diesel dakota ?
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diesel dakota ?
Were any Dakotas ever sold with a diesel engine? Has anyone put a diesel in a Dakota that you'll like to tell us about? Do the full size Rams with the cummins 6 cylinder diesel use the same transmissions as the gas V6 and V8 Rams? Would a 4 cylinder cummins bolt in?
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RE: diesel dakota ?
no dakotas never came with a diesel. if they did I would probly have one right now.
one of my buddies put a 3.9 cummins in his jeep camanche. and that thing sounds so sweet. and since theres hardly any wires for them, its a pretty easy swap if you know what your doing.
one of my buddies put a 3.9 cummins in his jeep camanche. and that thing sounds so sweet. and since theres hardly any wires for them, its a pretty easy swap if you know what your doing.
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RE: diesel dakota ?
Do the diesel Rams use the same trannies and bellhousings as the gas Rams? I was wondering if a 4 cylinder Cummins would bolt in place of a 6 cylinder Cummins. The 4 cylinder Cummins would be a nice engine in a Dakota.
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Do the diesel Rams use the same trannies and bellhousings as the gas Rams?
Do the diesel Rams use the same trannies and bellhousings as the gas Rams?
IIRC, the automatic transmission for the Cummins has a 47RE or 48RE. (or RH in the older Rams)
The manual transmission for the Cummins is probably the NV4500 or NV5600.
But, I don't know for sure, keep that in mind.
And with the power a Cummins can put out, I definitly wouldn't put a V6 tranny behind a Cummins. A V8 tranny would be better, probably good enough for a stock I4 Cummins. Probably wouldn't be bad to modify the transmissions before you drop it in.