This is just my two cents, but.....
If you are going thru the trouble of swapping in the magnum, I would spend
the extra time and cash to fit the newer computer and fuel
system............including the tank and fuel pump, etc.........
The magnum engine is a JUMP from the old one, and the engine was built and
tuned to run with the newer stuff............you may not be able to get the
newer engine to run right with the older stuff...........and if you do
you'll never get the HP that the newer ngine was designed to put
out............
I don't know.........seems like you have a lot to gain if you were to do
so............
Again, just my $.02.............
At 02:41 AM 11/23/01, you wrote:
>Hello, list.
>
>We need a little assistance. We have a 1990 Dodge Dakota with a V6 3.9L
>engine, throttle body/carburator fuel injection system. The engine is
>getting very tired, and we picked up a 1998 V6 Magnum with port fuel
>injection. Because of computer incompatability we can't just toss the old
>one and drop the new one in. We decided to use the main part of the new
>engine and the old throttle body. We've sadly discovered that we can't
>readily do that either. The 98 throttle body mounts with bolts that go
>straight up and down. The old 90 block accomodates the throttle body with
>bolts going in on an angle. There is apparently an adapter (part #
>P524950?). Does anyone have a line on where we might be able to get this,
>relatively inexpensively (aka cheap)? And has anyone had the thrill of
>doing such a swap, and could give us some tips and warnings?
>
>Cheers
>
>Judy
>
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