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Help finding R/T engine for 3.9L swap

Old Dec 13, 2008 | 05:24 PM
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Default Help finding R/T engine for 3.9L swap

Does anyone know any business or person that is selling a R/t engine for a swap and engine date would preferrably be around a 1998
 
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Old Dec 13, 2008 | 07:07 PM
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check auto wreckers or people parting out.
 
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Old Dec 13, 2008 | 07:09 PM
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any dakota 5.9 engine between 98-03 will work. You could do the same with a 5.9 from a ram but you will have to change oil pans. check local junkyards.
if you have a ton of money buy a crate engine from hughesengines.com or something. they're all over the place really, it just depends how much you wanna spend
 
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Old Dec 13, 2008 | 07:25 PM
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yeah you have some pretty good options out there to make it happen.
 
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Old Dec 14, 2008 | 01:38 PM
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Last year when I had my 3.9 I was looking for 5.9's and they were harder to find then you think.
 
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Old Dec 14, 2008 | 01:53 PM
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i found about 10 of these engines locally only one was from an r/t but of course this is in canada oh, and the r/t had the most millage (100k miles about) but i got it dirt cheap with comp and harness 800 bucks canadian.
 
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