I just traded my Dakota yesterday for a 1998 Ram. I ran the vin number, and it said my truck was built with a 5.9/360. What brings me to question this, is the sticker under the hood. The sticker under the hood says it is a 5.2. How I figure out what motor I acutally have?

 

i have a sticker on mine that says that too but i do have 5.9, there should be a little list on the top of the hood when you open it with your gear ratio and axle types and stuff compare that to the list in the manual if you dont have a manual look at the gear ratio if its 3.55 its a 5.9 i dont think the 5.2 comes in 3.55

 

Actually most 5.2s came with 3.55 gears as well...

Anyway your vin number is most likely correct, but you could contact dodge for a build sheet to be 100%

 

That is very interesting on the sticker... It does have the 3.55 ratio axles. I will contact dodge for that build sheet. Thanks for the help.

 

All these trucks have 3.55. Even the new 09 ram has 3.55 or option for 3.92 in the off-road package.

Not sure of a way to pin point a difference between the 5.2L and 5.9L by just looking at them.

 

some one said they had a lower gear ratio sorry thought that would be the difference but i have a 5.9L but the 5.2 sticker

 

its ok it happens but i have a 97 1500 4x4 now with the 360 and before i had a 99 1500 4x4 with the the 318 and they both had 3.55's i want some 4.10's : )

 

I will second that. My Chevy has 4.10's and love it. Being my ram's 4wd it is expensive to change gears.

 

Most Rams (not sure if it was SLT package and above or what) came with the option for 3.92 gears, most people just didn't get that option.

The only way to get 4.10s from the factory was the Off-Road package. And yep, the new Off-Roads only come with 3.92s.

Unless a previous owner dropped a different engine in there, the sticker on the underside of the hood should tell you what you have.

 

couldn't you tell the engine size by the amount of oil it take at an oil change? My 5.2 with the stock filter takes 5 quarts and it'll be at the half way mark on the dip stick. just a thought.