I was wondering what kinda motor swaps we can do with the dakotas? I was wanting to get rid 3.9L V6

 

If I"m not mistaken the the 3.9 is the same base as the 5.2 and the 5.9 so I think that would be your best bet to look into. I'm not positive though.

 

hey man, all i suggest from experience is don't go with the 5.2 because before i bought my 2000 dakota sport, i had a '91 dakota with a 5.2 in it. even though i bought the truck with 48,000 miles on and sold it with 73,000, the 5.2 just seemed to be sluggish when accerating and at times a little weak on power at times i thought. my new dakota has the 4.7 and i just LOVE it, it is very snappy and has all kinds of power and it only has 286 cu. in. compared to the 318 5.2.