. jam .
From : christopher d thompson
on mon 14 jan 2008 224840 +0000 christopher d. thompson wrote renewed it under the spirits inspiration after it had been destroyed by the violence of the deluge as after the destruction of jerusalem by the babylonian storming of it every document of the jewish literature is generally agreed to have been restored through ezra. 114eusebius ecclesiastical history v. viii. 14. god was glorified and the scriptures were recognized as truly divine for they all rendered the same things in the same words and the same names from beginning to end so that even the heathen who were present knew that the scriptures had been translated by the inspiration of god. and it is no marvel that god did this for when the scriptures had been destroyed in the captivity of the people in the days of nebuchadnezzar and the jews had gone back to their country after seventy years then in the times of artaxerxes the king of the persians he inspired ezra the priest of the tribe of levi to restore all the sayings of the prophets who had gone before and to restore to the people the law given by moses. this is pascals re i did not post this dont know why its showing as from me unless someone is hyjacking my name and nospam fake email. -- chris .