Re: Hell-Fire! I bought a V-8

From: andy levy (andy-dml@levyclan.us)
Date: Sun Jul 13 2003 - 10:16:09 EDT


Joe Lenceski wrote:

>
> I just bought a 5.2L engine( not a Magnum) on Ebay for $39 and it runs!
> I plan on rebuiding the engine and swapping it with the 3.9L I currently
> have in my 1987 Dakota w/ 5spd manual transmission. I have some
> questions: 1. Is the stock transmission that came with the truck going
> to bolt right up to my new engine. 2. If the tranny does bolt right up,
> will it handle the extra torque and horsepower, or will this result in
> catastrophic failure of the drivetrain/engine? 3. There is some kind of
> rigid, polycarbonate box with no fewer than 16 wires protruding from it
> on the passenger side of said vehicle. Intuition tells me this is some
> kind of early generation computer. Can I just do away with this? 4.
> Wiring harness, can I use the same or modify it to be effective on new
> engine? 5. Motor mounts, will the same ones in current position work or
> do they need to be repositioned, or new motor mounts completely? There
> will be many more questions ahead. These are all I can think of at the
> moment. Thank you for taking the time to read my post.

Missed one thing. You will have to ditch the engine-driven fan and put
in a thin (or a couple thin) electrics. There is *no* room in that
engine compartment for a V8 and a clutch fan.

You'd have discovered this anyway but better to know beforehand.

-- 
-andy

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