Bought my truck a while ago and got a build sheet for it and all that.. The truck came with a 5.9 in it but today i found out that the guy i bought it from dropped a 5.2 in it, he said it wont make a difference but i doubt it. Kind of sucks because now all my plans for upgrading it (mods, headers, etc) are out the window. Now i know why my truck is so slow.. kind of sucks

 

beef up your 5.2. Plenty of guys here have mods on there 5.2 and theyll agree its anything but slow.

 

but its a truck built for a 5.9

 

The 5.9 and 5.2 are very similar. You might find a lot of your upgrades may work for both.

 

its only off by .7

 

Shouldnt be much of a difference. Tranny maybe? Front shocks for diff weight? prolly not. Basically the same ram. Sure minor differences, but still not that big of a difference.

 

Really the only difference between the 5.2 and the 5.9 is a slight drop in mileage...

It's just like the 3.0 and 4.0 Rangers. Everybody bangs on about how they want the 4.0, but in reality you really aren't missing much.

That 318 is a perfectly good motor.

 

i would love to know what mods you were going to do on the 5.9 that will not work on a 5.2, because i can't think of one that will not

 

If your talking about making some serious power..then yes it sux that you have the 5.2. When it comes down to it, you cant beat cubic inches. But if your doing bolt ons and such, vurtually no difference.

 

super chip some one has to make header an intake. Might find some sort of roller rockers and a cam?