5.2L Swap
So my best bet would be go out to a junk yard. Get the entire wiring from a 97 dodge cummins. Buy the engine I'd rebuild it. Buy the tranny and mounts. What else? Give me an idea on the money it would take with all junk yard stuff
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Prices depend a lot on where you are..... call around, and see if you can even FIND a cummins in a yard..... ask 'em how much they want for it. I would have to go to detroit to even have a small hope of finding one, and prices are around 1500 bucks for a 200,000 mile motor......
Even if you can find everything on the cheap, if you include the price tag on all the individual parts, add what you value your time in life spent on the conversion, and compare it to what you would spend on a 2nd gen with a Cummins with the same mileage. I would have to think it would be so much cheaper and less time wasted to just buy the truck that came from the factory. Correct if Im wrong, but just seems sensible. Im not doubting your mechanical skills but trying to save you a few bucks and headaches
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there a cummins std cab short bed rolling around and i've seen it at the local diesel shop a few weeks back with the hood up so i took a look at it and talk to the onwer.. .. its twin turbo's and a bunch of other crap on it he said it puts down 790hp and 1800lbs/torque... it not his daily driver... but he said his frame isn't beefed up
cause i heard that too that the 1500 frames were weaker.. but he said his has held up for about 3 years of abuse
cause i heard that too that the 1500 frames were weaker.. but he said his has held up for about 3 years of abuse
Ya I would think the frame wouldn't like the torque only if there was a heavy load that makes a lot of sense. Which I am not doing anyways, honestly the only reason I want to put a cummins in it is because I want to learn more about them before I go to school to be a diesel mechanic next year.
Ya I would think the frame wouldn't like the torque only if there was a heavy load that makes a lot of sense. Which I am not doing anyways, honestly the only reason I want to put a cummins in it is because I want to learn more about them before I go to school to be a diesel mechanic next year.
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From: Ft Campbell, KY/TN
Buy a truck with a cummins already in there.
Also, do not swap a 5.2 for a 5.9. The 5.2 responds better to pretty much anything. Mainly because the cam is better.
It is a higher compression engine. I liked my 5.2 better than my 5.9.
Also, do not swap a 5.2 for a 5.9. The 5.2 responds better to pretty much anything. Mainly because the cam is better.
It is a higher compression engine. I liked my 5.2 better than my 5.9.
Let me ask you something about the 5.2l, I bought my truck a year ago, only 163k miles, always oil changes, everything. When you matted it at a dead stop how did it respond? and how was your power wise? When I matt mine, I hear this sound like its being chocked then it speeds up, then it shift's, then bam im outta there. But I honestly cannot spin my tires at a dead stop. Never have been able to anywhere. Unless its wet.
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Let me ask you something about the 5.2l, I bought my truck a year ago, only 163k miles, always oil changes, everything. When you matted it at a dead stop how did it respond? and how was your power wise? When I matt mine, I hear this sound like its being chocked then it speeds up, then it shift's, then bam im outta there. But I honestly cannot spin my tires at a dead stop. Never have been able to anywhere. Unless its wet.
Last edited by stewie01; Dec 5, 2011 at 05:54 AM.
I recently gutted my cat I do have o2 reading's but I just thought it was cause of the cat.