Re: Engine Swap Help Needed

From: Michael Maskalans (dml@tepidcola.com)
Date: Mon Apr 03 2006 - 16:13:56 EDT


On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, MD Vmax wrote:

> I'm just throwing this out there to see if anyone has
> any other ideas. I recently purchased a 00 R/T that
> had done a little roof racing.
>
> http://www.dakota-durango.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16309

looks like a nice score.

>
> The plan is to swap the engine into my Jeep Wrangler.
> The mounts, tranny, exhaust and all the standard stuff
> is pretty straight forward but I've run into a
> compatability issue with the computers.
>
> It seems the Dakota (2000) uses a CCD bus where my
> Jeep (2002) uses a PCI making the Dakota computer and
> the Jeep body incompatable. Monday I intend to call B
> & G and see it they can flash the Jeep PCM with the
> 5.9 program. If so, I sound be in business. If not,
> I'm looking at replacing the IP and the airbag control
> module in the Jeep with a 2000 or older one.
>
if a '97 Wrangler happens to use CCD and an '02 Ram uses PCI, you might be
my new best friend

> So, do this sound logical, anyone have an easier way
> to go about this?
>
might be easier for both of us. Maybe we can help each other out on our
swaps.

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