If you can find a way to make it work, you will go down in the DML
records as the greatest Dak modder ever (sorry Will, Jon & Bernd). It
barely fits into the Ram's engine bay. It's a 5.9L Inline-6, making it
very long. It's also a beast, weighing in at over half a ton, I
believe.
You'd need to replace the entire drivetrain, plus make massive changes
to the chassis to support it all, and relocate the firewall, which means
interior reconstruction.
Daks made for Brazil (and probably other SA nations) have the option of
a factory diesel. If you can find one of those (with transmission and
everything else) you'll have much better luck.
Lance Russell wrote:
>
> To everyone,
> Would putting a 5.9L Cummins 24V Diesel engine in the Dak give better
> MPG? With a higher compression ratio than the Magnum 5.9L engine I would
> think it would. The Cummins has about the same HP but at a lower RPM range,
> and much more torque and an extremely lower RPM. The Dodge page does not
> list any Fuel Economy listings since EPA does not rate vehicles over 8500
> GVW. It would be a costly upgrade I am sure. You would probably have to
> swap the tranny along with the eng and possibly the rear end? I dont know.
> I am no where close to being an expert, but just wondering if it would be
> possible and if it would produce the desired effect (Lower MPG).
>
> Lance Russell
-- -andy http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/ --- andylevy@bigfoot.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic. ----------------------------------------------------------------
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 12:01:26 EDT