How hard is it to do a engine swap on a 2000 2wd with a 3.9
and make it a R/T or just put the 5.9 in it ?

 

The R/T has a totally different suspension set up as urs, and if you wanted to drop in a 5.9 you would need the wiring, a computer, engine mounts (I think), and finally the engine itself. Im sure there is some other stuff needed that someone else here will tell ya. Hope this Helps ya out.

 

Agreed... however the front end could be beefed up with v8 springs.

 

Will the 3.9l tranny be able to handel the 5.9 with out killing it?

 

thanks for the help

 

and of cource youl need all the extras the engine probely wont have on it like water pump, alternator, headers, ect ect.

 

I thought once that I would put a v10 in my DAK. Yes, I said v10. I got a couple of estimates from local hot rod shops and it was close to what the total value of the truck was!!! A number of years ago I dropped a chevy 350 in a S-10 and the little things, springs, shocks, special mounts, drive shaft, etc, kept adding up the price until it was way over what I had planned. Then I moved to a county that required pollution inspections and it woud have taken a bunch more $$ to get it to pass so I sold it for half of what I had in it. Moral of this long story is that it may be cheaper to sell what you have and get a DAK that was 5.9 from the factory.

 

Did I not already reply to this thread? I swear my posts randomly vanish.


You'll need engine, tranny, cooling system, motor mounts, perhaps k-member, driveshaft, rear axle, possibly master cyl, suspension, wiring harness, and ecu.