I bought a 95 dodge 1500 a couple of months ago. It has a 5.2 liter in it right now with about 170,000 miles on it. I think it will be needing a overhaul in the near future and was wondering how much work it is to put a 5.9 in the truck instead. Will I have to get alot of new stuff or will the old fit?

 

The only thing you have to change is the PCM..

 

170000 miles on those engines isnt a lot anymore either, i have a 5.9 with 180000 miles on it it uses a liter of oil every oil change and still runs strong, i would start with bolt ons for you motor, some of which will be able to be used on the 5.9 you plan on swaping in, such things as an air intake, exhaust, i sugest flowmaster 40 series, both motors share many parts

 

If it aint broke dont fix it, run that 318 till it craps itself and then drop a 360 in it

 

Run the 318 for another 200,000 then worry about an engine swap.

 

+1. and trust me they are very hard to kill as long as you keep oil in them. I know a guy who changed his oil every 20,000 miles and it never died, then he sold it and the other dude is still cranking around in it. unfreakinbelievable

 

yea man, there not the most powerful motors stock, but they ****ing last forever, super reliable, never stop, its actually kinda funny

 

If you do decide to do the 318 to 360 swap there are only 3 parts that are different. You must use a 360 crankshaft damper and a 36- flex plate. These are required because the 318 is an internally balanced engine and the 360 is an externally balanced engine. The balancing for the 360 is in the damper and flexplate. The 318 parts wil lfit, but you'l ltear the engine to pieces running it.

The last piece is a 360 engine computer for the 95 1500. The 318 computers fuel curves wil ladjust to the 360 requirements in time, but the 360 computer will work much better.

Otherwise everything else matches up exactly.

 

of if you like to have a little fun with the 318 drop a 360 pcm into it ..

 

Have you done that?